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The affiliates4u fantasy football season started again on 16th August and they have over £4000 in prizes to be won over the season, you can find more information here.

Even if you haven’t joined before the 16th with all the prizes on offer you can join late and still be one of the winners.

- Visit http://fantasy.premierleague.com/
- Select and submit your team,
- Click on the tab called leagues on LHS
- Click join league
- Enter code below
165706-39773

Good luck!

What I’m listening to right now: New Kids On The Block Feat Ne-Yo & Polow Da Don – “Single”

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Affiliates4u Fantasy Football League

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Great to see Dragon’s Den make a return to TV tonight with series 6. Congratulations to Hamfatter and Dance4MePromotions who both secured investments.

I have to say that the the decision to appear on a business reality show by indie band Hamfatter was a stroke of genius. Regardless of whether they got an investment or not, the 15 minutes of prime time TV would almost certainly open up a lot of doors for them. As it happened though, they had to choose between Peter Jones, Duncan and a combined offer from Theo and Deborah. Thankfully they dismissed Theo and Deborah, quite rightly too as their tinpot music download business wouldn’t benefit them at all. Instead they chose Peter who can open doors at Sony. Well done, I would have done exactly the same.

As for Air Oasis, well those guys need to stick with their door-to-door Multi Level Marketing strategy. Completely hopeless. Same applies to the Layline people, I mean come on, good comedy value but a real business? I don’t think so.

Finally. I thought the D4M girls were brilliant. Their business was quirky, fun and something different. Already healthy and earning decent profits it was easy to see how James and Duncan could easily, easily bring them shedloads of business from their contacts and existing businesses. For what it’s worth I would have chosen those two over Theo and Peter in this instance, as I just don’t see how D4M can fit into Red Letter Days. They are a corporate entertainment company, not an experience.

Anyway, great first show, roll on next week!

What I’m listening to right now: Joe - “All or Nothing”

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Dragons Den series 6 - well done to Hamfatter and D4M

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I attended the Bingo Summit last week, however had to go home on the second night so missed the festivities. Seems my pass didn’t though…

My pass enjoying a Mai Tai!

Jasper from Jackpotjoy impersonating me. Notice couple in background thinking “what’s that all about?”

Helen from DGM doing the same.

Jason from Loquax wishes he were me.

What I’m listening to right now: John Legend ft Andre 3000 – “Green Light”

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My Bingo Summit pass out on the town

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You need to be a real Internet geek to appreciate these 3 brilliant videos from College Humor, but trust me they are very, very funny.

All 3 videos are based on what would happen if the sort of idiots who you see leaving pointless, stupid and crass comments on various forums and blogs (thankfully not this one though) were to act in the real world as they do online. The first two clips are based in an office meeting while the final one is at a funeral.

Warning: If you are easily offended to not watch as they contain bad language and are quite gratuitous. Needless to say they are not safe for work. Hilarious though

What I’m listening to right now: Sam Sparro - “Black and Gold”

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Internet commentators in the real world. Pwned!

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As it’s Friday I thought the timing would be right for a bit of light hearted fun - there is also a bit of a lesson in here too

My second “white cars” blog post was really successful, so much so that some thief stole it, hotlinked to my images, submitted it to Digg and got a ton of traffic.

But, as the post had over 50 reasonably high quality images it didn’t half make a dent on my bandwidth. So much so that I ran well over my agreed allowance with my hosting company and was left with a bill to pay that was over my normal monthly amount.

But by how much? The traffic spiked over a period of about 4 or 5 days then returned to normal. So how much do you think that spike cost me? I’ll reveal the answer next week.

Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post’s poll.

I now have another dilemma. The thing is that I have another “white car” post almost ready to go, and this one has over 100 pictures. And before anyone says it, I know that I have an unhealthy obsession with white cars - I just can’t help it.

