The taste of summer is near, with the beautiful women lazing about on the golden beaches, relaxing music by day and hard music by night. Where parties don’t stop for days and sleeping is absent. I’m getting excited just by talking about it. Chris Hamilton & I are launching a brand new website, SummerMusic.com.au which will host a variety of different things to cater for this years summer including; Summer sports, summer fashion and trends and of course, summer parties! Events will also be posted in relation to their state. For example, there will be a static page for Byron Bay with all events listed.

We’re aiming for Summer Music to be successful so we can keep it recurring and engage into next years summer, the year after that and so on. There will also be a community forum so you can signup and discuss whatever needs to be discussed, meet new people and live the summer life!

Project Black is a close community which discusses several topics including, Applications, Games, Movies, TV Shows and more. I stumbled across Project Black early 2006, signed up and became apart of the ever growing community. Project Black is structured around “warez” however, it doesn’t host any files on its server, simply posting links to external hosts, making it perfectly legal.

Late 2007 Project Black had over 1,500 members and was expanding rapidly, though they seem to have a few licensing troubles and had to shut their website down. I wasn’t able to access the community in months until they finally released their new look recently, hence my writing about it.

Project Black has always been a safe and clean website, never any malicious software trying to get into your computer. Being an experienced webmaster, I’ve seen thousands of websites that use various tactics to gain access to one’s computer but very few warez sites like Project Black have I seen posses such a clean record.

Knowing the administrator personally, I’ve spoken with him on numerous occasions and have since partnered with Project Black. I believe Project Black is an interest to everyone who resides on the Internet, especially on a regular basis like myself. If you have a similar website (i.e. Warez Forum) you can request to partner with Project Black by heading to their Warez Resources page and following the details.

If you have any questions about Project Black, what to do or anything else related, you can contact me or email Project Black: contact AT projectblack DOT org

The link for Project Black will always be visible under my “Sites of Interest” column on the right hand side. Visit Project Black to find out more.

Kevin Rudd announced yesterday he will be reviewing credit cards as he has seen interest rates between 8 percent to 28 percent, an astronomical range. Rudd told Fairfax Radio he will be looking at the current regulations to find out why such a wide range exists.

“I am concerned about the effective regulation of the credit card industry in the past,” he said. “We will have more to say about that in the future.”

Rudd also noting that in his short time in Government, he’s very concerned on how interest rates have increased rapidly on Australian credit cards. I will be keeping a close eye on this matter and will keep everyone informed as more develops.

I would like to hear your thoughts on credit cards, interest rates and how big credit card companies get away with some many things. As we all know, it’s pharmacutical and credit card companies which have a majority over the economy, not to mention banks taking a nice slice.

I have read many personal finance blogs, most discussing about being frugal and saving money, but is this the option? Should we all take every cent and stash it under our bed until it becomes noticeable? I don’t think so. There is a difference between spending money and spending money wisely. We’ve been brought up in a consumer world, buying our flat screen televisions, luxurious cars and beautiful homes and receiving a letter in the mail informing us have we forgotten about the bank. Many haven’t realised how much debt we as a world have accumulated and in some sense, this whole credit crunch and lack of funds have made people understand and appreciate money even more. I’ve been taught to only buy what you can afford and save the rest. There is no need for luxurious items when your young and free or old and wise for that matter. However, life pressures get to us and it gets harder and harder as we go along and that piece of plastic saves the day to buy that nicety to live comfortably, or so you think…

So ask yourself, what do the rich do? They use credit cards but why aren’t they are debt? Well, they may be in debt to a certain degree, but this is referred to as ‘good debt’ and is managed properly. Credit cards are simple tools used by the rich whereas the poor use them as instant money and this is where we, as a nation go wrong. We have developed this mindset of using someone else’s money to stroke our own greed and not using our own. More or less, to have now and pay later. Sure, credit cards are great — in fact, they are one of the best tools you can use, however many aren’t taught this and get swooped into spending what’s not theirs.

Technically, money is worthless but what it represents, makes our world go round and until you inhabit the fact that money means nothing, you will always be emotionally attached, therefore money controlling you and your life. So what do I suggest:

• Spend what you can afford – never overbuy
• Don’t skimp on important necessities like fresh fruit & vegetables.
• Think abundance, believe everything is within your grasp but don’t be greedy
• Put money aside when you can but don’t be a scrooge.
• Relax and enjoy money. It can bring happiness, but that’s up to you.

The worst thing you can do now is pull all your money out of the bank. Our Australian banking industry & economy is strong by all regulations that have been put in play over many decades. If everyone pulled out their money, how would the economy survive, on bread and water?

