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Link Leak Virus in Greek Cooking

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The Link Virus Epidemic

Link Leak Virus is a special strain of the indie virus with blogtipping mutations that occur in threes. On Open Comments Night the virus was released when a cooking contest was held on Thassos Island, Greece. Here are some cool links that were shared:

The Cooking Contest that Went Viral

Ben came early and in his typical fun-loving way. The donkey was cooking up some viral marketing techno baubles. Then he started the night with a contest. Finish this sentence. “I cook like . . .” Ben said. Next thing you know it’s a contest.

Ben even said that there would be prizes, and that I would be happy to donate them. As the night went the prizes became Ben’s idea again. A free complete set of the DVDs of Fawlty Towers, starring John Cleese. He left for a while to post-it on his blog. I went over to add it to Reddit — that could be how the virus spread so quickly.

Starbucker said I cook like I golf – I’m not very good at either, and probably never will be.

Joe said I cook like a Clam in a Casino.

Chris said I cook like . . . Basil the Donkey.

Things were sort of slow in the contest mode, so I decided to raise the bar a bit.

I said “Okay then, now I have to get serious about this cooking contest.

I cook like a cavewoman who hasn’t yet discovered fire and just found out that her caveman is having an affair with a wild turkey that isn’t really a turkey because cave people didn’t live anywhere near wild turkeys . . . wild turkeys hadn’t evolved yet. So in fact, he has been having his fun with a bird-like wild boar and now she not only has to set the idiot straight, but also has to find him food, before she kicks his butt out of the cave. And that hurts her very deeply. So she gives up eating . . . ”

Ben threatened to take that one viral with a YouTube video.

Starbucker came back with I cook like I exercise; very infrequently and when I do, I can’t do it very long or very well because of the fact that I do it infrequently, and because of the infrequency the net results of the exercise is very unsatisfactory, and because its unsatisfactory I only do it infrequently.

Chris, not to be outdone, offered
I cook like an Arnold Schwarzenegger movie. Good amount of beefsteak, lots of spice, and top it all off with a just bit of cheese.

All Trisha said was that My cooking and singing are kind of on the same level – I think it would be cruel to do to the plants.

Cat chimed in with I cook like a I dance (both of which I love). So at times it may be slow and easy. Others, fast, fast, fast.

HART I cook like my wife cleans .. when it comes to Stir Fry and HART’s Famous Chili Recipe.

Christine said she liked to listen to music while cooking, but never said how she cooked. I never said I was listening to her music through the whole comments night conversation. Gosh, she really is worth listening to.

The code-writing donkey and moose cooking up trouble with the swill sipping pig last I heard.

This Week’s Comment Quiz

One question, one answer for one link. Post the answer on your blog and leave a link to the post with the answer in the comments below. I’ll link your post when I announce you as winner. If we do it this way, I can take three winners.

The question is:

What did Kean want to add to his blog?

Until next week, I hope you’ll be here!

–ME “Liz” Strauss

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Introducing Manage to Change

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SOB Hall of Famer: Manage to Change by Ann Michael

“Manage to Change” provides a forum to discuss how change impacts people and businesses. By sharing observations and asking questions, we try to develop strategies for anticipating change, viewing it positively, adapting, and even changing the rules of the game as often as possible.

To some degree the focus is on information management: What will happen in the world of content creation, marketing, distribution/delivery, and the
business models of media and publishing, as technology advances and consumer demands change?

Notes from Liz: Ann Michael thinks of change in context. Change to her is part of a process.Ann approaches her life and her work with determination, energy, and constant attention to what might move things forward in a positive, supportive fashion. Read her comments, on this blog or the many blogs that Ann visits, and you’ll know that Ann likes to laugh and likes to study business — how it works and how people think. She is an intringuing and powerful combination of likeability, laughter, and downright competence. Read her blog and you will see what I mean.

