RUFUS THE CAT REQUIESCAT IN PACE

I miss Rufus the cat. "RequiesCAT in pace." Rufus got injured yesterday evening and had to be euthanized this morning.

Related: My post, Morris The Cat Requiescat In Pace.

CAT BLOGGING

It is time start cat blogging on a regular basis... I will participate in the Friday Ark and check out other cat places in the blogosphere.

Robin and Rufus are ready to become cat content creators!

3 WORDS FOR 2016

I haven't updated my first blog since my 13th annual blog report. I will continue with EGO blog, here on Blogger / Blogspot, but I will not write so often in the future. My main focus will be to update my forthcoming "umbrella" site, TeaParty.Media, for my social media activities and tea hobby business.

Please, check out my crowdfunding campaign for my first book on tea, over at GoGetFunding.com.

Get GoGetFunding's Fundraising Ideas

On this blog, I will publish cat photos, philosophical ideas and retro blogging stuff, e.g., blog carnivals, memes, etc.

My three words for 2016:

1. Tea
2. Win
3. Book

Do you have 3 words (or more / less) for this year?

ANNUAL BLOG REPORT XIII

I have now been blogging for 13 years and published 2765 posts. Pageviews so far: 695,844. I will update this post with a podcast session in the near future.

Podcasting will continue to be my main focus during the rest of this year and for the years to come. I haven't been active on this blog lately, and I had thoughts on putting it on hiatus for some time, but then this happened at the Curtis Culwell Center in Garland, Texas on May 3:

• Texas Police Kill Gunmen at Exhibit Featuring Cartoons of Muhammad - The New York Times 
• Exclusive: "Draw Muhammad" Winner on Growing up in Islam and Defeating the Jihad - Breitbart.com

Please listen to my interview with Bosch Fawstin (September 7, 2011).

Many websites & TV shows aren't showing my prize-winning Mohammad cartoon in their reports. Help fix that by sharing. pic.twitter.com/ghegMe8i2h

— Bosch Fawstin (@BoschFawstin) May 6, 2015

I have now decided that I will update EGO blog on a regular basis, at least a couple of times per week. The main topics (labels) will be: cat, politics and religion.

Related: my post, Annual Blog Report XII.

SUMMER IN THE LIVE FREE OR DIE STATE

Have you had a good summer?

I will be back on track, with cat posts, chile pepper photos, and philosophical issues, in the near future...

In the meantime, please listen to Summer in the 603 by The Super Secret Project and Roots of Creation.

ANNUAL BLOG REPORT XII

I have now been blogging for 12 years and published 2756 posts. Pageviews so far: 576,140. Before you listen to my podcast on SoundCloud, 12 Years of Blogging - EGO Blog, please read my post, Annual Blog Report XI.



Show notes:

• Podcast - EGO Netcast
• Listen to John Jantsch's interview ("Creating Audio Authority One Interview at a Time") with John Lee Dumas.
• Cats
• Tea For The Win Book
• Shout-out to supporter / sponsor: Body in Mind.
• Post on Libsyn (Liberated Syndication) by Ms. Ileane.
• Is Spreaker an alternative to BlogTalkRadio?
• Should I upgrade my podcast on Audioboo to a Plus account?
• Should I upgrade my podcast on BlogTalkRadio a Premium account again?
• Future advertising on GOT-Tea-Party.com?
• Hej5 Studio ("High 5 Studio")

• Are You Prepared for a New Prepper Podcast?
• What would America fight for? - The Economist, May 3, 2014.

• Gunboat diplomacy
• Read “Just War Theory” vs. American Self-Defense by Yaron Brook & Alex Epstein - The Objective Standard.
• Americanized website banner commission by John Cox.

TIME TO REWIND WITH VINE

Have you charged your batteries during the summer? Are you ready to "rise to the top" and go back to work? I will kick-off my podcast interviews again, starting in September. Please stay tuned...

In the meantime, enjoy my latest Vine video clip with Robin the cat, exploring the roof top. I will submit this video to Friday Ark.



By the way: Do you think that Vine will create a compilation page for your vines sometime in the future, similar to your Instagram photos placed one page? Do you think that the short video clip content material is here to stay, or is it a fad going away?

ANNUAL BLOG REPORT XI

I have now been blogging for 11 years and published 2705 posts. My intention is to continue to publish stuff on EGO blog for at least 11 more years..., but I must admit that I have been thinking of putting the blog on a temporary hiatus. One reason for taking a blog break is that during the years of blogging, I have been adding new blogs to my content creation portfolio. At the moment, I am publishing additional content at the following places:

• EGO Sole Trader
• GOT-Tea-Party
• TeaParty.nu
• AtlasAnd
• Objective Argentum
• Americanized
• EGO

It could be hard to update all the above mentioned blogs on a regular basis. I will ask my fellow bloggers and contributors to write guest posts now and then. You will soon be able to read posts by a new guest blogger, Daniel Adetunji of Infowland.

As I wrote in my post, ANNUAL BLOG REPORT X, the main thing for the future will still be my EGO podcast on BlogTalkRadio. I have an idea to start a new site focusing on new media broadcasts in contrast to the mainstream media stations out there.

