just the usual stuff

New gaming technology Logitech G15 v2

2007-09-08T07:36:00.000-07:00

Well the other day I recieved an email from logitech informing me of the revamped g15 gaming keyboard, Considering I already have the first version of the G15 and the logitech G5, I was pretty impressed when I saw the actual items, so lets start with the G15. the keyboard looks more streamlined that what the origina keyboard does. What logitech has done to improve the appearance of this fine keyboard is they have sacrificed the flipdown lcd screen which also covered the global media keys, as what they have now done is circulated the media keys around the lcd screen. which can be seen here as opposed to it's predecessor which had a more chunky look. The only downside on this keyboard is the fact that it still only supports usb 1.1 which is very much the same with the original G15. The drivers that come with the keyboard allow you to predefine any macro's for any online game that you play, which is handy especially for mmporgs such as WoW. Another thing I like especially with the new keyboard's lcd screen is the magma orange contrast that it uses for the characters in the lcd screen. which makes it a lot more easier to view the text on your lcd at night in the dark, whilst the keyboard uses the same colors as the colored text on your lcd screen. For comfort you still get the palm rest which is quite handy, especially if your a speed typer like myself or play games for a large amount of time.(just remember to take the occasional break from your computer as its bad for your eyes sitting infront of your monitor for a large length of time.)

I will update this post once I obtain one of these spanking new keyboards, and run a full comparison check against the original G15.

How to Make Money Answering Free Paid Surveys

2007-09-03T06:29:00.000-07:00

Global Test Market pay you to complete surveys which get e-mailed to you whenever a survey needs completing. The website is quite simple to use and most people shouldn't have a problem making money from answering these paid surveys. However some people might find it tricky to 'activate' these paid surveys, so you should read this tutorial if you are worried about not receiving any surveys even if you are a member.

Once you have applied and been accepted in to the Global Test Market paid survey website, you will need to log on to their website and answer some basic questions so that they can build up a profile of you, which they will use when deciding which surveys to send out.

Go to the Global Test Market website and click on the login link at the top of the screen. Login with your e-mail address and password which should have been e-mailed to you after you signing up. After logging in you should see a list of subjects under the 'My Profiles' heading. They will probably say 'Not Started' next to them, in red writing. If you click on Add/Modify, you will then be able to answer all of the questions that they ask you.

You will not be paid to complete your interests profile, but this is the only way to activate the paid surveys. If you don't complete your interests profile you will not be sent any surveys, so it is essential you keep your profile up to date so that you are eligible for as many surveys as possible.

The interests profile is used by Global Test Market to judge the type of person that you are. This will determine the type of surveys that you will receive, so try and answer the questions as positively as possible. If you answer the surveys stating that you are unmarried, homeless with no job, then you will probably not be eligible for any surveys and so none will get e-mailed to you.

This does not mean that you should lie when completing your profiles, but generally as a rule if you answer yes to as many of the questions as possible, you should receive more surveys - and should therefore receive more money after completing these surveys. I currently receive around 1 survey a day, which is a very nice amount. I would rather receive more surveys than I have time to answer then receive only a couple of surveys a month. It leaves me with the choice of completing the survey or not, which puts me in a nice position.

Below the 'My Profiles' section on the Global Test Market website you should see a list of all your 'Survey Activity'. This will show you the surveys that you have received recently, (starting with the most recent survey sent) and it will also be able to tell if you have completed or not started a survey. This is a nice way to keep on top of all your surveys, and to check that you are receiving and submitting your surveys without any problems.

here is the url to sign up with Global test market, just click on the mentioned name

HPI MT2

2007-08-18T16:40:00.001-07:00

Thanks to steve aka speedfreak, my mt2 is practically complete till I am able to upgrade it more with alloy arms and such. I bought some new wheels and tyres but so far, giving the mt2 a runaround is pretty tight, especially handling wise.

It's just one of those days

2007-07-13T05:02:00.000-07:00

Well it's friday the 13th. A day you normally associate with bad luck. well my badluck came two days ago. For some reason beyond my imagination I feel down and depressed, like everythings just getting on top of me.

I mean hell this does not happen to me, and I can't even think of what the actual problem is. I can only put it down to several things...

You see I am an active person that is unemployed right now, I mean... jobs are scarce here in sunny old manchester (sarcastic tone applied) I'll add more later when I can actually be bothered typing more, just right now I feel like not doing a sodding thing.

WHAT A MUPPET.....