So what should I do? Write another “white car” blog post and just suffer the consequences in terms of traffic and bandwidth? One thing I have learned to do, is to split the post, so that I only display 3 or 4 pictures on my homepage and only display the rest when the user clicks through to the article. Or should I maybe create a whole new website devoted to white cars? I’ve been toying with that idea actually as I know the interest is there, I would probably make it interactive too and encourage user content (now watch, someone will do it). Problem is I don’t think I have the time to devote to a new project like that, especially as I don’t think it will be a big money-maker, more of a hobby.

Anybody have any thoughts?

What I’m listening to right now: Maskerade – “Computer Love”

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How much did my “White Cars” blog post cost me? And shall I do some more?

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As you probably know, Bill Gates will be leaving Microsoft - the company he has worked full time at since he was 17 - in July of this year. At the 2008 CES show in Vegas this week while giving his final keynote speech, he played this video showing what his last day at work could be like. It features people like Jay-Z, George Clooney, Hilary Clinton, Bono, Stephen Spielberg and more. Its actually quite funny, and refreshing to see someone of Bill’s stature poke fun at himself.

If anybody’s interested in the business part of the presentation, here’s some notes. And here’s the video:

What I’m listening to right now: Usher Feat Ludacris - “That Girl Right There”

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Was very pleased when a parcel came for me today. I opened the packaging to find this cool little box:

Once opened up I was chuffed to see it was in fact a Tokyo mobile phone. Its quite possibly the dinkiest tiniest mobile phone I’ve seen! As you can see from the picture below where I’ve laid it next to my iPhone and KRZR it really is very small and neat.

So a big thankyou to Orange…and now a bit of a plug

The Orange affiliate program (both broadband and mobile) will be launching in the new year on the Premier Affiliate Network. If you want to get in touch with them then please email Lee-Ann via leeann@premieraffiliates.com who will be happy to talk you through it and explain commissions etc.

4 reasons why sending me Christmas presents is a good idea

1. I will (most probably) mention you and your company on this blog. Great free advertising then
2. I will genuinely appreciate it (especially gadgets and chocolate) and will therefore push your program that little bit harder.
3. I will be able to sell your products better on my websites as I can play with/touch/eat them and can therefore review them more effectively and give honest opinions.
4. It will save me Christmas shopping as I can give them away as gifts.*

* Only joking, I’m not that tight.

What I’m listening to right now: Dialtone ft Jai Amore & Joe Budden – “Masseuse”

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I’ve been chatting to Fi a bit today and comparing notes about the reaction that my last post about the 4 Calling Birds created. It seems we’ve both had emails and MSN messages along the lines of “hubba hubba” and “wow! Is that really the girl at the end of the telephone with the funny accent?” And so on.

So not being one to disappoint here is 1 more pic of FiFi as, yeah you guessed…a French maid!

BTW if you think back to the “12 Days of Christmas” song you will remember that its “8 maids a milking”. Yes 8!! And yes I actually do have photographic evidence of this wonderous event but am holding off publishing it. You’ll just have to wait until Equator launch their Christmas campaign on the 7th December and visit their site to see for yourself. Unless of course, somebody wants to bribe me send me some chocolate/Peroni if they can’t wait that long

What I’m listening to right now: Lynden David Hall - “Sexy Cinderella”

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I’ve been chatting to Fi a bit today and comparing notes about the reaction that my last post about the 4 Calling Birds created. It seems we’ve both had emails and MSN messages along the lines of “hubba hubba” and “wow! Is that really the girl at the end of the telephone with the funny accent?” And so on.

So not being one to disappoint here is 1 more pic of FiFi as, yeah you guessed…a French maid!

BTW if you think back to the “12 Days of Christmas” song you will remember that its “8 maids a milking”. Yes 8!! And yes I actually do have photographic evidence of this wonderous event but am holding off publishing it. You’ll just have to wait until Equator launch their Christmas campaign on the 7th December and visit their site to see for yourself. Unless of course, somebody wants to bribe me send me some chocolate/Peroni if they can’t wait that long

What I’m listening to right now: Lynden David Hall - “Sexy Cinderella”

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If there was ever a reason (or 4) to visit the website of online marketing agency Equator this Christmas, well here it is.