Pajamas at the Gate

I am planning to contact Influads for facilitating sponsorships of my podcast show.

One For You, New England (The SSP)

What kind of stuff will I publish in the future? I will go back to the philosophical core of EGO and write more posts on epistemology (reason), ethics (egoism) and politics (laissez-faire capitalism), but I will also mix it up with funny cat meme material, due to the fact that "Internet is made of cats"...

Internet Is Made Of Cats


As an ending note, I want you to stay tuned for my new project, Americanized.org. Please go to John Cox's post, Website Banner Commission, and read the comment thread and you will get "insider information" about the work of art.

LOL CATS CREATING BUZZ & BIZ

It is amazing how cats could create a such online buzz and big business. I am missing Morris the cat very much, but Robin & Rufus are our family's precious cats nowadays.


Robin & Rufus

Here is an excerpt from Rahul Varshneya's interview with Ben Huh, CEO and founder of Cheezburger (featuring LOLcats):

Rahul Varshneya: What are your greatest learnings as an entrepreneur, things that you would give as advice to an aspiring entrepreneur? 

Ben Huh: Don’t have a fear of talking about your failures. Don’t hide your mistakes. Because we know that running a startup is really hard, and it’s a lot harder if you lie about it. It’s a lot harder if you can’t be honest about the situation you’re in, and you can’t be honest about asking for help.  

(http://rahulvarshneya.com, December 20, 2012.)

You could read what I learned from my business failures in my post (from 2009), Five Lessons Learned from my Start-up — And why I’d Do it Again, on Open Forum (powered by American Express).

Let's keep the game going! Please add your thoughts in the comment section.


Game For Cats

UPDATE 01/13/2013:

Check out Catmoji! Hat tip to Sarah Lane of The Social Hour.

STEPHEN COLBERT IS AN ARTIFICIAL SWEDENER

It is Midsummer and I am planning to take a blog break during July. I invite you to go to my site EGO Sole Trader and check out a daily cat cartoon by Mark Anderson. I will continue to submit cat entries to the Friday Ark.

Cat Cartoon by Andertoons

By the way: I think Stephen Colbert should take over the Twitter account @Sweden. I am an American in spirit and he is an "artificial Swedener."

The Colbert Report
Get More: Colbert Report Full Episodes,Political Humor & Satire Blog,Video Archive

CARNIVAL OF CATS

I will submit this post to TheModulator.org and Friday Ark #388.



Could you guess why we have called the cats for Rufus and Robin?





Game For Cats

Please listen to my latest podcast on Cinch.fm.

Related: My post, MORE ON MORRIS THE CAT.

MORE ON MORRIS THE CAT

More on Morris the cat:

From the post, Objectivist Roundup:

Martin Lindeskog presents EGO: MORRIS THE CAT REQUIESCAT IN PACE posted at EGO, saying, "I miss Morris the cat. "Requiesce CAT in pace." Listen to the answers to the questions on Dr. Leonard Peikoff's podcast: What was the name of Ayn Rand's cat? Did she talk to it?"
(ParentingIs.com, December 29, 2011.)

From the post, Friday Ark #366:

In Memoriam
Ego: Morris The Cat: Requiescat In Pace
Morris first boarded the Friday Ark on April 15, 2005: the 30th Sailing
(TheModulator.org, December 30, 2011.)

Related articles

• Wylie goes from stray to star on Morris the Cat calendar (boston.com)

MORRIS THE CAT REQUIESCAT IN PACE

I miss Morris the cat. "RequiesCAT in pace."

MORRIS

Cat in Window (1987) by Robert Tracy.


SPRING TIME FOR MORRIS

Listen to the answers to the questions on Dr. Leonard Peikoff's podcast: What was the name of Ayn Rand's cat? Did she talk to it?

UPDATE 12/23/11:

From Rational Jenn's post, Objectivist Round Up #232:

Martin Lindeskog presents Morris the Cat: Requiescat in Pace posted at EGO. [I'm sorry to hear of your loss, Martin.]
(http://rationaljenn.blogspot.com/, December 22, 2011.)

CARNIVAL OF THE CATS

It is time to start participate in the Carnival of the Cats and The Friday Ark again. I think that Personal Jesus (Sie Medway-Smith Remix) by Depeche Mode could fit on CatSynth!

Here is a picture of Morris the Cat from last summer:


Morris

Related articles

• [Album Review + Full Album Stream] Depeche Mode - Remixes: 81-11 (radio923fm.radio.com)

T.G.I.F WITH CAT BLOGGING

This year I will publish cat blogging posts on a regular basis. It is a fun thing to do! Say hi to the host of Friday Ark, @slathe, who is traveling in Europe at the moment. We have to wait and see if Morris will be able to get on (card)board of the carnival "boat"...

"Before picture" from my post, READING IN DIFFERENT WAYS:


Reading Material.

"After pictures":


Morris in a box from the online book store, Adlibris.com.


Morris is relaxing in a carton from the online book store, Adlibris.com.