–ME “Liz” Strauss

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Link Leak Virus In Tuscany Interpol List

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The Link Virus Epidemic

Link Leak Virus is a special strain of the indie virus with blogtipping mutations that occur in threes. On Open Comments Night the virus got out of control again. This time in Tuscany. Here are some cool links that were shared:

Interpol is searching neighboring countries for the following link leak virus carriers. If you see them, please approach with caution. All are known to break out in laughing for no apparent reason. One of their hideouts appears to be the Savannah College of Art and Design (a.k.a. SCAD). Bugs in the room picked up much discussion about it.

Joe, aka Photo Poet, Master of Disguise. It’s said no real picture of him exists.

Mark, aka Laffin’ Wiki. He’s got an unexplained fear of scissors near his blog.

Chris, aka Call Him Jack, the Interrogator. He’s known to be packin’ Klondikes.

Scot, aka Pacific Pen. He’s drawn the bottom line on every international crime.

HART, the Storyteller. It’s believed he passes code to nefarious ladies via stories about toast and the scenery in Canada.

Brian, the Consigliere. He appears as a mild mannered MAVS fan who likes alliteration. He hasn’t been heard from since last night’s game. He may have fallen victim to foul play.

Trisha, aka Butterfly Woman. She has a reputation for flitting in and out of tight situations.

Minic, the Document Specialist, is suspected of providing the paperwork that allows these folks to cross borders at will.

Christine, aka the Derrick Destroyer, sings for the coppers, but never snitches.

Deb, the Doc, keeps to the sidelines, but is a suspected cohort.

Kathleen, aka Fashion Moll, hasn’t been seen with this group before. She could be a nice lady who was seduced by the free snacks and beverages in the sidebar.

Tom Vander Well, Wine Quaffer, fraternizes with this unlikely group, but has never been charged with a crime.

Borneo Cat knows the ins and outs of laundering email so that it looks like it came from a real person.

Mike Sansone, aka the Conductor, has the international railway system in his pocket. He can miss any train in a second.

Starbucker, aka Mountain Getaway Driver, knows the back road escape routes through the Alps and the Rockies. He refuses to drive both on the same day, though.

Jamsi, Shananagan, and Keith Dsouza were seen in the company of these folks. It’s not known whether they were kidnapped and brainwashed to comply via grape Kool Aid and chocolate chocolate chip cookies.

The code-writing donkey and moose missed the flight and are still at the airline desk arguing about it. However, certain suspicious bunny villains were discussed and seen lurking about.

Meanwhile, both Interpol and the link leak suspects are wondering if Martin, the Ears, Neumann might be a mole. He spent 20 hours listening in on podcasts. Attempts are being made to find out just what it is that he’s publishing.

This Week’s Comment Quiz

One question, one answer for one link. Post the answer on your blog and leave a link to the post with the answer in the comments below. I’ll link your post when I announce you as winner. If we do it this way, I can take three winners.

The question is:

How many comments does it take to get a haircut?

–ME “Liz” Strauss

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Introducing Seb’s Random Thoughts

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SOB Hall of Famer: Seb’s Random Thoughts

Sebastian Had a Major DIGG Article Yesterday

Sebastian Prooth, owner of Seb’s Random Thoughts and Podcast Periodical, is a student of media, and an avid blogger, writer, and technology enthusiast. He’s also a computer/tech geek with his 12+ years using MS Windows and the OS X system he uses daily next to his PC. Sebastian talks about technology, news, and just about anything that’s going on. This isn’t CNN or Technorati mirror; it’s more of a mirror of the author sharing with readers — from the head and from the heart.

Notes from Liz: Sebatians’s topics might be random, but his thinking on them is anything but. Seb is a deep thinker who brings sincere and insightful viewpoints to whatever electic topic he tackles. Whenever I stop in at Seb’s blog, I find myself leaving a comment because he has spurred me to think about what he has wrote and to respond with as much thought as he has invested. One read of his posts will surely show you what I mean. Click on his logo and see for yourself.

