Davinian

Challenged Challenges

The resent Tumbr problems with the Thirty Day Challenge (see We have been Tumbld…) has caused a lot of people to have a re-think on what is really being taught in the challenge — is it genuine or a bit of a get rich quick thingy?

I’ve managed to escape having my account suspended on Tumbr, but that’s probably because I haven’t been using it for an TDC activities, in fact I’ve hardly use it at all…

So it it time for a switcheroo? No not at all — I’m still following and ultimately still taking part in the Thirty Day Challenge, as I have learnt some interesting tips, tricks and techniques — but I think it is good to keep your options open — especially when it come to trying to make money online.

That is why I am going to play catch up on the 31 Days to Building a better blog. When I say catch up what I really mean is I’m going to read everything as it has technically ended. If you not sure who Darren Rowser is, then head over to ProBlogger and check out the mountain of valuable information on making money from your blog — you should have already be reading it if you want to make money online anyway!

And if you are questioning the TDC, my advise is to stick with it as you will probable learn something out of it in the long run.

Twitter Updates for 2007-08-16

• wondering if ProBloggers 31 Day Challenge is more beneficial than the 30DC for a new web-startup http://tinyurl.com/27mamn #
• come on - back Boris - you know it makes sense … http://www.backboris.com/ #
• starting to get angry with my ISP - why do I keep loosing internet connection? #
• Skype is definitely playing up today… thank dog for iChat, MSN, AOL, Google Talk and Yahoo to name but a few… #
• just updated my European iPhone Countdown - blog http://tinyurl.com/2c364r #
• searching through a pile of CDs looking for some old photos I took years ago… why the hell didn’t I write on them!!! #
• still having problems with Skype - not sure if it’s me, my ISP or just one of those days… #

Hacking Wordpress themes is better than fishing?

There is nothing I enjoy more than getting my hands dirty with a little bit of custom Wordpress code. I’ve just finished sorting out this blog and have decided to dive right in again and redesign the theme for one of my other blogs Cryptoworld.

Sucker for punishment? Why yes — but heck it is better than fishing?

Twitter Updates for 2007-08-14

• drinking coffee and working on a WordPress theme… it’s also very damp outside today - looks like summer is over… #
• trying to sort a little problem with my new WordPress theme for Davinian.com #

I’m never happy with the way my blogs look

I think it is fair to say that I am constantly trying to find a better look and feel for my website - this must be the 100th + such theme change for Davinian, and I suspect it wont be the last!

Will I make $10 in 30 days?

I was going to say that I didn’t know how I got myself involved with this, but then I remembered I read about it over on Yaro Starak’s site (Internet Business Blog) [link to post].

The thing is though, I’m not really sure what the hell I am supposed to be doing! Yeah ok, I have to try and make $10 in thirty days (August to be exact), but within what rules? as it’s not yet clear.

I guess all should be revelled on the 1st of August, well I hope it will…

If you want to have a go, or see what all the fuss is about, head over to thirtydaychallenge.com and sign up - it’s free… oh, and if you can’t find the link to the thirty day challege blog - it’s here [link].

I’m back, well sort of

I know it’s been a while, but I’m still here, just less vocal — which is probably a good thing? Anyway, I had to post this as it’s just weird how things like this happen.

While enjoying a cold barbecue with friends on Friday we started talking about books and how we hadn’t seen any second hand copies by our favourites authors of late. Granted, the odd one or two turns up every now and then, but they are usually books we already own, or in such bad condition that they are only fit for reading in the bath!

There’s One in Every Town!

Then on Saturday while hunting for bits and bobs for an adventure I am planning (more on this soon), I happened to stumble upon a book by Mick Farren, which as you can guess, is one of my favourite authors! The book in question turns out to be Gene Vincent, a book I had been looking for for a while, so not only had I proved our BBQ conversation wrong, I had also found a little gem.

The book is currently on back-order on Amazon, but the synopsis is spot on:
There’s one in every town: Gene Vincent was the original and legendary black-leather bad-boy of rock ‘n’ roll. His records were banned and censored, his live shows incited riots, he wrecked hotel rooms while Keith Moon was still a schoolboy, his private life was a combat zone of booze, pills, guns, and women, and he ultimately died for the bluejean bop. Without him there would have been no Jim Morrison, no Sid, no Marilyn Manson, and even Elvis would have struggled. And that’s why Gene Vincent is still remembered and celebrated thirty years after he should have been dead and gone.

Interesting list of censored stories from 2005-2007

With the ever increasing speed and frenzy for supply the masses with information, it’s easy to see why some stories just don’t cut-it and make the headlines!

But then when you stop and think about all the negative news that’s pumped into almost every living room via the TV and browsed by thousands every day in newspapers and on the web, there shouldn’t really be an excuse to miss anything — should there?

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New iMac Problems

I bought a new 20 inch Core Duo iMac a few months ago, my first Apple product in four years. Its clean edges look fantastic on the desk and it sits like a big brother next to my old 12 inch PowerBook G4 .

But after a few weeks (conveniently just out of the 14 day return policy) I started noticing something weird happening after waking the iMac from sleep mode. At first there was a weird flickering across the screen, the kind of flicker you get when degaussing a conventional monitor. But this seemed to last longer and longer with each sleep and eventually took over an hour to clear itself, and even longer if it had been in sleep mode overnight.

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Journal [dot] Davinian has left the building

Journal | Davinian, an idea that never really worked - although it was fun and did upset a few people!

Somethings are immortal, others just fade, becoming a distant memory! The demise of Journal [dot] Davinian is probably neither of those, and to be perfectly honest I’m glad…

I guess it was fun for a while and did bring a smile to some faces, but for others – it was a pain in the arse! So at least they will be relieved that I’ve closed it down and banished it to the deepest recesses of my mind…

Going forwards, davinian will be my main platform for a more sensible, yet slightly sideways glance and the world around me.

I hope you enjoy?