"Be obscure clearly."

July 2006


PageFour24 Jul 2006 10:06 pm

Last weekend saw another PageFour review on www.download.com, and would you believe it, she got a whopping 5 stars. The download figures may be low, the sales figures lower still, but the feedback from where it really counts is still as positive as ever.

So a special thanks to trystwiththemoon for posting such a favourable impression of PageFour on a public forum. And no, it wasn’t me writing under one of my many aliases. I’d be far too afraid of being found out to pull off something like that, not to mention the negative publicity that would surely follow. But then, they say there’s no such thing as bad publicity…

Off Topic20 Jul 2006 11:26 pm

I’m sorry, but I have to post this. Every couple of days I check my blog stats - not out of some pathetic desire to see if my readership has hit double digits, more out of an insatiable curiosity over how readers are finding their way here.

You see, people are strange. I worked this out years ago, but I’ve been keeping it to myself. Wouldn’t do to offend and all that…

Over the past few months I’ve had some … unique … search strings typed into Google and MSN, but one of today’s offerings wins hands down. Would the guy who typed ‘HEIDI KLUM AND HER MONGREL CHILDREN‘ into MSN please stand up and explain yourself?

I mean, come on, what exactly did you want to know? Does Heidi Klum even have any children? I blame Seth Godin. If it weren’t for him, Heidi would never have had a mention on this blog, and let’s not even start on…

Other People15 Jul 2006 03:01 pm

Compliments of the Snarky one:

Some Basic Guidelines on Writing Well

Well, it made me laugh.