2007-07-05T19:53:00.000-07:00

Whilst speaking with my friend on msn today, who was telling me that she was getting hassled on MafiaBattle, because this guy well from what I've been told. if a guy wore a skirt, he would try to hump that guy....
Okay So getting back to this guy who's userid on MB is Sickness.. "well for someone seriously desperate enough to go after anyone or anything, then the name is rather suited for his mentality" Ok so my friend on mb who I was speaking to on msn Told me one of his pickup lines that he used on another lass in mb, This was after my friend rejected him. so here goes..... as quoted below..

"were you raised on a farm because your really good at raising cocks" Now this guy has either done one of two things, either this guy seriously uses these pickup lines, or googled for the worlds saddest pickup lines, so I'm gonna leave that for you to decide lol.. And here's what tops it off.. THE GUY DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT SHE LOOKS LIKE.... I mean COME ON ALREADY !!!!
Oh did I forget to mention, apparently this guy "sickness" says he's famous..
Well sickness.. YOU REALLY ARE FAMOUS NOW. SO REVEL IN YOUR 5 MINUTES OF FAME...

MART Petition

2007-06-23T15:08:00.000-07:00

Just what does MART actually stand for... well the husband of the woman that I am a carer for is part of Manchester Against Road Tax (short abbreviation MART) okay so it's a pretty small organisation that is part of a much larger organisation dedicated to getting rid of congestion charges.. So I thought that I would do my part and help out by creating the logo for them as well as getting people to sign the petition... yeah yeah there's many petitions that are in circulation regarding the Congestion Charges. but what the hell..... I mean honestly... this government is just sucking up to the eu... and why ??? because the government wants the uk to be the first and foremost country in the eu... you know the anthem rule britania ??? well in my eyes thats what they are trying to become, that may be the case right now. and that may have been so in the days of queen victoria, but thats what made the united kingdom stand out from the rest of the other countries ( No offence to any other countries here ) the uk strived to stand out from the other countries... NOT follow suit such as the tagging system thats going to be in place!

I have ripped the streaming content from the itv local news website and uploaded it to my webhost, I will optimize it later on, as I tried converting it to an swf file but it ended up larger than the original file. There is also an interview with the main man of MART, the interview also shows the extent of the congestion charging zone. You can download the file by clicking here!

Today this morning we set out at 9am and headed off to Market street in the town centre and there we was with the placards that rob had made with bits of wood courtesy of Tameside college ( Thank you Craft department for those ) and we actually did get a few people to sign the petition, how many I do not know, as we left just before 12pm due to sleep deprivation, and only just woken up but I got to say, it was interesting hearing people's point of views there was just ONE annoying thing though, and damn was she smug about it as she walked off.. Rob asked one student if she could sign the petition, and boy did she stink of perfume, here was her response "I use public transport because I care about the environment" my thoughts were... if you care that much about the environment then why the hell are you polluting the environment with that ugh whatever it was that she had on... I seriously got no idea... But yeah it actually was a bit of a laugh. OH OH OH I forgot to add this but Damn there's some scary people out there.

Now I don't have a problem with gays or transvestites, but it's rather unpleasant when you see three transvestites one especially wearing a skirt thats shorter than a belt. and you can see the ermmm whats that word I am looking for... (you know... the sac) lol... seriously it's all good though. NOT in that way.. I mean, each to their own. so I can't really say anything bad about anyones sexuality.

Two guys I don't know who they are, but they were a laugh. and wanted to get involved, so I thought yeah why not, so I handed them my placard, they even got a fair amount of signatures, twelve to be exact, they seriously brightened up the day, for 20 minutes. Here's the two guys in action, so guys here's your claim to fame. good on ya by the way....

Both images were shot with my samsung U600 which I will be reviewing later on.

Manchester Council sucks lemons thats for sure!!!!!!

2007-06-17T12:02:00.000-07:00

Manchester Against Road Tolls

This applies to all those that live in Manchester....
Manchester Council have decided to start forcing people to pay to use the roads via congestion charges. I mean how stupid is that, considering we already pay enough for fuel and road tax.

From what I have been hearing this is the precursor to a nationwide movement and this is just the start of it all..

Here is more information in which the council has not published to the general public.

Background
Because almost no one wants road pricing, the Government have promised very large sums of money to areas that volunteer and are selected as pilots for road pricing. They are doing this through the "Congestion Charge" part of the "Transport Innovation Fund" (TIF). Manchester is the area of Britain which is most likely to become the guinea pig for road pricing. "Manchester" for this purpose is the Greater Manchester area which consists of Manchester City and nine other councils.

Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Authority (GMPTA) and Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Executive (GMPTE) made TIF bids in 2005 and 2006. The bids were said to be made on behalf of all the councils in the Greater Manchester area. Both bids were accepted by the Government and the GMPTA / GMPTE was given money towards the cost of researching a transport scheme.

The authorities know this but have tried to pull the wool over people's eyes in various ways. First of all by denying that they have any definite plans to have road pricing and referring to four meaningless "tests". Secondly by setting up a panel to oversee this, selecting the people on the panel themselves and then calling it "Independent". Thirdly by keeping what they are doing as secret as possible so that not even the councillors seem to have any idea what is going on. We have raised some of our concerns with the Local Government Ombudsman.

On 25th May 2007, the 10 councils announced that they were going to submit a 2007 TIF bid which would include road pricing. They gave a brief outline of what phase one would involve. It is very similar to the two cordon scheme which was rejected by the people of Edinburgh. The people of Manchester are to be given no choice.

The Plans
Phase One -

Charge of £2 to cross Outer Ring (M60) inward between 7 AM and 9.30 AM on weekdays, and further £1 to cross an "Intermediate" ring inward between the same hours. Further charge of £1 to cross the "Intermediate" ring outward between 4 PM and 6.30 PM and further £1 to cross the Outer ring between the same hours.
They have not decided where the "Intermediate" ring is to be.
The above rates are for cars at "today's prices". They have said that motorbikes will be charged but haven't said how much. They have also said that cars and lorries etc will be charged more, but again haven't said how much.

System will be "tag and beacon". Drivers will be expected to have a tag in their vehicle and will be required to register with a "franchise agent". The vehicle driver will pay the agent and the driver's account will be charged as the vehicle passes the beacon. The tag will have a unique identifier which is recognised as the driver passes through the microwave radiation emitted by the beacons.
Though described as "tag and beacon" it seems that the device will not just identify the vehicle, it will also have a facility for putting prepaid cards in.

As many vehicles will for various reasons not have a working "tag", there will also be cameras that will record all number plates as they pass ecah beacon, so that drivers who don't pay can be pursued.
Later phase -

Charges will be on a more elaborate basis. Charge will be according to distance travelled and when. It will be applied to more roads and they want to include the motorways.

Charging will be done using black boxes and satellites. This was originally in phase one, but has been postponed for unknown reasons.

This is supposed to do several things, Force people to use public transport, and basically help the council finance their pockets with the cash made from the charges...
Here's where I see a problem. Those people that have a profession such as carers and so on, they have to pay in order to work, such as paying a fee per day say for example, your a carer that lives in the outskirts, and travels to one of their clients who lives on the inner circle of the toll area, well that client needs to travel to and from the outer to the inner circle. So that means that the driver has to pay a fee every time he/she enters the inner toll area. Secondly! Public transport will be increased, so lets say. about a third of manchesters population decide to use public transport instead of using their own transport, now considering manchester bus timetables are basically "CRAP!" how on earth are the buses going to be able to cope with the extra passengers. In my eyes there's no chance, considering todays youth (No offence) but a quarter of todays youth get their kicks from vandalism will vandalise the buses, toll area's and so on. How is this going to improve the circulation of congestion, there's only going to be one expense, and thats the expense of the general public who have a hard time dealing with finance as it is.

Another thing the council has not told the public about is the fact that they had to ask for a loan of 1 billion pounds just to get this crap started...

Obviously I do not know all of the details so I urge all the manchester residents to goto SAY NO TO CONGESTION CHARGES for more information.

Agloco has finally done it.

2007-06-17T03:17:00.000-07:00

Agloco has finally released it's toolbar and is pretty straight forward ? download, install, input account details, then surf the net as normal. One particular function of this toolbar that I do like is that it details your bookmarks be it firefox or internet explorer. And the toolbar itself does not take up too many of your computers resources.

other way of making cash

2007-06-17T03:07:00.001-07:00

Well if you're like me and always looking for ways of making money free and easy ? Then there's a method if you are able to do one of the following : data entry, creating user profiles for forums, web design, graphics. Then head on over to getafreelancer.com and sign up. It really is that easy, as all you do is sign up, fill in the specific details what you can do, such as creating logo's, web pages, and so on. Once you've done that. Browse through your categories and place a bid on what you would like to do, the bid is the actual cost of what your charging a customer for that service. (pretty straight forward huh ?)

