Ordinary Gweilo
It's not big and it's not clever, it's just a Brit in Hong Kong writing (mainly) about Hong Kong
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Category: Blogs
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Shaky is not happy with asiaxpat. He hopes that a few links to his post will cause some hilarious consequences vis-a-vis Google listings. On which subject, did you know that at one time if you searched for NTSCMP in Google this site came up first? Even now, virtually all the links to NTSCMP still come…
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Shaky seems to caught asiaxpat.com creating fake referrals to his site (if you don’t understand this and wish to do so, follow the link from Shaky’s post for an explanation). You may recall that this is the very same website that starting sending Phil spam emails within hours of getting his email address. These guys…
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If I ever get tired of writing about why Harbour Fest was a bad idea and similar nonsense, I think I could quite happily carry on writing stuff about life in Hong Kong, even at the risk of being attacked by morons who think that this means that I don’t like it here and should…
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Via Shaky, a blog that certainly deserves a mention here because it is written by a resident of Hong Kong (though it seems he is about to move on to Singapore). He appears to be Australian, but I suppose we can forgive him that. He seems to live the typical expat lifestyle, so this is…
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Today’s SCMP Technology supplement has a small piece about the blog awards controversy, quoting from Phil’s comments on the subject. The journalist (Neil Taylor) is sympathetic to Phil’s argument, but of course by running the story he is also giving publicity to the ‘other’ awards. Meanwhile, I notice that Giles from Sweet Chariots has taken…
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Companies sending spam grow ever more ingenious in their attempts to persuade to read their stupid messages. In the last few days I have received a few emails that appear to be completely blank (no sender, no recipient, no subject). I deleted most of them but then opened one out of curiosity, and it is…
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George Adams claims that his stupid website is in favour of press freedom and against censorship. Except, it seems, when China blocks access to some blogs (in case you missed the story, Typepad blogs such as this one are currently blocked in China): From QQ in Peking China’s on-line community breathed a sigh of relief…
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Following on from my mention of advertising on blogs, here’s a piece from The Guardian Online Blog saying that some people get serious revenue from this source and can afford to hire staff!!
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Giles (see below) has two advertisements from Google below his post – one advertising BBC sport’s coverage of Arsenal and the other for cheap calling cards. I have read about advertising on blogs, but I think this is the first example I have seen. It’s hardly intrusive (the ads only appear if you click on…
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From the moribund and moronic NTSCMP forum, we hear from someone who believes what they read on IceRed: Steve posted 2/29/04 6:13 AM ——————————————————————————–On one of the forum some one boasts of drugging and raping women. Would that not require the ICERED site to inform the police and supply an ISP? Supply an ISP? What…
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