Since installing cforms (a comment form plugin for WordPress) on a few of my Blogs, I’ve noticed some strange spam making its way into my inbox.
Of course all of these weird spam emails come with lots of spam links, but some seem to contain short nuggets of wisdom (or so I think!). I can overlook the occasional typo, just as long as the information is helpful.
See, these aren’t comment forms, but email forms, so they’re sending me all of these spam links. Do they think I’m going to click them? Geez.
I’m writing this from my very first laptop/notebook – an Asus Eee PC. It’s very small and very cool. Not sure what else to say about it for now though 
Off to bed now!
I was watching it all unfold on Aussie TV (yep, we have TV down here in Australia), and was really pleased to see Barack Obama win the presidential election. Congratulations to the U.S.A. for choosing the better option out of the two!
Yeehaw! Got some free WordPress gear in the mail yesterday: a whole heap of stickers and badges, and a couple of pencils!
That’s version two of my business card there. I’m not exactly pleased with it, but it’s a whole lot better than the first.
Thanks WordPress!
I’m not sure how many of the readers on this Blog will actually be interested in such a thing, but here it is. I’ve finally gotten a new website up, something relatively unique: VirbShowcase. It’s purpose is to display the most beautiful profiles on the social networking site Virb.com
The site still needs some bug tweaking and all that, but it should be sorted in a few days. I’ll be publishing one or two profiles per day to keep it fresh.
I have to thank my brother Joseph for providing me with free hosting for all of these years!
Thought I would drop by and leave a post on the ole Blog! Here I’ve compiled a list of 5 good alternatives to Windows Live messenger – because I for one have been forced to use an alternative due to the newest Live messenger not working on my PC.
I’ve used a mix of Digsby and MSN messenger for a fair few months now, but after upgrading to the newest Windows Live messenger recently, and it dying after just one day of use, I have to just stick to my trusty Digsby program.
1. Digsby
Yep, Digsby is number one because I use it and I like it! Digsby is great because it’s compatible with pretty much every different messenger account (AIM, MSN, Yahoo!), and also works with social networking sites such as Facebook, MySpace and Twitter (don’t ask me how, I don’t use them).
I like Digsby for being a great alternative to MSN and also having good support for Twitter tweeting.
2. Trillian
I used to use Trillian a very long time ago, and I enjoyed it, but I always went back to MSN messenger (until it stopped working, that is). Trillian has been around for quite a while now, and has been updated and upgraded constantly over this time. I’m thinking of giving it another go!
It supports all of those differnet messengers such as MSN, Yahoo!, AIM, etc.
3. Pidgin
Pidgin is an instant messaging program for Windows, Linux, BSD, and other Unixes. You can talk to your friends using AIM, ICQ, Jabber/XMPP, MSN Messenger, Yahoo!, Bonjour, Gadu-Gadu, IRC, Novell GroupWise Messenger, QQ, Lotus Sametime, SILC, SIMPLE, MySpaceIM, and Zephyr.
Pidgin has a very minimalistic but sleek UI, and has great MSN support (even supports custom smilies). I also like Pidgin for IRC support.
4. Miranda
My brother used to use Mirdanda as an alternative to Live Messenger (stopped working, same as with mine), but now uses Trillian as his main weapon of choice. Miranda is truly a worthy alternative messenger program, especially after reading the about page.
5. aMSN
Yep, alternativeMSN! I used this for a few months, but doesn’t seem to be all that reliable. I wouldn’t recommend using this one over all of the other options above, but if nothing else works for you then maybe this will.
I wrote this because not too long ago I would do a Google search for alternatives to MSN messenger but wouldn’t find anything, so if you found this via Google or another search engine, I hope you found what you were looking for!
So I’ve just tried Google Chrome this morning, so far I think it’s alright. Ever since I saw the first screenshots back in, uhh, yesterday, I thought the simple and minimalistic UI was nice, but others thought otherwise. Now people seem to quite like the UI.
It’s very simple and clean, but I really don’t think it will be replacing Firefox for me, seeing as though I’m already used to it, and I have no problems with it.
One thing I encountered while working with some Google Apps:
Heh, weird!
One more problem I have with it at the moment is it won’t allow me to scroll when I press the middle mouse button, but maybe that’s a setting I need to discover.
This is what happens when Google are about to release a new app:
Yeah, pretty sad. Looking forward to trying out Chrome though, sure, but I don’t think it will be replacing Firefox in my life. I would prefer seeing Google develop an operating system that will support Windows apps.
Interesting picture. Not sure where it’s from (I found it via Digg).
Note: I’m not a big fan of piracy, but I do download a few things. I buy most stuff though, I swear!
Yep, I finally got me a nice little custom WordPress theme! I think it represents my personal blog much nicer than the previous theme ever did – dark theme vs. light theme.
Anyway, I’m sure there are bugs or something I should be attending to! If you see a bug or feel like leaving a message, please leave a comment below 
After I’ve perfected it and made it more customizeable I’ve pondered giving it away as a free theme (anyone interested?)