It can be a bit tricky to find a good web host and if you don't want to get ripped off, you need to do some research. A visit to the site http://www.webhostingchoice.com provided a search and compare tool which allows you to specify the amount you are willing to pay for web hosting, the search engine then brings back a list of results for you to choose from. Some of the plans will be a small monthly fee (I tried $5 to see if such web hosting companies existed - they did). Some of the plans will be a yearly fee which I personally prefer. I was able to track down some very reasonable rates for web hosting. I would also recommend the next step of researching the individual companies for reviews and comments to make sure they're kosher (a simple Google search will do the trick).

This post was brought to you by Web Hosting Choice.

IZEA Blogs describes in some detail how to get started with Real Rank. Well I'm confused as all get out. What does it all mean? There is this new ranking system that is supposed to rate blogs on actual traffic per day, and the rank can change with the fickle tide of readership numbers. Hmmm. This seems pretty straightforward but the actual numbers themselves give me a headache. The rank is from 1-9. And my rank was 2199 yesterday and 1915 today. So I must have done something right! But how does 1915 fit in a sliding scale of 1-9?? Does that mean I suck? I don't know. Somebody enlighten me here.

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Thanks to Ann from A Nice Place In The Sun and Christy from Totally Fabulous for this award.

I'd like to thank my partner, my family, my greengrocer, various Ebay sellers, God, my toy stress pig, um...

if I don't stop now I'm going to do a Gwyneth!
















Yay!! How fun!

I'd like to nominate the blogs that I believe are fabulous. Here we go (drum roll, please)
the winners are:

Maryannaville
A Diva's Dressing Room
Handbag Showcase
Indie Shopping
Kyesi

Congrats to all!
:-)

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Hold the phone, dim the lights, here we go! Very soon, savesavesave will have a completely new look. You might not even recognise it. But, it's still me, same wacky shopping adventures, same bat place, same bat time.

xox :)

I've just come up with a concept (I think!)
"Stupid Monday"

It works like this...you write something stupid and...well that's about it.

Think it will catch on?

Anyway, here's my contribution -

Q: What's brown and sticky?

A: A stick!


Hahahahahaaaaaaaaaaa

I think I need to lie down.

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Kate at Electric Venom is doing a linky love fest so if you want to get in on the action there's very little time left. It's one of those things you have to do to get the page rank smoking.

By the way, I have included trackbacks on all my posts. It will be interesting to see if it makes a difference to page rank, Alexa etc.

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My fellow blogger Saboma from Maryannaville has awarded me with the






...award!!!

Thanks so much!!

I am very happy.

And satisfied.

Just like this mouse.
























Image courtesy of Dlisted.com

I would like to share this award with my fellow bloggers:

Kuanyin - Blog-Blond
The Diva - A Diva's Dressing Room
Rosanna - Sandal Showcase

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Sorry for the lack of posts, I have been out of commission. No need to go into detail here but I'm back again and I have been neglecting my blog, amongst other things. Still to come are the Hobart updates, including a look at the famous Salamanca Market. I have been a bad blogger. Forgive me. Please.

I have been on holidays....I haven't forgotten to write, just haven't had the time...
stay tuned for more....

I have visited a number of blogs in the past and wondered what those little avatars on the sidebar were all about...














Since joining BlogCatalog, I realise that my avatar will show up every time I visit another BlogCatalog member. And they can then see my profile and check out my site. I am amazed at the number of messages I have received from BlogCatalog members so far. It's sort of annoying I didn't think of doing this before.

Here's the link to my BlogCatalog profile. And this is what it looks like:

















You can send messages to other members, add people as contacts, join communities and rate other blogs. It's a great way to widen your blog audience. If you want to join BlogCatalog, just follow the link and register your blog.

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The step by step blueprint to attract a flood of subscribers. Become a six figure blogger by following these steps. Free ebook.