How do you celebrate that it is Friday? How about training for the World Bartender Championship? Do you have a favorite drink?

TIME TO HARVEST

Message from Morris the cat:

With ten weeks left of 2010, it is time to harvest...

Related: My post, THREE KEYWORDS FOR 2010 and The Law of Seed in Social Media Marketing by Mary Grace Ignacio.

NEWSY GONE FISHING

After getting spam charged by SMS.ac / FanBox on my latest mobile phone bill, I am not a happy camper... I am also having major computer problems at the moment. It took "forever" to upload the following photos (Morris the cat and Spider-Man iPhone wallpaper) to Flickr.


Spider-Man cartoon magazine cover. Iphone wallpaper by GelaSkins.

Maybe I should "go fishing"? Talking about fishing, have you heard about a dating site called Plenty of Fish? I have written a guest post (Heavy Duty, PACE and Kettlebell) on Fitness Date Club's blog.



I need a cup of tea...

Check out Ego Sole Trader on August 1. I will publish a new post every day for circa one month, describing the process of creating a business plan. Reading material: 3 Weeks to Startup and The Plan-As-You-Go Business Plan.

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• Are dating websites past their prime? (washingtonpost.com)

CAT AND GUEST BLOGGING

Morris the cat is informing that the editor of EGO blog is hiding at a "secret" location at the moment...



Here is a photo of the hideout:



Go to my photostream at Flickr for more pictures, e.g., blueberries, wild strawberries and rosé wine...

Related: Friday Ark #303 at The Modulator.

GUEST BLOGGING

I want to introduce you to a new guest blogger. His name is Brett Owens and he is CEO and Co-Founder of Chrometa, LLC. He reached out to me and sent me an email after my comment on Small Business Trends. I have also invited him to become a future guest writer on my new Ego Sole Trader site. I think that the Chrometa's "time tracking, time management and productivity software for professionals" could fit nicely under the WorkFlow section on my site.

Related:  Lisa Barone's post, 6 Lessons From A Week Of Guest blogging.

SUMMER SOLSTICE

How do you celebrate (mid)summer solstice? Read James Savage's post, The Lowdown on Swedish Midsummer and watch the banned IKEA commercial...

I celebrated the light in a relaxed way and took a chile pepper and warmed it up on an outdoor grill. Morris the cat collected sunbeams. Check out Friday Ark #301.



[Editor's note: This is a photo from 2005. I have problem with uploading photos at the moment. More about this issue in a future post...]

Related: My post, MIDSUMMER RECIPES.

SUPPORT BLOGGERS WITH FLATTR

I have decided to remove some of the ads for the time being.

From my post, ADS POPPING UP:

I will test a mix of different advertising options and evaluate them during some time. My goal is to continue to build up the traffic to my EGO blog, publish interesting, enjoyable and valuable content and continue the conversation and exchange of ideas with my fellow bloggers, readers, and friends through this blog, Twitter, FriendFeed, Facebook, LinkdedIn, etc.

I am especially interested in fostering my relation with BlogAds ("Blog advertising makes opinion.") and see if I could attract some new advertisers. I will place an ad on a blog sometime in the future. I will see if some of my future guests on my podcast show on SolidVox could be interested in advertising on EGO.

I am thinking of adding a "featured item" section on my blog, with books that I have discussed on my blog.

It will be interesting to see how it works out with the new premium ad feature by Chitika. (EGO, 02/14/09.)

I am searching for affiliate programs that could become a good fit. Read Chris Brogan's post, My Worry Reduction Buttons- Affiliate Marketing. Found via Chris Garrett's post, Why I Switched to the Headway Premium Theme for WordPress.

If you want to join the next generation of communication platforms, you should check out GreenWin Network. [Editor's note & full disclosure: Affiliate link.] As a member you could call other members free of charge.



Do you have any comments on the layout of the blog? Blogger has introduced a new template designer.

Photo taken at an exhibition (Innovesign 2010 - Lindholmen Design & Product Development) at Lindholmen Science Park in Gothenburg, Sweden.



Morris is a cool cat as always and says that EGO should join Friday Ark #295 and then check out Flattr...[Editor's note: Thank you Navid Modiri & David Stiernholm for the invite code.]

From Miikka Kukkosuo's post, Flattr Enables Social Micropayments For All Content On The Web:

Flattr is a new Swedish service enabling easy microtransactions, or social donations, for the whole web. Flattr wants to make it easy for people to share money in addition to content on the web, and thus allow content producers to get income on their work. The service is currently in closed beta, but I got an account to take a closer look.

In practice, every Flattr member needs to pay at least 2 euros per month (you can up to 5/10/20 as well). Then, during each month, you discover content on the web that you really like, be it text, audio, video, or something else, and you want to “flatter” the creator. You then click a small button the content creator has placed on her site. After each month is over, your monthly allowance (e.g., 2 euros) is divided evenly to all of the content creators whose work you have “flattred” during the month. Flattr itself takes 10% cut initially. (ArcticStartup, 05/05/10.)

[Editor's note: Please click the button if you want test the Flattr service and support my blogging.]