Those nutty Brits!!

Click here to find out what £14,000 buys you in the U.K. Just posted UPDATE: I had found this article early this morning but Blogger was being a whore about uploading images. So you've probably seen this elsewhere. I only now post it due to the name I gave to that image.

There can be only one...

Yes. That's a "Highlander" reference. The movie, not the TV show. Anyway, it's in specfic reference to Gail at Scribal Terror, whom I consider one of the better things to ever happen to the intertubes. She always has something cool and witty and historical and interesting to post. With this in mind, I will attempt to prove that imitation is the highest form of flattery and post a few links that I think that Gail would post on her site. If I am lucky, they will be something cool and witty and historical and interesting. If not, I tried. ~ Want to here (Hee! -Hood) hear the Gettysburg address original audio? How about the "King Cotton March" by Sousa recorded by the writer himself? There are these historical recordings from NPR's lost and found sounds. ~ Here is an odd but interesting site. This site is a collection of menus from the 1939 Golden Gate International Exposition. ~ Have I over used the history angle? Ok, well then how about current day. Here's a webcam for the Panama Canal. ~ If you use computers you must click here so that you can be a smart ass like this. ~ Finally, if you just can't stand it anymore, why not scout around the graveyards of Chicago? This concludes my "If I were posting a la Gail" moment. I now expect the some witty banter and some puns in the comments. So get with the punning or I'll have to start back up with the haiku.

$10 closer to being a millionaire...

... One prediction at a time. It was just over a month ago that I linked to a new prediction website that allowed you to make money (on certain questions) by predicting the correct outcome. And in that time I've made $10.70. That's not a typo. Think of what you can do with $10 these days. Better yet, think of what you can't do, eh? Nothing - you can't do nothing. Except load up on double negatives. So click the link below and make yourself rich beyond your wildest dreams... At my current pace, I'll make my first Predictify million by the year 10341. Obviously I need to pick up the pace a bit.

Predictify

Via Stumbleupon, I found a website that... ...provides a simple, fun way to engage in current and future newsworthy topics. Users can find events that interest them, predict the outcome, build a reputation based on accuracy, and even get paid real money when they’re right! Best of all, it’s free – no points or bets required. Going through the FIU archives will show you that a lot of what we think or predict doesn't happen. This site seems to be a cool way to track your predictions and even ask questions of your own to the general public. Give it a gander and if you sign up, look for Hoodlumman as a friend. We'll see who's more accurate once and for all!

Feedback Welcome

Anyone know what you can do if your birthday falls on a Monday? Thanks in advance...

Planning a party

A certain FIU'er is getting married soon and is having a bachelor party this weekend. Sadly, the fact that I'm married with kids and have 2 impending tests, is going to keep me from going. However, I feel that it's unfair that we have to all miss out on the last "Huzza" of Hoodlumman's single life. As a result, I say that we throw him a virtual bachelor party. It's time to get drunk and post your best advice/wishes along with the classic sign of being wasted. Yes, you need to end it with "I love you, man." To get this thing ready, I'll need some help: JR, you get the tequila, 2 tanks of nitrous, 1 combat boot, a package of ping pong balls and a kiddie pool. Diana ,you get 200 pounds of velvetta cheese, a left handed stripper, a copy of "Fiddler on the Roof" and exactly 9 ft of 8 guage copper wire. Dave, you bring the cordite, as much axle grease as you can put your hands on, two wheel chair maniquins, a 5-6 lb cactus and carnuba wax. I'll get the chili, the midgets, 100 lbs of chicken feathers, a disposable camera, correct postage for a 200 lb package to Madagascar, a tattoo gun and black tar herion. I already have the slip'n'slide, the 18v drill and the 1200w portable generator for the microwave and the power washer. In the mean time, you guy start out with these val-u-rite vodka jello shots and get with the practical knowledge.... and the naked pictures because it's not like bandwidth is free.

What are the neighbors up to?

Blogroll please... PB provides no less than 10 solid links for you to peruse (I suggest Collegehumor.com and David Letterman). Cullen has found yet another LOLxxxxx website. This one I can appreciate. Help Steve find something to occupy his time... while he's in Hawaii? Dan looks at illegal immigration vs. low IQ Americans. Sometimes being a jerk is all just good clean fun. Enjoy!

