Recent content by Shawn

Same. There are a few we eat but not many.

I keep saying I'm going to keep a big one but never do.

If you just need a forum that works well, I'd recommend you go with XF. If you need user blogs, social groups, and extra features, check out VB6 or Invision.

Congratulations! I never thought I'd ever get married. This August will be year 2. I'm loving it!

But that was free will, was it not?

I read emails more than I read blogs. My 3K+ subscriber newsletter has a 56 to 62 percent open rate most of the time. That means at least more than half of my subscribers are opening my email. The CTR isn't bad, either. I heard in a recent podcast about newsletters that open rates increase in...

Both have ads. My guess is that is what's keeping them going.

MyBB (before mobile got big) was being setup to be the best free software out there. But when I suggested they add a paid membership upgrade feature and the developer told me "they would never add a feature like that" I knew they would go downhill from there. If they don't listen to their...

It's more than just advertising, though. You have to fine-tune who sees your ad. You have to get the copy right. You have to present value. Ignore all that, and you'll pay for an ignored ad.

A lot of people are happy about it. They chant "FAFO". All I know, we're not supposed to praise murder. Hell is surely getting bigger for a lot of people who claim they're holy but are nothing but evil. And that's not against politics. I've always learned right more than anything. But I...

At some point, if it's a personal thing, our policymakers need to band together and step in or even the military needs to intervene. Too many people are ready to press the button and end this world.

Have you been to the areas in NZ where that Lord of the Rings were filmed?

I'm a mason but not the bricklaying kind :D

Definitely!

When a news station reports a good news story, I get hope. Usually, bad news is good news. But good news making the news means there is still some kind of hope.