A different but successful approach to playing the guitar.

PopURI.us provides a tool to check at-a-glance the link popularity of any site based on its ranking (Google PageRank, Alexa Rank, Technorati etc.), social bookmarks (del.icio.us, etc), subscribers (Bloglines, etc) and more!

The results are presented nicely, all in one page, and looks something like this:

It also features a little widget to allow you to share this information on your blog.

On the 9th of September I was thrilled to find out me and my blog had been awarded with the “Awesome Guy Blogger Award“. This award is passed on by fellow bloggers to let you know they consider your rambling worthwhile reading.

By accepting this award you are also supposed to nominate 5 guys and girls whose blog are considered your personal favourites. This is where I’m struggling…

As a web developer I normally spend time racing through blogs and news sites in search of inspiration and answers. Consequently I’m not really visiting the same sites on a regular basis (normally). Thus finding these 10 bloggers is not an easy task!

To make it even harder the following “rules” have been applied:

1. No Community/Group blogs.
2. Blogs that I read and can identify with the bloggers.
3. Blogs that I read without fail, but rarely comment on.

Therefore I feel I have to change the rulebook a bit and ask for some help. Below is a list of blogs that keeps me coming back (infrequently) . What I’d like you to do is getting involved and recommend some blogs to me to both widen my horizon and maybe also help you increase your own site traffic.

Awesome Guy Blogger Award (comment to accept)

• Eirik Solheim - Eirikso.com (Tech, gadgets, ++)
• Patrick Hunlock - Pat’s Place (Tech, programming, ideas)
• Jörn Zaefferer - bassistance.de (Java, jQuery)
• Christopher Wright - Ubersoft.net (Almost a blog…, great comics)
• Scott Allan Wallick - plaintext.org (Wordpress theme author etc.)

Rockin’ Girl Blogger Award (please help!!!)

• Arlene - Simply Me (Friend, Ex-colleague)
• need
• help
• with
• rest…

So there you have it - incomplete and ready for the masses…

Thanks again for the award and don’t hesitate to get involved with my new nominations

I’m not a US citizen, actually I’ve never visited the US, and consequently I’ve never been to a K-Mart shopping centre. However it seams that you could actually get banned when behaving “a bit” out of the ordinary.

Click on the thumb below to open and read the official “you-and-the-rest-of-you-are-banned” letter sent from K-Mart to a family.

It clearly appears the husband has a very vivid imagination and uses this in various creative ways to make time pass (while the wife are shopping). I do understand his behaviour could be regarded as quite annoying, but to me this sounds like someone with a great sense of humour showing off, but at the wrong place (says K-Mart).

Give this guy a chance and put him in a Hollywood comedy instead

Wubi is an unofficial Ubuntu installer for Windows users that will bring you into the Linux world with a single click. Wubi allows you to install and uninstall Ubuntu as any other application. If you heard about Linux and Ubuntu, if you wanted to try them but you were afraid, this is for you.

Wubi is Safe

It does not require you to modify the partitions of your PC, or to use a different boot loader.

Wubi is Simple

Just run the installer, no need to burn a CD.

Wubi is Discrete

Wubi keeps most of the files in one folder, and If you do not like, you can simply uninstall it.

Wubi is Free

Wubi (like Ubuntu) is free as in beer and as in freedom. You will get this part later on, the important thing now is that it cost absolutely nothing, it is their gift to you…

Visit the project web site or proceed to the download >>