Things I Love Thursday

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My 2010 hasn’t had the best of starts, plagued, as I have been, by possibly the most annoying chesty cough I have ever had which made me miss the first three working days of the year (normally I wouldn’t grumble too much about having an excuse to miss work, but [...]

Blogging Tools: Further Experiments in Monetisation

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Back in April, I posted a review of several different monetisation techniques I’d tried in the hopes of breaking even on my hosting fees. Blogging Tools 2: Experiments in Monetisation was one of my most successful posts and still gets hits, so I thought I would write an [...]

How “Real” Are You Online?

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Can anyone honestly say that the self they project online, in blogs, on forums, etc. is truly 100% their real self? I know lots of people put on a persona on purpose, either because they want to hide their true selves or just as a gimmick, but I’m talking about [...]

Sparkle Roundup!

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This week’s Sparkle Roundup covers two weeks, and the result is a selection of really amazing posts I’m sure you’ll enjoy reading!

* Gem’s post regarding monogamous vs. polygamous relationships, “One Love?“ is really interesting to read, particularly the debate that it inspired in the comments.

* Basil Farrow is a super [...]

Sparkle Roundup!

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I appear to have given up trying to find relevant photos for these posts! The above is cute, but bears very little relation to the content, however cute is always good!

I hope you’re all having a relaxing weekend which for those of us in [...]

Sparkle Roundup!

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Amongst all the admin this week I’ve read some brilliant posts by some amazing bloggers. I’ve definitely found some inspiring stuff, and added loads more blogs to my Google reader!

I’m not going to advise people to go out and enjoy the sunshine this week, since I’ve spent most of it [...]

Obsessive Sparkle – New Feature

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This  week is turning into a bit of a “blog admin” week I’m afraid, and this post is no exception. This is merely an announcement of one of the new features that I hope will show that there is plenty going on behind the [...]

Survey Results and the Future of Sparkle and Glitter!

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First of all, I’d like to give a huge thank-you to everyone who responded to my survey, the results have been exceedingly useful. Some of the results were along the lines I thought they would be, others came as a bit of a surprise, so it’s been an excellent learning [...]

Sparkle Roundup!

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Once again it’s far too glorious a weekend to be stuck indoors on the Internet, so before reading these, please consider going out into the sunshine and saving them for later!

If it’s not as fabulous where you are and you haven’t filled it [...]

A Request for Feedback!

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Inspired by this post, it has occurred to me that things around here could be getting a little stale of late, and I feel the need to shake things up! Now that I’m getting my drive back after a strange period of lethargy and total lack of inspiration, I [...]

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