More on Trolls

Saw this pretty funny t-shirt on the subject via Wil Wheaton's post

Also I'd like to add, it was really amazing to read his latest review of Star Trek TNG, I haven't bothered to go to the full review on TV time or whatever it was he wrote for, but the link is here. It's just neat to read his self-reflective writing and put it with what little I know about sphincter-boy as we all referred to him back then and what the real person went through, and see the comments he makes about himself in the role. Just great writing, for real.

Fuel Cells

First off, I want to say I love reading blogs.... I read all sorts and all kinds, and there's no end to the amount of information I have access to without leaving my desk or talking to a single soul. I don't even have to nod my head, say "uh huh" or respond in any way, I can just absorb. Not very useful of me, admittedly, but this is definitely a state of the world in which I, your typical nobody has access to so much more STUFF.

One blog, Guy Kawasaki, who is quite useful in what he pushes out there, I have to say, said to look at your blog as a 'product' rather than a letter. A book, if you will. Well that falls in line with my original albeit unrealized goal of using this as a proving ground for my writing ability. Well if that's the case, then I need to pick a topic. For example, Anil Dash has the topic of blogging, intrinsically useful for bloggers, of course provided that he has useful things to say about it all. Guy's blog is about being a more effective entrepreneur (sp? oh good I spelled it right, thank you spell chequer!! (as a side not I almost never use spellchekre)) where was I? Oh yes, so Guy says all this nice stuff, and to top it off, he has traffic and he's figured out how to monetize his traffic, and the bank account (continues to in his case) fills right up. I'm not sure I have the time or energy to make my blog worth money, but as you can see to the side I do have some Goooogle ads so feel free to click on the links. Just one?

So! Why did I entitle my blog Fuel Cells? Well I'd like a piece of that market. Wouldn't we all. If I had to choose a topic I could actually stay on for more than approximately 2 days, it would be fuel cells. I even have a few bookmarks pointed to hydrogen fuel cell websites. I won't waste my time trying to link to them, since this isn't a fuel cell site yet, so no one is going to come here looking for information or anything, ok? Just go to del.ici.ous, Okay?

More ramble, are you ready? I've been using dogpile recently and I find it doesn't have the information I'm used to seeing on Google. How strange, no? It's actually a teeny bit annoying to use dogpile. I couldn't explain it quickly, but I'll have to think about it some more.

AdWords Campaign

Today I launched my first AdWords campaign, and it's a big step for me! I feel like this could really be successful if I do it right. It's really just pointed to my painting website, and it's in the hope that I'll drum up some more cashie income doing some painting. On the flip side, this might mean I have to go legit and get a company registration, license, insurance and all that (cough:crap) stuff.

I have a friend who lives right near people who have a bunch of money. He started working for them, and now he's well known as the go-to guy for their repair work, painting, remodeling, or whatever they need. No advertising needed. Lucky stiff.

Anna Nicole Smith

I feel stupid for having a post with a playboy playmate for the title, but this post really is essentially about the paternity test of her daughter. I wish I could make this comment somewhere people would actually read it and LTAO, but since I don't know that many forums or anything: I sure wish her paternity test would happen on Maury Povich's show, it would be the best one yet. I haven't seen that much of Maury, but what I have seen is mostly "who's the father" and people running around and crying. Pretty pathetic... but hey I bet he'd pay for the test, yeah?

Obambam

First read this post

Found this myspace video...here

Made me think of the MD governor's race, Mike Steele would go and speak and people showed up to throw oreo cookies at him.

Trolls Anonymous

Thinking about trolling, I wonder if there's a Troll's Anonymous out there somewhere. It'd be funny, you know, since trolls are inherently anonymous or even if they identify themselves (I try to) they're unknown persons to the blog they've just commented on.

I'll say I feel like a troll often, since I don't really have the time to be a truly social blogger. There are people's blogs I really enjoy reading, and I want to comment, but hesitate because I don't really know the difference between a random comment from someone and a troll's comment.

I think the first step in eliminating a problem is understanding the problem.

Later: I went to wikipedia, as many of us do to find information, and found this, which is more than I knew before. I guess being at odds with a 'community' or popping in and intentially being inflammatory would be the keys to being a troll...

My idea still stands for a Trolls Anonymous website. I wonder if there already is one? Checking...

Later: I found Kibo and his signature.

Even later: Trolls Anonymous on Dogpile. Nothing official that I could find..

Later still: Let's say for example the search trolls anonymous is not in quotes, well not it's not very specific, so follow on search, with quotes, yeilded this, a posting on a message board. It goes to show that someone somewhere thought of the same thing. Not surprising, not even annoying, but cool, actually. What's cool is the fact that the internet makes possible the connection between two similar ideas no matter who has it.

Last post script (maybe): You know how AA encourages its members to believe in "'something'-it-doesn't-have-to-be-called-God?" for TA it would be "'something'-it-doesn't-have-to-be-called-balance."

Ok my last PS I promise:
An example of me, posting to a blog just because I read it once in a while, and I felt the urge to be part of it.