Go there and Digg Seb’s article on Skype. It’s almost 400 now.

–ME “Liz” Strauss

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9rules Picked Great Ones

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Congratulations!

9rules logo

9rules has finished their 4th round of submissions. Paul Scrivens has published the official list at the 9rules Network blog. Of the 700 that were submitted, the 9rules team selected 111 blogs to join the 9rules Network this round.

Naturally among that group are a few folks I’d like to send my good wishes.

This list is merely in the order following the list on the 9rules blog.

If you have time this weekend to stop by to leave a comment, please tell them that I sent you over.

Congratulations to Paul and all of 9rules Network too, for such a great list of new blogs.

–ME “Liz” Strauss

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Link Leak Blog-to Show Is Open

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Welcome, Come On In

Blog-to

Welcome to the First Official Successful Blog Blog-to Show where we are showcasing blogs from all over the blogosphere. Each blog has brought a short description and a bit of advice or wise words for you. So have a look, walk around, and enjoy yourself. Click the blog titles to visit the blogs for a closer.

NOTE: We’ll do this again soon. So leave me comments on how we might do it differrently.
If you’d like to be part of the next Link Leak Blog-to Show see the last box on this post.

The Gates Are Offically Open

1. From Sheila Scarborough

Family Travel

Even if you don’t have kids or don’t get to travel that much, swing by and check out my Family Travel blog, hosted on BootsnAll. I try to cover the globe (with pretty pictures if the reading gets too tedious) plus lots of timely links. I’m a freelance writer, an experienced traveler thanks to some time in the US Navy, mother of two and wife to one sainted guy.

Check out my picture going through the Panama Canal, and click on it to read who else in my family spent some time in the CZ.

Short bloggy quote:
My fave quote about blogging and life in general: “It is never too late to be who you might have been.” George Eliot

2. From: Keith Dsouza

Keith Dsouza’ Home

Why its worth while visiting me,
Well my blog is predominantly technology related but i try to make it more useful for the users, with some nice explanations and ideas about things I am writing. Am I writing good? That’s for people to decide.

I don’t make technology yawny for non geeks i try and make it more interesting for them.

Small note for bloggers,
Well keep writing its the best thing you can do, write things from your heart, if you have a interesting thing to write about surf other blogs and see if you can related to anything else for your content, that makes a intersesting read at times.

If your blogging to make money, then blog smart and follow some of the tips for newbies at Liz’s blog.

Though am not getting into SEO, another thing is that write content search engines can easily find, your content will remain on the front page only for a while, its the search engines who will dig them out for new users.

3. From Joe Hauckes

Working at Home on the Internet…

Tips, Advice, Links, Articles and General Information for those who want to utilize their Home Computer to Make a Living on the Internet.

Blogging advice
Make a Game Plan, but remain flexible, things can change unexpectedly in any business.

4. From: Andrew Nesbitt

Fishbitt.com

Original geek material, a personal blog from a geek finding his way on the web.

Blogging advice
Make your content original and different, dont just copy digg.com ‘s front page.
Commenting other blogs is one of the best ways to get more regular readers and commenters.”

5. From: Theresa Frasch

Frasch Ideas

Frasch Ideas is a compilation of thoughts, comments and discoveries gleaned from my voracious reading habits. Stop by to get yourself thinking.

Short bloggy quote:
“The decisions you make, make you.”

6. From: cat Catherine Wentworth

Designers Who Blog

‘Designers who blog’ is a one stop site featuring those blogging about the Communication Design industry (web and graphic, illustration, etc). Due to the slop over in the industry,
also featured are those in marketing, photography, branding, etc. Rarely will you come across a featured blog known for droning on and on about their kids, their cat, their love life or lack of one. DWB also has a twist in the support of the NO!SPEC campaign, and showcases
whenever.