I have been very frustrating trying to locate my Technorati Rank of late. The new Technorati system seems to display "authority", but for the life of me I can't find the rank anymore. After a bit of searching I have finally found a good Technorati Rank Checker. The site is called RankWidget and it will give you the option to display a widget on your site with the Technorati Rank displayed. If you are like me, and just want the "your rank is..." part, then this is a good place to find out.

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I have been tagged by Kilroy, who is running "Kilroy's Education Meme", plus if you check out the post, you can participate in the carnival as well.

Here goes...

-----(-)-> What was the name of the teacher that was most influential in your life from grades K through 6?

My answer: Er.. I didn't have grade K or 6, I went to a Community School. What's that, you ask? It's a long story. My most influential teacher was Phil (yes, we called them by their first names!) - Phil taught maths and philosophy and general ethics and how to mess with the man. Valuable lessons.

-----(-)-> What subject did you favor in high school?

My answer: English Literature. That's why I can talk good.


-----(-)-> Did you attend a university and if so did you attain a degree?

My answer: Bachelor of Education from Melbourne University (4 years). I am qualified to teach Drama and Psychology. P.S. I hate teaching and decided not to pursue it at all. I prefer writing about stuff and drawing funny pictures.


-----(-)-> Do you learn best through books, by watching or hands-on?

My answer: It depends what it is you are learning. Eg. I learned a lot from reading a chapter in a book about how to do a golf swing. Then I learned from watching, then from hands-on. All three, then.


-----(-)-> Has education been an ongoing process for you? How do you feel about that?

My answer: Yes. I like to learn new things every day. Sometimes I annoy myself by reading obsessively about a subject that has no apparent bearing on my life. How do I feel? Um, ask Dr Phil.


----(-)-> What seven people are you tagging to do this?

My answer: 7 people!!! I don't know 7 people.
Hehehe. How about 3?
Saboma from Maryannaville
Arvind Iyer from arvind iyer
Bhalla saab from The Fun Hunt

Last night I had a dream - I woke up (in the dream) and then woke up my partner saying excitedly "I've got a Page Rank 4! I've got a Page Rank 4!"....

I came in today, checked my blog and suddenly it read "Page Rank 4". And I thought to myself..." No $h!t" It was quite a shock actually.

Then I thought, what does that make me?

A psychic nerd?

You may remember my drawing from Nightmare on Web Street where I had dreams in HTML. I have modified it for the occasion:
















It just goes to show that if you try hard enough, and love long enough, anything is possible.

Excuse me, I need to find a wastepaper basket.

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Okay, I've been tagged to create a virtual painting using Jacksonpollock.org!

Here is my creation: (It's alive! Alive I tell you!)

















The way this works is this:

• Write a comment on this post (where it all began!)
• Create a picture using Jacksonpollock.org
  
• Post it on your blog
• Tag 5 People to do the same

I totally can't think of enough people to tag (that haven't already been tagged!)

So....If you're reading this....You're it!!!

I first encountered this link exchange experiment at Dosh Dosh last week...

I am putting up my hand to join the Technorati Favorites Exchange. You may have already heard of this -

• To participate, click on the "Add this Blog to my Technorati Favorites" button on the right hand sidebar of my blog (just underneath my profile).

• Leave a comment with your Technorati username (preferably leave a direct link to your "Favorite my blog" section in Technorati).

Simple! You fave my blog, I'll fave yours.

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The latest Gonzo Carnival is hosted by Religion, Politics and the Great Pumpkin on the 26 April, 2007 (US time, not Australian!). Be sure to check out all the posts (including mine) and enjoy! Thanks also to Fear and Loathing - The Gonzo Papers and For Your Success.

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Another shameless plug for votes:



Love and kisses
xxoxox

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Okay, it's voting time!! If you like, love or just simply tolerate my blog, you can vote for me at the Blogger's Choice Awards in the following categories:



All you have to do is sign up for the site, then vote away.