Blogrollin'

What some of the folks on our blogroll are talking about: Why debating a Progressive/Liberal is akin to bashing one's head against the wall: Internet debates of all sorts are poor formats, but W^3 makes a valid point. Giacomo parses Paul Krugman, who gives a pretty accurate starting point from which progressives might argue; mostly validating W^3's points. Ken points us to a candidate calculator. Why make your own decisions when you can let a computer do it for you? How many feminists does it take to change a lightbulb? Click away... and comment where inspired.

One third of online dating women are sluts

Actually the article said: While the women who were surveyed went to great lengths to screen online acquaintances before meeting them, nearly a third reported having sex on the first date and three-quarters of those said they did not use condoms, according to the study by The University of Texas School of Public Health. I just figured that FIU could benefit from a little "yellow journalism." So why were they willing to cough up some cooter on the first date? According to researchers it's because "Online dating, Padgett said, enables women to ignore men who don't make them feel safe or fit their standards." In other words, the Internet is a virtual cock blocker, like the digital friend who won't let her "do some shots because we have to go now." Also, he points out that women are able to feel like they really know the guy before they actually agree to meet him allowing for a sense of "virtual intimacy." "They may not think of it as being risky sex," said Padgett, a research associate who specializes in epidemiology and sex research. "They don't see it as a one-night stand, even though it might turn out that way, because they really feel they have a relationship with this man." So what method did these women use to sift through all the potential stalkers to find prince charming with a sony laptop? It was pretty high hurdles and pretty scientific stuff, but here's a list of some of their litmus tests: Before a date ~ Running background checks through an agency or Google. ~ Looking for inconsistencies in answers to questions. ~ Relying on gut feeling. ~ Talking on the phone. ~ Asking for a photo. During the date ~ Meeting in a public place ~ Having a friend tag along discreetly ~ Having own ride home ~ Carrying pepper spray Some of my favorite quotes are "When we talked I pumped him for info and then kept asking questions to see if he would slip up and reveal a lie", "He looked `safe' in his picture", "Hidden vocal (and physical) cues can also tell you whether a man is suitable - which is intuition" and "I told him I would say how fast we moved, not him." I guess for 33% of them "how fast" is literal, as opposed to figurative. What amuses me is that for all the technology and all the posturing and all the effort it still comes down to the biological aspect of the male doing convoluted dances and displaying plumage in an effort to convince a female that he's a fitting mate. Yeah, dating. I remember it and I remember that it sucked. Update (Hood): "I know. I know..."

For JR and Hood

World of Whorecraft star Mia Rose has been banned from World of Warcraft. Mia Rose is a hardcore gamer as well as being a pornstar, who appeared in several episodes of World of Whorecraft. Rose told the website Kotaku.com that she was banned from the World of Warcraft over the weekend after a fan recognized her and mentioned her website in a public chat area. Yeah, God knows that Blizzard needs to protect the sanctity of their gaming brand from porn stars and porn because there couldn't be any possibility of a marketing demographic crossover there. Right guys?

Work with me here ...

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I'm just saying

Ahem... Photo blog update....

My own little personal market survey

I have a few questions I'd like to pose to our regular and sometimes readers. What brought you to FIU? What, if anything keeps you here? What kind of posts do we do that interest you? What posts do we do that don't interest you? What would you like to see more of? What would you like to see less of? I figure those questions and a little open thread feedback would help in knowing where our readership wants to go with this thing? Criticism is helpful, we're all thick skinned. So thanks for your time in advance.

Lohan: 'I am innocent'

I saw this on CNN and I couldn't pass it up. Lohan, 21, was arrested early Tuesday in Santa Monica and released on bail for investigation of misdemeanor driving under the influence and with a suspended license, and felony cocaine possession. "I am innocent... did not do drugs they're not mine. I was almost hit by my assistant Tarin's mom I appreciate everyone giving me my privacy," Lohan wrote in an e-mail to "Access Hollywood" host Billy Bush, the show reported on its Web site Tuesday night. Police found cocaine in one of the actress' pockets during a pre-booking search, Sgt. Shane Talbot said. Police initially said Lohan was also being booked for investigation of transporting a narcotic but later said she was not. Now, let me say first, that I'm not an expert. With that being said, this is totally different than Paris Hilton. Paris Hilton could have hurt herself and others with her stupidity but make this distinction: Paris Hilton doesn't get drunk and do stupid stuff because she's running from anything. She does it because she like to get drunk, show some skin, get attention and because she believed that the rules didn't apply to her. She never grew up on her on "Planet Reality" so she was unaware of it. That picture shows the "oh shit" face of a little girl that just found out that money doesn't protect you from the law. Whether or not she learns from it remains to be seen, but she's doing stupid stuff to have fun, in my opinion. Lohan, on the other hand, has a grasp on reality, but she is doing everything she can to run from it. Unlike Hilton, she's not trying to have fun for the fun of it. She's trying to get blasted, under the guise of having fun, to avoid the stress that she's under and the fact that she doesn't have anyone who doesn't have their hooks in her that actually cares. They care for what she is more than who she is. She needs jail time. Paris needed jail to get a slap in the face but Lohan needs it to not end up dead. The "forced vacation" of jail will take her out of her element, away from the people who are whoring off of her and hopefully away from the chemicals that will totally wreck her, if not kill her outright. Unlike both Paris and Brittney, Lohan doesn't have a Mom or Dad to lean on, which is part of her problem, and if she doesn't take on the responsibility of getting herself straightened out she'll probably die young.

