Razer Megasoma Review

Razer Megasoma is a hybrid of a hard and a soft mouse mat; If you love the softness of a soft mat but want to have the speed of a hard mat, Razer Megasoma delivers (this is debatable and I guess more like a personal preference). Razer Megasoma sits somewhere in between, combining the best [...]

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Why becoming a product reviewer is not as easy as you thought – Part 1

February 23, 2010 | 9 comments

I had a bit of discussion with a friend of mine a few days ago. She said how lucky I am (because I’ve been getting those wonderful gadgets to try and review on) and how easy it is to review those “free” review products. I tried to defend myself and told her that it wasn’t [...]

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WordPress vs Blogger – who wins?

December 3, 2009 | 17 comments

If you are thinking to start your own blog then you might be wondering as to which blogging platform you should go. Most bloggers go for either the Google Blogger or WordPress (the free online service or the self-hosted). Sure there are others, but not as popular as the two.
I wrote a pretty lengthy guest [...]

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How this blog survived getting 10,000 visitors in one day

November 25, 2009 | 26 comments

On November 14th, Craving Tech had around 10,000 visitors coming from all over the place such as Neowin.net, Lifehacker.com, CNET.com, TomsHardware.com, and TheRegister.co.uk. The most visited post was the Microsoft Office 2010 Beta screenshots that I posted after work (around 7 p.m AEST).
I knew the post was going to be a hit because the screenshots [...]

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Want to be a great blogger? Be an ant!

September 29, 2009 | 33 comments

This is my second “Wanna be a Great blogger” series (by following examples of an animal).
From the book of Proverbs:
Go to the ant, you sluggard; observe its ways and be wise! It has no commander, overseer, or ruler, yet it prepares its food in the summer; it gathers at the harvest what it will [...]

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How to submit blog posts from WordPress to Facebook automatically

September 8, 2009 | 43 comments

You’ve probably known a lot of sites or plug-ins that auto submit blog posts to Twitter (auto tweet the recently published blog posts). How about Facebook? I was trying to find some good WordPress plug-ins to submit my blog posts from WordPress to Facebook automatically. I found and used one called Simplaris Blogcast and [...]

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How to properly use Flickr images

July 13, 2009 | 4 comments

On my previous post some time ago, I mentioned how to get free images for your blog through the Creative Common Search site, including images from Flickr. Little did I know at that time that you needed to properly credit photo authors even when the “Search for works I can use for commercial purposes” bit [...]

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Don’t be a Darren Rowse, Don’t be a John Chow

July 8, 2009 | 49 comments

Note: Darren Rowse is a great blogger from problogger.net and John Chow from johnchow.com.
In the book of Exodus, God asked Moses “What is in your hand?”. He then made miracles out of Moses’ simple wooden stick. To be a great blogger, you also need to ask this question “What is in my hand?” and make [...]

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How to insert the post title in a Feedburner email subject field

July 3, 2009 | 8 comments

If you’ve already subscribed to my email feed (or other site’s email feed), you’d normally see the same annoying email subject on every new post delivered to your email inbox. Normally it would show my blog’s name on every email you received. Well, no more! Starting from today, you’ll see the post title on the [...]

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Make AWStats public for advertisers

June 30, 2009 | 5 comments

There are times when you talk to advertisers telling them how great your website or your blog is and then they are asking you for a proof. It’s a valid request especially if you are claiming a good amount of traffic per day or a demographic area of your visitors. AWStats is a good traffic [...]

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