/end shameless plug.

8-)

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Welcome to A Gonzo World Carnival!

It has been wonderful reading everyone's posts - I marvelled at the diversity of the locations, writing style and interpretation of the theme "share your world". Some funny, some heart- wrenching, some joyful and some downright frightening.

On our journey, we skip back and forth from Australia to the UK to the USA, to Austria to the Philippines and to South Africa. Along the way we meet many amazing people who open their doors and invite us in to their world.

A big thank you to all who submitted posts for the carnival. The Gonzo Blog Carnival Series is sponsored by For Your Success. Special thanks to Fear and Loathing - The Gonzo Papers.

Without further ado, let's get started....grab a coffee....or a beer...and prepare for the road ahead...

Remember when leaving comments to let people know you are visiting from the carnival ... Happy reading!!













"...I am 90% Average American. Being an Australian, I think that's quite an achievement..."
LJP (Yours truly) from SAVESAVESAVE discussing cultural misconceptions of Australia in I Can Talk Good.









"...I was in college in 1979, at Park College in Pittsburgh, when the genie of nuclear disaster first ecaped the bottle..."
Kilroy_60 from Kilroy's The Gonzo Papers has a frightening wake up call in What Happens When Warning Sirens Sound At the Nuclear Plant Near You?



"...Where Route 30 meets 41, a few miles down
the road, collide into where I am from..."
Indiana, USA - Sara from Aspiring Romance Writer takes us with her on a journey to her town in the poem Hometown Girl.












"...I love the fried green tomatoes, cotton fields, football on fall Saturdays..."
In Montgomery, Alabama, Sheila Noblitt from Alabama Kitchen Sink shares her homecoming experience in Home is Where the Heart Is.













"...This is a commuter rail station in my home town of Elgin, Illinois..."
James Jordan from Points of Light introduces us to the Night Station.













"...I’d pushed away everyone in my community including his father and found myself alone and terrified..."
From Byron Bay, NSW, Australia: Joanne Hay from The Nourisher shows great courage in taking us into her world and her journey in About.












"...a true constant in all its flowing colors..."
From Vienna, Austria - Shakir Hasnain from The Crimsonflaw Lived To Tell The Tale takes us into another realm in the poem My World.



"...like the ugg boot, they have never gone out of fashion here ..."
Fellow Australian MillyMoo from Blurb from the Burbs made me laugh and cry with her Wince Inducing Words.



"...I have no mother. I have decided to write her off..."
From Cape Town, South Africa - Acidice, in her blog acidice reveals her difficult choices with My Ex Mother.













"...The two cats on the sides and the two snowmen are hand me downs from my sister..."
From the Philippines, Friday's Child in her blog Friday's Child displays her home and her festive spirit in My Home is My World.













"...the middle of last week we had about a foot of snow. Not much compared to what they got in other places..."
In Northeast Ohio, we find Anthony from The Lives and Times who explains to us why he will Remember the Winter of 2006-2007.












"...Like our brothers in Bagdad, we're under-deployed here..."
Mark Brown in NJ from My-Poem-A-Day explores war and politics in his poem Springtime.













"...It's always nice to get back after a trip and sit down with a cup of English tea..."
Naomi, in her blog Diary from England reminds us that no matter where you travel in the world, There's No Place Like Home.


I couldn't think of a better way to round off the carnival - with a nice cup of English tea. And the feet up on the desk. Perhaps a little snooze....
It's been a long journey.

Maps courtesy of Google Maps Australia.

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A+Gonzo+World+Carnival, Blog+Carnival

The time is nearly upon us but you still have time to submit your post. It can be a new post, or perhaps one from the archives. This original post explains the rules.

Thanks again to Fear and Loathing - The Gonzo Papers and For Your Success.

Please note that the last date for submissions is 11:59pm on 16th March 2007. Happy blogging!!

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A+Gonzo+World+Carnival, Blog, Submissions