Fighting the burn

Politics has me a little torched out. I'm glad I'm not in class right now because work has gotten a little weird. I have a new "above me but not my boss" person to break in. (I'm sorta the community bitch in my office.) Mostly, over all I just feel weird. SO, I'm going to post a little random. It might suck, but then you guys don't have to read it. I figure that it's better than nothing and a lot better than just wigging out. So here is a video to a song that I made out with a girl to once. I'm not sure why but it's just one of those things that sticks with you. I think it's because the girl looked a lot like Bjork and the song was Bjork. She was a really short girl, like 5'2'. For the record, I'm like 6'2". In the end we only went out twice because her dad was Thai and he didn't want his daughter to date white guys. Great plan moving to Dallas, Einstein. Here is a video of my favorite group doing what was their best song in the Early 90's. It was the song we were playing the night that we were throwing water balloons into the lowered pickups of all the "cool kids" outside of the Taco Bell. They, of course chased us, but when they are in a lowered truck and I am in a jacked up truck "terrain" is the name of the game. Not the smartest thing i ever did, but damn fun. Here is the song that I danced to the night that I went to an episcopal camp and was "the guy" to dance with at their dance. Was I a good dancer? Hell no. I'm baptist, I can't dance to save my life. But as the "baptist guy" there, I was the poor mans substitute for the "bad boy" at a church camp full of Episcopal girls who had gone to the same camp with the same guys for years. A lot of those girls felt it was their destiny to rebel against their parents by kissing "the baptist guy" at camp, so who was i to stand in the way of progress and rebellion and the like? Finally, this was the song, or at least the music, that made me wish that I played guitar. It's from the movie Crossroads. This scene is at the end where Ralph Macchio plays (actually Ry Cooder plays the guitar for his parts) against the Devil's guitarist (Steve Vai) for the soul of his friend who had traded it to the Devil way back when at the crossroads for a "mojo hand." So now, you've had a small exposure to musically odd Rob. I'll cap this with a song that I want to dedicate to all the ladies.

More "catch up"

Talc is an important industrial mineral. Its resistance to heat, electricity and acids make it an ideal surface for lab counter tops and electrical switchboards. It is also an important filler material for paints, rubber and insecticides. Even with all these uses, most people only know talc as the primary ingredient in talcum powder. Mineral specimens are not very common as it does not form very large crystals. However, it often replaces other minerals on an atom by atom basis and forms what are called pseudomorphs (false shape). The talc takes the form of the mineral it replaces. A specimen of what looks like milky quartz is quite a surprise when it not only has a soapy feel but can be scratched by a fingernail. (As an aside, don't use talcum powder on babies, especially little girls, or on any part of your body that is near "soft muscle or mucus membranes. Talcum powder has been linked to cancer under those circumstances. Numerous studies have shown a strong link between frequent use of talc in the female genital area and ovarian cancer. Talc particles are able to move through the reproductive system and become imbedded in the lining of the ovary. Researchers have found talc particles in ovarian tumors and have found that women with ovarian cancer have used talcum powder in their genital area more frequently than healthy women. Talc poses a health risk when exposed to the lungs. Talc miners have shown higher rates of lung cancer and other respiratory illnesses from exposure to industrial grade talc, which contains dangerous silica and asbestos. The best thing to use is corn starch.) Magnetite is a natural magnet, hence the name, giving it a very nice distinguishing characteristic. Explaining the magnetism is not easy but here is a go at it. Remember, electricity produces magnetic fields just as magnetism produces electric fields. Magnetite is a member of the spinel group which has the standard formula A(B)2O4. The A and B represent usually different metal ions that occupy specific sites in the crystal structure. In the case of magnetite, Fe3O4, the A metal is Fe +2 and the B metal is Fe +3; two different metal ions in two specific sites. This arrangement causes a transfer of electrons between the different irons in a structured path or vector. This electric vector generates the magnetic field. Hornblende is actually the name given to a series of minerals that are rather difficult to distinguish by ordinary means. The iron, magnesium and aluminum ions can freely substitute for each other and form what have been distinguished as separate minerals. The minerals are given the names Magnesio-hornblende, Ferrohornblende, Alumino-ferro-hornblende and Alumino-magnesio-hornblende. These minerals are obviously named for their chemistries although there is little to distinguish them in the field. The iron rich members of the series are a darker black and less likely to be translucent. Hornblende is not often a collection mineral because good crystals are somewhat difficult to find even though the mineral is widespread. It is almost always opaque and black and not very attractive. However a few specimens are extraordinary and make for valuable specimens. Some crystals can grow to a fairly large size of several feet long and nearly a foot across. Other specimens of hornblende can be acicular clusters or needle thin crystal aggregates. Many times a specimen of a more valuable mineral will be accented by the opaque black crystals of hornblende.

