Creme Egg Rich

Posted on April 5, 2006 by Paul

With thanks to whoever clicked by last night, I’m now rich. Not rich rich, nor indeed even double-shot mocha latte rich, but certainly Cadbury’s Creme Egg rich.

I used to work with a member of the Cadbury family and … wait, I just need to point something out. If at some point in the future I can ever be referred to as ‘a member of the Harris family’ and it be a good thing, not like a Manson family kind of thing, then under no circumstances will you be working with me, unless ‘working with me’ covers bringing me ice-cold Fanta Limon* on the beach.

Anyway, we worked in Social Services for a local government, which I guess is a worthy calling, but Mr Cadbury decided it was time to leave and do something even more worthy. On his last day he brought in a basket full of Creme Eggs that his son had swiped from the line that morning. So I have been given a Creme Egg by (a) Mr Cadbury. And even better, I also stolen one from him, cus they’re gorgeous.

PS. Did you know that Creme Eggs are so cool they even have their own podcast? That’s cool, right, having your own podcast? It must be cool, cus I don’t have one and I’m not cool.

*It’s a thing – I go on vacation somewhere hot, I drink Fanta Limon.

Unbelievable

Posted on April 4, 2006 by Paul

24 hours of adsense, and I haven’t earned a penny! What are the chances of that?

On the upside I did score a google analytics invite that I’d requested months ago. So while you’re reading this I’m probing you. Or Google is probing both of us.

Commerce

Posted on April 3, 2006 by Paul — 2 Comments ↓

You may have noticed a new layout. What can I say, I get bored easily. Along with that I’ve added some capitalist elements to the blog. The first is a link to my host, together with a promo code to save $50. As much as anything this is because a number of people have asked me what host I use (because they’re excellent), so now I can just send them here.

Even more raw, I’ve added a discrete Google Adsense section. No, I don’t expect to make money from this. In fact, that’s kind of the point; I want to see how much a modest (oh so modest) blog like this makes from the system. Most of my traffic is bots/spam, and most of the rest is about 6 friends who I don’t expect will click the links. So will I make 50 cents? A dollar? Maybe, gasp, $2.50! We’ll see, and in roundabout, none-TOS-breaching terms I’ll let you know.

Spam

Posted on March 29, 2006 by Paul — 2 Comments ↓

Well it appears the bots have now worked out that the blog has changed format. The existing moderation options I already have turned on seem to do a good prophylactic job, but I may make things more challenging soon.

Welcome

Posted on March 21, 2006 by Paul — 1 Comment ↓

It’s not certain, for unknown reasons, but by now you should be reading this in glorious WordPress-o-vision. There are one or two issues outstanding, such as missing images, but I hope we’ll all be settled in soon, and without our persistent spam friends.