I saw this preorder case for Pokemon black and white version 2 today at the EB Games at the Werribee plaza but none of the staff knew anything about it, they don’t play Pokemon games. What kind of games store staff don’t play Pokemon? They said they have received 3 preorders for it so far though.
Street Art in Queens New York
Taking your Australian 3DS or DSi to America
Today I arrived in LA via Virgin Airlines, which was the best airline I’ve been on. Singapore Airlines is also good and Air New Zealand was cool too, but the thing that made this great for me was the USB charger next to the personal TV screens we had. I have used these sorts of media devices before but at the time their USB ports didn’t allow for power only data. I didn’t think to bring a USB stick of my own choice in videos but I managed to charge my iPhone, iPod and 3DS from it.
Taking my 3DS to America was an issue itself as last time I went there I was unable to charge it because of voltage issues. I had forgotten about this until the day before I left.
I had to buy a third party accessory pack in Melbourne to obtains a USB to 3DS/ DSi etc cable. It cost me $30 and came with heaps of other items I have little use for but it’s worth it. The plan was to use it with my iPod charger but the plane was a bonus.
If anyone else is planning to take their 3DS remember their charger will not work here without a converter (not an just an adapter) so the best thing to do is get a USB charger cable (I imagine they would be cheap on dealextreme.con) and organise it to arrive before you leave. Then use it with an iPhone or generic USB wall charger with an adapter (no converter needed) and you’re good to go!
Also remember that Australian and American 3DS games and consoles do not mix. I probably wouldn’t mix them anyway because I register my Australian Club Nintendo points cards. Most regular DS games work internationally unless they have DSi functionality.
Yoshi’s Eggs
I originally posted this picture of Yoshi and some yoshi eggs in an egg carton on Facebook a year or so ago. My parents were not thrilled with me drawing on the eggs, I used whiteboard marker but because the eggs were porous it didn’t totally wipe off when I cleaned them
Started Using Pinterest
I’ve started using Pinterest lately, it seems a bit girly but for SEO purposes it looks like it could be useful for some people. Maybe it might help me get more traffic to my blog? I am going to try and use it similarly to how I planned to use my Tumblr. Here is a link to my Pinterest account and I also wrote an Article for Twemps about how I think Pinterest is a great way to visually bookmark things. Check it out.
Creepy dolls I have found
I find a lot of scary vintage dolls at op shops and markets. Sometimes I pause to take a photo do I can share the terror with my friends on instagram. Here are some of them:
This one seemed to be a souvenir from some touristy place. I don’t think I want to go wherever it’s from.
I doubt there is any universe out there where this wouldn’t seem like a terrifying, horrible toy that every child would be scare of.
This isn’t really a toy, but it seems super racist, wouldn’t want it in my house either.
I think the rodent-like teeth make me hate this one
Unsure if pink eyes are meant to suggest gender, infection or a state of possession.
The sculpt of this doll suggests that this wasn’t originally meant to be this colour. I don’t think anyone painted it, but I think Caucasian versions would also exist.
I’m assuming this ugly Barbie clone is meant to look like someone famous. Also the glued-on-leg look is hideous.
If you ever wondered what was inside a banana’s pyjamas you were not missing much.
These dolls are more realistic than most, it looks like someone killed and stuffed an entire family of pugs.
This is a bear with a beard. This isn’t really that creepy, but just stupid looking
I found this poor little guy in a carpark in an industrial estate. A skinned My Little Pony.
Bratz Baby
The mouth and thighs on this one worries me.
This belongs to my friend’s dog. Its eye fell off so their grandmother replaced it with some other eye making it far creepier than if it has simply has only one eye.
Sheriff Woody from Toy Story looks far better with a plastic head
Oshawott
Oshawott figure at Williamstown beach
Integration between Social and SEO
I keep changing my mind about how I feel about social media and SEO becoming more and more integrated with each other. It is good that Google is taking social media signals into consideration, but as Google keeps integrating Google+ into everything it is starting to look like things could get annoying. I wrote an article for Social Media Overflow / Twemps about the good things coming from the integration between Social and Search, check it out.
Google Panda Article I wrote for BizCatalyst
The Panda update for Google Search has been a huge issue for SEOs for quite some time now. Social media is becoming increasingly more relevant to search algorithms and are something everyone needs to start paying more attention to.
I wrote a little article about the social side of the Panda update for BizCatalyst to highlight a few important points to take note of.
Blog Post about WordPress 3.3.1 Update
I posted a blog post about the latest WordPress 3.3.1 Update on the TrainSEM online marketing training website today. If you use WordPress you should get the update, you should always get every update. This explains a few of the features that interested me the most, this update was a bit bigger than any other recent ones.