THONG

I felt that the "thong" tag has been under-utilized. So, if you were king of the world and all mankind were forced to answer your decrees, whom would you make wear a thong in public and why? Me? Today, I feel very "out of the box" so I would pick Katie Couric, because it would help her ratings to be on the News wearing somewhat visibly just a thong. Creditability? Not so much. But ratings? Yeah, it would help. So that's my choice because I'm a giver.

So guess who turns 3 next Monday?

www.fileitunder.com, that's who!! We usually run a caption contest (honestly the best of the year) and give up $25 amazon.com gift card bucks as the prize. We can still do that. But I'd like to open up suggestions from our readers/other contributors. As always, we'll play for dough. Comments open - and if we use your photo/idea, JRE will mail you a batch of his delicious home-made Oatmeal & Brazilian Crank cookies. Yum! Post stickied through Saturday. Scroll down for new postage.

Today's time waster

Linked from Shell's blog, Cupid's Leading man test. Your's truly, I got John Wayne Your Score: John Wayne You scored 64% Tough, 0% Roguish, 19% Friendly, and 19% Charming! You, my friend, are a man's man, the original true grit, one tough talking, swaggering son of a bitch. You're not a bad guy, on the contrary, you're the ultimate good guy, but you're one tough character, rough and tumble, ready for anything. You call the shots and go your own way, and if some screwy dame is willing to accept your terms, that's just fine by you. Otherwise, you'll just hit the open trail and stay true to yourself. You stand up for what you believe and can handle any situation, usually by rushing into the thick of the action. You're not polished and you're not overly warm, but you're a straight shooter and a real stand up guy. Co-stars include Lauren Bacall and Maureen O'Hara, tough broads who can take care of themselves. For the ladies, find out what kind of classic dame you'd make by taking the Classic Dames Test. (By the way, we need to make sure that we use "dame" and "broad" around this place more often.)

Proof that David Beckham and LA will go great together

David Beckham has already made an impact on the US and he hasn't had to do a thing yet. He's not kicked one MLS ball on a US pitch and he's already crossed over in terms of sport and format. You want proof? The Game has threatened to "kick David Beckham's ass", following the football superstar's multi-million dollar transfer to the American soccer league. The hip hop icon originates from Los Angeles, where Beckham will play for the LA Galaxy from August when he completes his move from Real Madrid in Spain. However, Game, real name Jayceon Taylor, has dismissed the former England captain's football skills, describing him as being only "pretty good". He has also issued an interesting challenge to Beckham, which appears to have no basis in the traditional laws or parameters of European football as we know it. The challange: "The Game" then followed up that statement in saying that he could out-bake Strawberry Shortcake, out-garden Martha Stewart and out-ego Donald Trump. While Stewart refused to comment, Trump said he was too busy with another loud mouth to be bothered. Strawberry Shortcake's people, however, have only issued one statement: "Strawberry has said that if he wants to come in her kitchen he better know he's gonna be eating her muffins because he ain't got nothing to cook with that Strawberry wants. Ask those clowns, Milli Vanilli. Look what it got them when you mess wit tha Queen. " Dare I say, ginger snap!

Caption contest!

For some reason "Vini, Vidi, Vici" isn't a good enough caption for me. So, if your caption is one of the winners I'll send you the info for 3 free mp3 downloads from emusic.com. Good luck captioning and may the force be with you.

