Sometime last week, Google pushed their latest update to PageRank out to the world. It had been a long time since the last update and I was starting to lose hope that it would happen this year. But, it did, and the news is mostly good:
- wpstar.com: PR 4 (was PR 0)
- wpzipper.com: PR 5 (was PR 0)
- blogindiana.com: PR 3 (was PR 4)
- collab.ws: PR 3 (was PR 0)
- caption.ws: PR 2 (was PR 0)
- IndyDads.com: PR 3 (was PR 3)
- BuddyAds.net: PR 2 (was PR 0)
- LaserRocketArm.com: PR 0 (was PR 3) That’s what happens when you do nothing with a domain for 8 months!
My good friend Shawn, who runs LiberalIndiana.com, has managed to maintain his PR 4 despite having to temporarily close down shop while he sorts out the spam blog nightmare that befell his otherwise great site. Apparently, having a baby gets in the way of side projects–who knew!
I’ve often played with various to do list incarnations and usually can never find one that works exactly as I want. The problem is a to do list is a rather simple concept, yet most online to do lists are either overly simple or overly complicated. I need something that is in between. Or rather, lets me easily pick how complex I want it to be.
Today I discovered Todoist and I think I’ve found my last to do list app. The basic version (which covers most all you’d need) is free, with some extra features thrown in for a small fee. Things I love about Todoist:
- Nested groups and to do lists
- Tons of keyboard shortcuts to make list entry and management easy
- Built-in calendar system with intelligent date entry (I can type “every Saturday” and it knows what I mean)
- Full export of all your lists via XML
- iGoogle widget is awesome if you use iGoogle as your start page
- Easily customizable views
If I use this service enough over the next month, I might just spring the few extra bucks to get more features such as email reminders. Check it out at todoist.com.
I was reading the latest headlines on CNN.com earlier today when I came upon a story about a plane carrying 10 skydivers that had crashed. 3 of the people on board were currently missing, but presumed dead. As I’m quickly scanning the details of the story, I notice the flash-ad next to the story is depicting a person free-falling in the air, hurdling towards the ground.
Take a look at the story, and then the ad to the right side of the page:
Now, I know this wasn’t on purpose. But, it brings up an interesting issue of what happens when unrelated ads are put randomly next to content that causes unintended connections to be made.
Brian Gardner is holding a contest to give away 3 free copies of his exceptionally designed “Revolution” WordPress theme. The theme is one of the more expensive and well designed themes available. Designed primarily for a newsy kind of website, there is also a sports variation that appears to work quite well.
This post serves as my entry into the contest. Upon discovering this theme, I was immediately interested in using it for my back-burner hobby website LaserRocketArm.com. While I’m still tossing around ideas for the site, the original concept was for it to be a fan site for Peyton Manning. Having the Revolution theme to build upon, I could put together a professional-looking site in short order. There is no shortage of news and interest surrounding Manning. And as it appears the Colts are an even better team this year than last, this fan site could quickly gain traction with the right look, content, and fan connection.