At the end of the day, you will do what you want though I would recommend just thinking about your current situation. Sit down outside, enjoy the sun and fresh air and think of what to do next. Thinking on emotion is the worst possible way, it will always lead to mistakes…

That’s right, you can now drink healthy and have the same hit as a cigarette in one serving. How you ask? Simple. United Drinks and Beauty Corporation have created a healthy herbal drink that provides a instant high, followed by a euphoric calming feeling, as a normal cigarette would. This is made by mixing potent roots from South African herbs. Interested? You should be, I am and I’m not even a smoker — though I can relate, being an addict to the sweet Coca Cola soft drink. I have an understanding of an addiction though I couldn’t imagine the thoughts going through a person’s mind whose in need of a nicotine hit.

In the past, there has been several so-called “fixes” to help subside the feeling of which a cigarette gives and eventually allow your mind to move on, unfortunately, these don’t have a great effect, going on what I’ve read and been told. Once your mind is used to a recurring feeling, it becomes apart of the daily routine and is needed by the brain to function in everyday life. People blame society for impacting on their life, causing them more stress and pressure which in turn creates a want for these evil addictions, though society isn’t all to blame you know… Willpower is needed to overturn your bad habits and in order to gain willpower, you need a few things:

• Family - Family is one of the most important factors as they are not only blood relational but they have a much deeper connection with your soul than most would. If you choose to block out your family and go at it alone, you will most likely fail, whether that be in the short or long term.
• Friends – Who you hang around with and what mindsets you mix with is very important. Sure society can influence you but it’s your group of friends which influence you most. If their mindset is submissive, always allowing themselves to be told by others and always giving in, then you will take that on board with your mind as you naturally try to relate to others. I’m not saying don’t hang around with your friends, simply saying: Different Friends for Different Needs. (Don’t be greedy though!)
• Passion & Positivity – We all have it, we all need it, let’s feel it. If you are working at job that you don’t a have interest for, why are you doing it? Find your passion, find what will help you wake up every day. Many go through life doing things they don’t want to do which effects their energy, self-esteem, creativity and everyday thinking. In order to overcome your addictions, you will need to feel passionate about what you’re doing, allowing you to feel strong within yourself and overpower your fears and addictions! Even waking up everyday thanking yourself you are still allow with a brighter outlook can help increase your longevity!

From what turned out to be a simple story about a drink, turned out to be another life lesson from me…whether you can relate, find parts that help you, that is completely your choice. I wouldn’t call myself an elder nor a god, however being through many life experiences gives you a better view on life, increasing your passion to learn and thank more, every day.

It’s not easy quitting an addiction, especially when it’s been apart of you for so long but simple thoughts are key to success – don’t start big, one step at a time…

Plans for a research centre or “Brain City” in Queensland, Australia was acknowledged by News.com.au today, revealing the multi-billion dollar institute would be attracting up to 4,500 elite scientists to participate in various experiments with a green hands-on approach. However, as it turns out, Brain City was a hypothetical plan created by Urban and Master Planning students of UQ – The University of Queensland. Funnily enough, interest spread quickly nationally and overseas with SlashDot also acknowledging the story.

My question is, why would the media jump to such a conclusion so quickly without concrete facts. Were they mislead or was this part of UQ’s experiment? It just makes you wonder, doesn’t it…

I’m happy to create a discussion about this as I believe it’s important to analyse a few key points here.

For example:

1. Why would Urban and Master Planning students leak a story out.
2. Why would the media pounce on something so quickly not knowing whether it’s factual or not.

To view the full story on News.com.au, click the following link: Brisbane to build centre to attract 4500 elite scientists

Chris Hamilton, my friend and work colleague posted a topic about Google Chrome last month, accidentally misspelling it as “Google Crome”, missing the h in Chrome. At first Chris didn’t realise this and before he knew it, he was ranking No.1 for Google Crome and gaining a substantial amount of traffic — he and I became very intrigued. From there on, it opened a new door for both Chris and I, diverting our attention to words that are typed incorrectly. Now, he is trying to rank for Goodle and currently as I write, he ranks 7th in Google Australia, but ranks 1st for Goodle Crome.

As we are always extending our knowledge in SEO, we are forever doing tests to understand Google’s constant changing algorithm. I will be providing a link to Chris from the anchor text Goodle, increasing his back links and thus giving him authority, allowing him to rank even higher for that specific term.

Chris Hamilton also insisted I write another post about the Woolworths Credit Card to see if I can rank even higher, though I have an even better idea. I will be linking this post to my previous post about the Woolies Credit Card to analyse how effective interlinking between posts is, rather than writing a whole new post.

Stay tuned for an upcoming post about the search terms Chris and I are ranking for in Google, until then — Peace.