My TPS report is your gain

I'm having to update a crap load of well files this week as a wonderful conversion to a new production software. Of course no new report merge is complete without generating a crap load of hard copies so I'm printing reports like Kim Jong prints counterfeit US money. In this process, I'm using up reams of HP paper. On said reams of paper are these nifty little cards from emusic.com that give you 3 free mp3 downloads. I'm not sure about you but "free" is always in my wheel house so I checked the thing out, downloaded the client and have now downloaded my three songs. (All three from Ian Astbury's solo album... He's the lead singer from the Cult... Ok, so I'm old) At any rate, I found out that these thing aren't cumulative so I can't stack them to get "a lot" of free. It's a "one shot" free. So, my loss is your gain. Tomorrow, I'll post a pic for a caption contest and pick as many winners as I have cards. Afterwards, I'll email the winners with the info from the cards and you can download your own free mp3s. See, that way I can make you happy while I suffer which will make me suffer less. It's a win-win situation. So check back tomorrow and caption your ass off.

New Year's FIU Resolution

*Bumped for those who may have missed and to show that I'm back from Christmas break* I like to use the turning of the calendar year to update the blog. There won't be a version3.0 or anything drastic coming up but I will be revamping the blogroll and doing some other minor cosmetic changes. One thing I've done is to add Pixie Lair and Digital Shlepnick to our blogroll. Shelleigh (Pieshell) and FWGMills are regular readers and commenters with their own blogs so I want to put them down so we can randomly drop in (un)expectedly. I'd also like to leave the comments for this thread open to others who aren't on the blogroll to petition their addition. This includes you lurkers and/or very rare commenters, too. So, have at it and Merry Christmas/Happy New Year!

Yes, another stickied post

Vote by clicking here! You can vote once every 24 hours so we encourage you to vote more than once - kind of like Democrats during elections! We've done it again. Mainly because all it takes is a comment in a nomination thread. But let's not downplay our accomplishment. We're a finalist and we need YOUR vote. Daily. Here's what your vote signifies, approves of and/or validates: Rob's eloquent soliloquies on everything from Christianity, politics, office life, family values and photos of co-eds taking shots off of each other. JRE's no-holds barred posts and comments that keep the comment threads alive. Or vanquishes them instantly like air to a light bulb filament. Dave erasing barriers. Pointy, areola-laden barriers. Diana's Canadian coverage and posting which provides a nice counter-balance to FIU's 80% testosterone majority. Gratuitious pictures of Scarlett Johansson - and lots of other "talented actresses." Tips on improving your blogging. Iguanas in hats. Rovouflage. Link-whoring. Jack-in-the-Box. So this is where you spam everyone you know with an email to vote for Fileitunder.com daily for the next 10 days. With your votes and continued patronage we can claim top prize in the Best of the Top 5001 - 6750 Blogs. And who wouldn't want that designation? Sincerely, thanks for reading FIU. Who would have thought a rambling blog like this would have a few dozen regular readers and this much search traffic, period? Thank you! Let's do some endorsements: Best Blog: There's some good ones here - gotta go with Malkin b/c she's the prettiest of the lot Gotta go with Curmudgeonly & Skeptical for Best Humor Blog - we blogroll Rodge for a reason. Best Conservative Blog - Ace of Spades Newsbusters for Best Media Blog Blackfive for Best Military Blog Best Business Blog - Club for Growth Hotair for Best Video Blog - definitely Best Canadian blog? Help, Diana? Best Australian Blog - Tim Blair Ecosystem Endorsements: Top 250 - Stop the ACLU 251-500 - Texas Rainmaker 501-1000 - Joust the Facts 1001-1750 - Willisms.com!! 5001-6750 - FIU, of course... 6751-8750 - Man oh man... I read Scribal Terror, lonetreeontheprairie and No Speed Bumps. But since I nominated Scribal Terror, they get the endorsement. But read ltotp and NSB, too. Wanna tell us where to vote on categories I've omitted? Leave a comment.

