Blueness

i'm blue!

There you go Jules- i've posted :o)

Busy little bees, or maybee not!

Poor little bees- scientists are worried about a decline in the wild bee population in Wales and are urging more people to become beekeepers! There is an article on BBC Wales looking at how the numbers of wild bees have been decimated by a nasty little mite that obviously doesn't appreciate honey.
The low hum of the bee is a welcome sound to gardeners hoping to have their plants visited by the black and yellow pollination workers. No bees mean no tomatoes, which in turn means no chutney!

Joking aside, bees are a crucial part in growing crops and as the article mentions, if bees are eradicated, mankind will be extinct within a decade. Quite a sobering thought.

For the full article and advice on bee keeping visit BBC South West Wales

Loquax- the (Duck) tale of a UK competitions portal

As many of you already know I've worked for Loquax for the last few years. Loquax, in case you didn't know is the UK competitions portal, a great resource for online competitions. (Hey, this is my blog and I can plug if I want to!) As well as competitions, there is a shopping section, a place for offers, bingo area and a busy forum (over 1,000 online last time I checked). As well as the main competition site, there are other websites in the Loquax Ltd family covering everything from broadband, offers, insurance, mobile phones to seasonal Easter and Christmas niche sites.

Now for what Loquax does not do- no incentives, no rewards, no cashback. And again, no incentives, no rewards, no cashback. I know I'm repeating myself, but that seems to be what we are doing on a more regular basis recently. So, just to be on the safe side- no incentives, no rewards, no cashback. I'm sure somewhere in the affiliate world there is a big black book that has Loquax down in the wrong category. Or perhaps this comes from the abundance of win an ipod or similar competitions and websites popping up at the moment which are (very) thinly veiled data collection devices.

Loquax does not sell users data on to third parties and does not charge a subscription so any affiliate earnings are ploughed into maintaining the website. Which takes me to the next point- Loquax is not a charity. The Loquax forum is not a board for other affiliates to boost their businesses- just don't do it. You can post as many offers and personal affiliate links as you like just as soon as you pay for the server bills and employee wages ;-) Plus, if you do do it, you may find yourself handed an invoice for administration charges the next time we see you at an A4U G2G.

Bloomin' Spammers

Honestly, you spend bloomin' ages writing unique and useful content for your websites just for some *insert own sweary comment* to come along and rip the whole bloody site off. So to the lovely peeps who have done just that- thanks for the compliment, but also thanks for copying my affiliate link too!

Blogs - how useful are they?

Blogs, blogs everywhere you look, but hardly any worth reading (including this one, the inane ramblings of a bird who must get out more!). Everyone has got one these days from David Cameron (Webcameron) to Charlotte Church (where you can catch extended interviews from the show not shown on telly!); newspapers eg Guardian Arts Blog and of course a little bit closer to home, a duck related affiliate :-)

So, blogs - how useful are they? Are blogs an invaluable resource on the web, a continual narrative of thoughts, opinions and information? Or do they just contribute more background noise to the already bustling white noise of the internet? Are blogs veritable vocal vomit expelled by willy waving individuals whose partner/workmates glaze over at the mere hint of a rant? *cough* :-)

Road Sheeping :-)

Ah bless - the council make the effort to get the roads gritted, then this happens!

"SWEET-TOOTHED sheep are scuppering attempts to defrost icy roads – by eating the sugar-based grit.

During cold weather flocks of sheep have been spotted licking the tasty treat off roads in Halkyn Mountain, North Wales.

The bizarre behaviour comes after council officials introduced a new type of grit made from sugar, starch and cereal.

Local resident Elfed Evans said he had spotted dozens of sheep licking the grit off the road...."

ICWales News

Blog Tag-tastic!

Oh the lengths some people will go to to make me post on my blog!... have you been blog tagged??? Blog Tagging is where somebody tags you in their blog and you have to say 5 things that people don’t know about you in your blog. You then tag another 5 people who must do the same. Thanks (not!) to Jason and Paul for their tags!
Here's my 5 things you didn't know about me:

1)I'm half Basque (but Jason prefers to see me in a whole one - boom boom!) I speak Spanish, bit of French, weeny bit of Welsh (must learn more) and a few Basque words i picked up while living over there - Kaixo! Agur! (Hello and bye!) oh and Patxaran...hmmm

2)One of my favourite films is The Shining...ok, it is my favorite flick of all time. Especially when I'm drunk; think I've made poor long suffering hubby (or PLSH from now on) watch it at least 1000 times!

3)I wear Mr Bump slippers, much to the amusement of the DHL delivery guy and the postman.

4)I met PLSH (Jason) on Love@lycos- that website has a lot to answer for! He's cute really and contrary to popular belief, he's not grumpy! :o)

5)I am accident prone - not when I'm drunk though! I've had countless sprained wrists and ankles, twisted my knee, broken 3 toes (the same one twice), fell down the stairs at 9am in the morning, bruised ribs, whiplash and the best one yet, falling over a doorstep breaking my foot on a friday night and sitting in Casualty for 6 hours with a bird who had got bottled in a club in Swansea being chatted up by a guy who had grabbed a knife off his missus and slashed his hand!...and all on Children in Need night...and much repeating of "i'm not drunk, i've just finished work, i fell over a doorstep"

Thats me done! Time for more blog tags, so I tag Kevin, Matt "Zabaglione" Wood, Fraser, Jason - coz you should do another as everyone already knows about your duck obsession ;o) and Paul for not revealing he is the stunt double for Doc Oc and David Gest ;oP