Are you on the list?

Just a quick bit of house keeping that could benefit both of us.

If you’re a regular reader here and you keep a blog, can you please do me a couple of favours? Please check ‘The Blog List’ in my sidebar to see if you’re listed. I like to promote the blogs of those who regularly spend time here.

I really do try to keep up with all the blogs listed through my Bloglines account, but with so many, things can sometimes get overlooked. I don’t want your blog to slip between the cracks. Please check to see if I have you listed and if I’ve got the right link. If there’s a need to update, please just let me know. Leave a comment in the comments section of this post or head to my Contact Page to find ways to contact me privately.

Second favour? I’d be more than honoured if you’d consider adding RodneyOlsen.net to your own blogroll. 🙂



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Arte y Pico Award

award.jpgWe all love receiving recognition and this week I’ve been recognised by Mrs M at New York Renovator. She has bestowed the prestigious Arte y Pico Award upon me.

I’m particularly thrilled by this honour because it comes from a blogger I respect greatly. I have enough trouble keeping up with one blog but Mrs Mecomber maintains three excellent blogs.

The rules for passing this honor on:
1 – Pick 5 blogs that you would like to award this honor to.
2 – Each award has to have the name of the author and also a link to his or her blog to be visited by everyone.
3 – Each award winner has to show the award and put the name and link to the blog that has given her or him the award itself.
4 – Award-winner and the one who has given the prize have to show the link of “Arte y Pico” blog, so everyone will know the origin of this award.

So now I have to keep the award going and pass it on to five more blogs. Tough choice. There are so many blogs that I enjoy daily so narrowing it down to five is not easy.

Here goes.

I love it when bloggers are prepared to share part of themselves with their readers. The last year or so has been a wonderful ride with Sarah at This is what Sed Said.

Peter from Whale’s Belly has been a friend for a long time and I’m so thrilled that he’s been posting more regularly lately. He has a great ability to get me thinking and he’s not afraid to share the ups and downs of his life journey on his blog.

If you want variety in blogging, head to BigDadGib. Not only does Gib find some great material to blog about, he has quite a number of links to some interesting sites.

Dave King has just celebrated his 16th wedding anniversary. (Pauline and I will clock up 16 years in December.) Dave’s also a cyclist. On top of all that he’s a blogger at IdeaJoy.

I don’t remember how I first found Mmmm, That’s Good Coffee but I know why I keep heading back there. Rick covers a diverse range of topics and always has something interesting to say.

So there’s five. I could continue but I’ll leave it there for now. I hope you’ll spend some time checking out each of the blogs I’ve awarded.



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BlogStars

Yes, you can make a lot of money from blogging.

No, I’m not making anything from blogging. 🙂

Great to see blogging, and these bloggers in particular, getting some mainstream media attention.

You can find their blogs at ProBlogger, Snippets of Life and Rambling Thoughts. Neerav also writes the very entertaining Road Less Travelled.



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Blog Readers Survey

I’ve had a request from Bo who is conducting an email-based survey that aims to look at the relationship between blog readers and bloggers. It’s for her Honours Thesis.

The survey will focus on those who read blogs but don’t write a blog of their own. The survey is being done as part of Bo’s studies at the University of Queensland. She’s an Honours student in Communication and Cultural Studies.

I asked Bo for some verification that the survey is legitimate and she promptly provided everything I needed to be sure that this survey is for real. Your privacy will be respected.

So how about it? Have you got a bit of time to help out a student? Go on … give it a go.

Below are the details Bo provided. Just click on the email link and let her know that you’re interested.

Do you have a favourite blogger that you want to talk about?

I am an Honours student from the University of Queensland, Australia and I am conducting an email-based survey that looks at the experiences that blog readers have with their favourite bloggers.

To take part in this research you cannot be a blogger yourself and you cannot know the blogger offline.

Please note that for ethical and legal issues you MUST be 18+ years of age and an Australian Citizen to partake in this research

If this sounds like you and you would like to participate in this original and exciting research project then please email me.

All inquiries are very much appreciated!



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100 000

At some point today, my Sitemeter will kick over the 100 000 mark.

Yes, I’m fully aware that Sitemeter may not be the most reliable way to collect statistics and that my visitor count may well be considerably higher.

Yes, I know that many of the hits that have been recorded are probably just me checking in on my own blog and so my visitor count may well be considerably lower.

I’m also fully aware that many serious bloggers will get 100 000 hits before breakfast each day and that it’s taken me over four years to get to this point.

Keeping all that in mind, it’s my 100 000 and I’m going to celebrate it. To mark the occasion I’d like to give one lucky blog reader $100 000. I’d really like to … but I can’t even afford to give away $100 so you’ll just have to be happy with my very sincere thanks.

Thanks for dropping in, even if it’s only been for a few seconds. Special thanks to the regulars who not only drop in faithfully to read whatever I happen to write but also add to the conversation by commenting.

Thank you to everyone who’s ever visited. You’ve made all the time that I put into keeping this blog worthwhile.



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