Remember the ever popular Christmas song “The 12 Days of Christmas”? You know how it goes, “12 drummers drumming, 11 pipers piping and so on, right until you get to a partridge in a pear tree”. Well here is Equator’s take on “4 birds a calling”. Except the 4 “birds” are 4 sexy secretaries on the telephone (calling). My oh my.

From left to right we have Olivia, Fiona, Clare and Gill.

Want another? Here’s the gorgeous Fiona answering her phone.

BTW if anybody wants high resolution versions of these images (ideal for desktop wallpaper) then please buy me some chocolate or Peroni and I will gladly send you them.

OK seriously, before we all rush off to apply for jobs to work in the Equator office - this is all part of their Christmas campaign due to kick off on the 7th December. Equator have decided to to give the classic 12 Days of Christmas story an Equator refresh – “An old classic digitally remastered” as it were. They are asking everyone to bookmark their special Christmas page at www.eqtr.com/christmas, and visit this site every working day from the 7th December. For every unique visitor to the site the MD of Equator will be donating money to Yorkhill Children’s Foundation.

All visitors to the site will be presented with a sketchbook which has the title of the campaign. The book will open up to reveal a countdown to Christmas day. Each day will show a video which represents the popular festive song “The 12 days of Christmas”. Music will play over the top of the videos, with the Equator team singing the song along to music. Each video will represent a day of the song, and will feature all of the Equator team! Everyone will appear in at least 1 day and act out the famous scenes with an Equator twist. When the video is complete it will countdown the previous days and end with a still image of each day shown so far. The 12th day will be shown on the 24th December, what perfect timing!

So I’d like to thank Equator for not only donating money to a very worthy cause but for brightening up my PC’s desktop wallpaper, the joy of seeing Fi and her colleagues in those uniforms every time I switch on my PC makes my days so much brighter

What I’m listening to right now: Dream - “I Luv Your Girl”

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If there was ever a reason (or 4) to visit the website of online marketing agency Equator this Christmas, well here it is.

Remember the ever popular Christmas song “The 12 Days of Christmas”? You know how it goes, “12 drummers drumming, 11 pipers piping and so on, right until you get to a partridge in a pear tree”. Well here is Equator’s take on “4 birds a calling”. Except the 4 “birds” are 4 sexy secretaries on the telephone (calling). My oh my.

 

From left to right we have Olivia, Fiona, Clare and Gill.

Want another? Here’s the gorgeous Fiona answering her phone.

BTW if anybody wants high resolution versions of these images (ideal for desktop wallpaper) then please buy me some chocolate or Peroni and I will gladly send you them.

OK seriously, before we all rush off to apply for jobs to work in the Equator office - this is all part of their Christmas campaign due to kick off on the 7th December. Equator have decided to to give the classic 12 Days of Christmas story an Equator refresh – “An old classic digitally remastered” as it were. They are asking everyone to bookmark their special Christmas page at www.eqtr.com/christmas, and visit this site every working day from the 7th December. For every unique visitor to the site the MD of Equator will be donating money to Yorkhill Children’s Foundation.

All visitors to the site will be presented with a sketchbook which has the title of the campaign. The book will open up to reveal a countdown to Christmas day. Each day will show a video which represents the popular festive song “The 12 days of Christmas”. Music will play over the top of the videos, with the Equator team singing the song along to music. Each video will represent a day of the song, and will feature all of the Equator team! Everyone will appear in at least 1 day and act out the famous scenes with an Equator twist. When the video is complete it will countdown the previous days and end with a still image of each day shown so far. The 12th day will be shown on the 24th December, what perfect timing!

So I’d like to thank Equator for not only donating money to a very worthy cause but for brightening up my PC’s desktop wallpaper, the joy of seeing Fi and her colleagues in those uniforms every time I switch on my PC makes my days so much brighter

What I’m listening to right now: Dream - “I Luv Your Girl”

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