Short bloggy quote:
I’ve been working in the Communication Design industry (with my own business) for over ten years, and if there one thing I’ve learned about clients and how they operate, it’s this …

You can’t learn too soon that the most useful thing about a principle
is that it can always be sacrificed to expediency.
W. Somerset Maughan

7. From B. McCray

Small Biz Survival blog

By and for small business people in rural areas and small towns.

Short bloggy quote:
Don’t wait for someone else; be an entrepreneur! In the rural Great Plains, nearly 70 percent of job growth in the 1990s came from people creating their own job by starting a small business, according to the Center for Rural Affairs.

8. From: Gloria

The Virtual Wire

The Virtual Wire is comprised of a team of six writers, all of whom are business owners of Virtual Assistance practices, and are an integral part of the AssistU community. You’ll find a variety of conversations centered around building virtual working partnerships. You’ll find, as Stacy Brice states, “What’s shared here is the real deal, based on trial, error, and ultimate accomplishment in finding what works.”

Short bloggy quote:
What makes our businesses run and hum? Here’s a key element, as Stacy Brice writes, “For us, *virtual* means employing technology to collaborate and contribute to another’s business without being present physically. Technology available today makes being geographically distant a non-issue. The talent pool is wide open. People can work together with thousands of miles between them almost as easily as they can separated by only two feet.”

9. From Mr. Visible

Meanwhile Elsewhere

Ever wondered what it would be like to go back to school and finish up
that degree? Meanwhile, Elsewhere is the ongoing saga of a
forty-year-old man returning to college after two decades in the real
world.

Short bloggy quote:
Don’t just blog every day. Break it up a bit with some artwork, links
both relevant and irrelevant, and be sure to let yourself ramble a bit.

10. From: Melissa R.

Purplestars

My blog is worth visiting because I share my day to day geeky tetchy
life, my rants, my love for pcs and macs, my studio work cams, my
photos, tech news, and software reviews. Plus I have a podcast,&
videocasts, as well. Plus I am a writer for Lockergnome.com.

Short bloggy quote:
Blogging is a great tool because you can tell the world anything you
want, plus you can become a news journalist instantly if you are posting
what is happening around your world.

11. From: Dr. Mohamed Taher

Multifaith Information Gateway

World’s first blogsphere created with the object of disseminating information in the area that is called: Multifaith. The content manifests three formats: Online, print and multimedia. The context is interdisciplinary, i.e., multifaith literature which encompasses faiths, spiritualities, cults, cultures, races, regions, signs, symbols, actions, activities, as well as, transendental meditation.

Short bloggy quote:
Maintaining a blog is a lot like having a child (I don’t have one, but I can imagine.) It takes a lot of time, nurturing and care. source: Link policy and building traffic, from What’s Your Brand Mantra?

12. From Lelia Katherine Thomas

LeliaThomas.Com

The portfolio and journal of artist and writer Lelia Katherine Thomas. Journal topics addressed include moral matters, humor, interesting links, and highlights of amazing unknown artists and musicians. Art galleries are filled with photography, digital and traditional art, web design, and even poetry.

Blogging advice
The key is interacting on other users’ websites. Everyone tells you to get good links to your site, but that’s hard to do if you don’t go out of your way to participate on all the sites of your personal interest. This means writing more thoughtful comments than “cool entry” and even sending the occasional email to those sites where comments aren’t enabled. Recognize other people’s efforts, and yours will be recognized in time. It’s that age-old Karma effect!

Want to Be In the Next Blog-to Show?

Here’s what you do.

  • Write up a sentence or two about what makes your blog worth visiting.
  • Write up some advice or a bloggy quote that other bloggers would like to know.
  • E-mail that information to Liz at lizsun2@gmail.com.

When I get six qualifying entries, we’ll have another Blog-to Show Weekend.

Free Promotion! You can’t buy that!

As always, you’re welcome to stay as long as you like. Snacks and beverages are in the sidebar. Tips are not necessary. Comments are appreciated. Relax and have fun.

Have a weekend. You’ve earned it!

–ME “Liz” Strauss

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