In Memorium

2007-02-07T09:33:00.000-08:00

Todays post is a dedication to Ben, a much loved family dog who sadly passed away on 6th February 2007. He will be greatly missed by the whole family.

Respect and thanks go to Spider, who rescued Ben from the freezing canal at Portland basin, Ashton-under-Lyne, and did the best he could to try to save him. Although he wouldn't admit it, he will be considered a true hero by every member of the family.

Agloco

2007-01-15T06:15:00.000-08:00

Okay well some people remember Alladvantage which was a program some years ago. well with this program I made £360 min a month, they went bust, but now it seems that they are back

Just sign up to be part of AGLOCO, an Internet Economic Network . AGLOCO gives its Members part of the money they (as Internet users) generate. Their slogan is 'Get Your Share of the Internet'. They are also giving the entire company to the Members (it is a 100% Member owned entity.) -- You get more cash and Shares if you refer new Members,

AGLOCO Membership is free and there is nothing that the users can lose, because all they do is – sign up, invite friends to join and use the internet normally.
I dont suppose that there is any reason for not joining AGLOCO.
The few resons that all the internet surfers should join AGLOCO.

1- Its free to join.
2-All the internet users are the part of the internet world,
so they should get there share.AGLOCO is the company which is
going to give its company on the share basis
3-The membership is totally free and data that you will
provide to the company that will be private means that there will
be no spyware
The most important thing that you have to do is to Recruit new members
for your company AGLOCO.
Reasons:-
1. The larger the network the larger will be the business potential.
2. If there are more users bigger companies will try to attach with
AGLOCO.
3. IF you have got a large network under you imagine the earnings
you will get.(Check the calculator of the Agloco site thats
in shares)
4. So Motivate new members to join AGLOCO.
So after reading this what you all are waiting for ......

heres some frequently asked questions about agloco

Q: Isn't this a scam?

A: No. It is founded by people with a history of successful startups, and it was recommended by by two people I trust: David Lawrence and Ray Everett-Church. It doesn't cost anything to join, so you have nothing to lose.

Q: Can teenagers join?
A: Yes. You must be at least thirteen years old to join.

Q: Isn't this a Ponzi scheme?

A: No. It doesn't cost anything to join, so it is not a Ponzi scheme. Ponzi schemes are illegal, and the basics of an illegal Ponzi scheme are when the money you pay to join is then paid out to those who sponsored you. The problem comes when no one else is joining, the last people who joined lose their money. Agloco is NOT a Ponzi scheme.

Q: Is it spyware?
A: No, Agloco is not spyware. There is a tool bar to install, but Agloco is totally committed to privacy. They do not sell, rent or give away your personally identifiable personal information to any marketer or advertiser. For more details, see their published Privacy Policy.

Q: Is it a virus?
No. When you download the toolbar from the Agloco site, it will be virus-free.

Q: Do I have to click on ads to make money?
A: No... all you need to do is to actively surf the Internet with the toolbar installed for up to five hours PER MONTH, and get others to join Agloco to do the same.

Q: Is it a virus?
A: No. If you download the toolbar from the Agloco site, it will be virus-free.

Q: Will I make a lot of money?
A: I do not know how much money any of us will make. Agloco is very new, and the toolbar has not even been released yet. All I know is that I did make money with the last company started by some of these folks, and that's enough to get me to jump on board with their new company.

Q: What's all this about stock and ownership?
Actually, I am not sure. Perhaps the stock will be valuable, perhaps it won't. Then again, it doesn't cost anything to join, and I'm willing to give it a try. How about you?

Well there it is guys... You have nothing to lose whatsoever.... the bigger your network the better your earnings.

Time to Divert and make some pocket cash

2007-01-04T13:41:00.000-08:00

Well It's true what they say. google adsense is enough to comprehend so I am going to divert away from adsense until I have taken enough time to read up on it. so I am going to introduce you to several methods online that can make you money, you have to bear in mind though, not everything is free, so a bit of your time per day can help accumulate atleast some spare cash, which these two methods do, so what I am going to do is give you a rundown on how these systems work which is fairly straight forward and efficient when you get the hang of it all.