Blog Linkage, A Case Study

In the world of blogging, there are two types of blogs - blogs and spam blogs. Ok. Not really. There are thousands of types of blogs. There are political blogs (no kidding), medical blogs, science blogs, teaching blogs, literature blogs, cat blogs, dog blogs, horse blogs, diary blogs - absolutely every type of blog - even blogs about guacamole. And every active blogger primarily desires one thing: traffic. Traffic is the currency of the blogosphere for the 99.9% of bloggers that don't blog for an actual profit. It's not that most bloggers wouldn't love to make money, it's just a matter of supply and demand - and at the moment there's a bit much supply out there and not enough demand to spread around. But traffic means other things to the casual bloggers. Status. Prowess. Recognition. Sense of family, obligation, or value to readers. Excitement, not excluding arousal including heightened body temperatures and increased bloodflow... but I digress. I'm sure there are also other meanings that I'm missing. ***For the purpose of this study I'll only deal with praise linking. As fun as it is to point to some assclown that thinks Karl Rove caused 9/11, for example, this study excludes mockery and 'look at that train wreck' links.*** In the Blogosphere, there's no better way to reward a blogger than to steer them some traffic. It's a cyber version of a high-five, pat on the back, flattering comment or a pinch on the ass. There are three primary variations of steering traffic via the link. Here they are in descending effectiveness. The Uber-Funnel Link - This instantly sucks in and redirects almost all visiting traffic to the link in question. It's awesome and extremely effective. The ability of blog readers to gloss over the link is near impossible. It's a plate of fresh-baked cookies to an un-supervised dieter. It's a Playboy magazine found by a group of 12-year old boys. It's a car accident in rush-hour traffic. People are going to look. It's the most effective technique and here are some common examples: Heh. Glenn Reynolds mastered that one. Granted almost any link Glenn posts will be the desination of countless hordes of traffic but middle and lower tier bloggers can do it with similar effectiveness, at least redirect percentage-wise. Can you believe this? The cliff-hanger question is another effective method to direct traffic. Blog patrons are curious cats so they'll absolutely click it to see what in the hell is going on. Of course there are plenty of variations to this type of link. Feel free to try all combinations while pointing to File it Under posts. [87.6% effective] The Quote Grabber or RTR (read the rest) Link - This is the most common type of linking action. All regular bloggers appear to do this fairly frequently. It's not quite as effective as the Uber-Funnel. Readers get a general idea as to what the link holds in store for them - if there's an interest there, then a reader will follow the link but others will glance over and move on to the next post, indifferent bastards they may be. This is still a wonderful way to acknowledge a fellow blogger and to add your own take or comments as well. Example: I don't know what all the fuss is about really... "Krispy Kreme Doughnuts Inc. will delay the earnings report for its most recent fiscal quarter as the troubled doughnut maker continues evaluating its accounting practices, the company told the Securities and Exchange Commission on Monday." Read the rest... How can you question such tastyness? You get the gist of the material the link will entail so you may or may not click on it given your taste for donuts, Cheetos, olives straight out of the jar or a spatula full of Crisco. [51.4% effective] The Carnival/Round-up/Trackback Cluster link - Now, now... I know what you're saying - "You hypocritical bastard... File it Under hosts it's own damn carnival! How can you say it's the worst kind of link?!?" Well, first of all, I never said that. I enjoy carnivals and pooled links. There's all kinds of goodies in them that normally Joe. X. Blogger may never come across. But generally speaking, carnivals and similar large-volume info groupings have a diminishing returns effect. It's a simple case of information overload and in some cases, when carnivals are based off of submissions, you run into blatant link whoring which further hurts these types of linkage. Let's be honest - if you come across a listing of 20 or more entries, you're gonna scan for the ones that appeal to you. Given the choice of reasonable political discourse, Supreme Court updates, huge cans or armadillos, what will you select? And as proof that this style of linkage can be very effective, why not try carnival links using the Type 1 style Uber-Funnel links embedded within the carnival? PURE GENIUS! [27.8% effective] Our hopes are that this case-study provides bloggers with the information and foresight to make links to other blogs more effective and that this read has served as an informative primer to future blogging re-directs. Nothing says "Good game!" with a pat on the ass like a hyperlink. Happy Blogging! All statistics pulled from a random number generator Case Study Update #1 - Willisms.com has linked to this post using the Uber-Funnel. With half of the day left we're above our normal daily traffic and almost all of the entry pages are to this post. Willisms.com is a wonderful blog with great traffic so the Uber-Funnel link case holds up. Those looking for Reform Thursday will need to head back over to Will's site. Case Study Update #2 - Mike at Wunderkraut has linked to us using case study point number two - the quote grabber or RTR technique. Since I have not paid for Sitemeter Plus coverage I can't look at referals. Given Mike's extensive commentary and personal testimony, more people probably stay to read his post and don't click over than if he would have used the ol' Uber-Funnel. Previously omitted point - Regardless of the technique used to re-direct traffic, no method guarantees extensive commenting. Subject matter induces the masses to type - the controversial, the better. Given the complete VOID of comments (zero as of this update) I'll conclude that this study was a spot-on 100% accurate success.