Most of you who know me are already aware of mylot which is a paid to post (PTP) forum, this site I have been with for several months and have made quite a bit well $60 so far, which is not bad for visiting a site, posting several new topics, replying to new topics, rating users, and uploading images whilst replying to the topics, if you want to get the best results for mylot, what I would recommend doing is referring all your friends because how this system works is, you get paid a quarter of what one of your referrals post, and the more everyone in your system posts, the more you get paid... Don't worry your referrals do not lose out on money so it's all good to go. I have included a direct link to the site located on the logo, so all you have to do is click it and sign up, then your set.....

The second method, which is my personal favourite is an online game that pays you to play, the minimum cashout is $20 but once again, the option to recieve payment via paypal is available.
This online game also has a referral system which is a competition in itself, as the more people you refer, the better the prize, I have included a list of the available prizes that are in the referral comp alone:

5th	100 additional moves
10th	500 additional moves
20th	$5 at Amazon.com
50th	$10 at Amazon.com
100th	$20 at Amazon.com
250th	iPod Shuffle
500th	iPod Nano
1000th	Portable DVD player

Okay so you've read up on the prizes, and some of you are most probably thinking ermmmm whats the point of this and how do I make the money.. Well every day you recieve 250 free moves, and with your referrals you get 50 free anytime moves, and 100 added to your money collection. This is very handy to have ingame, as you might feel compelled to explore further than your own territory. The way to make money ingame is by mining volcanoes and searching abandoned ruins, there is another method to make money ingame but I would seriously recommend upgrading your weapons and defence level, this helps stop people robbing your homestead whilst your robbing other peoples homesteads and taking a percentage of their money for your own, its quite easy when you get the hang of this one, so what I am going to do is post several helpful tips that will help you improve your earnings ingame on this one. Ready ?? well lets get to it. the first and foremost tip I am telling everyone is up your defence level till you get to level 7 then work on upgrading your weapons till you reach level 10 soon as you reach level 10 on weapons, then consider getting the radar, this helps you to search your area for you so its a lot easier to find volcanoes, homesteads and ruins, then up your defence level to 17 and weapons to 20 then defence to 20. Lets call this the 20/20 club also upgrade your radar whenever you can, trust me, its very handy to have, especially if you find a long stretch of craters and plains. There are locations on the map called settlements, if you manage to find one, thats abandoned, which you will after payout days, take as many as you can, and apply to join the Domination alliance.
I am a member of this Alliance and trust me, the alliance comes in handy especially as it increases your chance of obtaining motherlodes ( a shed load of money ). Anyway once again I have included the link to the site so all you have to do is click the exodus logo to be directed to the site, as I don't believe in cluttering up this blog site with normal links what I have done to make it a lot easier is incorporate the links into their images so it looks a lot more cleaner.

I will be updating this regularly to keep you updated and I will also be reviewing other sites that actually pay out and report my findings for you.

Introduction

2006-12-22T17:40:00.000-08:00

Hi, First of all I would like to welcome you to my blog, where anything goes really. When I say that I mean that I am here to help you the websurfer to make money online from the comforts of your own home. I will also be reviewing other subjects as well, such as photoshop seeing as I love that so much.

Anyway this is just the start but after you have viewed this site, you will have a new insight into the world of web commerce and just how much you can actually create, As you can see by this site along, just a simple web blog its quite easy to integrate whats called "google adsense" into your blog and depending on how many hits you actually get on your site, ok it seems I might be going a bit to far ahead of myself, so I need to take a step back for myself literally. Google Adsense is an impressive program in itself which when you sign up "after you have created your own site/blog" The Google team first of all verifies that you have a site/blog, and then gives you a list of three options that you are able to use; these are the simple google ads which you have have with images or without, Then we have the Google search, this option is more popular with the larger websites, as it allows the user to search the website that it is integrated with and also use the google website itself. Then last but not least, we have the google referrers, This one allows you to recommend a specific program such as firefox.

All These options allow you to make money without you having to do hardly any work at all, The only thing you have to do, is create a site where people want to come back to visit. The more content you have, the better. Advance warning though, as stated in the google TOS you are not allowed to click any of the google adsense links on your own sites, This is classed as fraudulent clicking and can actually get you banned from the Google Adsense program. So what though, I mean, as long as you have decent content on your site, and people are clicking the ads on your site and are basically happy with your site, thats all that matters.

The thing with content though is, there has to be plenty of content, and as the more updated it becomes, the more Google actually notices this, This is whats called Rich Feed Content and They love this.. Okay now it sounds like I am sucking up. Sorry thats just my sad humour kicking in there.