365 WAYS TO ENERGIZE YOUR BLOGGING

With the last regular working day gone for the year, it could be time to think how you could boost your energy for next year. Kelly McCause gave a great tip on +BizSugar (Blog Post Ideas – There’s An App For That). It is an application by Lynette Chandler called BlogEnergizer.

With 10+ blogs I need some energy from a bunny in order to keep going...

What are you "addicted" to? I have cravings for:

• Licorice
• Chile pepper
• Bacon

So, this weekend I have to munch on Pringles's Xtreme Sizzlin' Spicy Bacon potato crisps and have a licorice candy shot! Cheers to a prosperous New Year!

Robert Palmer - Addicted To Love

Related: My post, THREE GOOD THINGS ON TWITTER.

ANOTHER BOSTON TEA PARTY ON 12/16

We will have another Boston Afternoon Tea Party on December 16. I will announce a new tea blend, GOT Harbor Tea.

Sensational Alex Harvey Band - Boston Tea Party

BUSINESS AT HEART AND IN MIND

It could be hard to concentrate on your daily business, thinking about the outcome of the election ("with four more years") in the United States of America, and watching an "elephant in the Middle East room."

I got a wake up call the other day when I did an oxidative stress test and an arterial pulse waveform analysis. The conclusion is that I need to take better care of my body, including my heart. I will increase my intake of antioxidants and a basic amino acid called arginine.

Have you calculated your ideal body weight? It looks like that my weight of 57 kg is the common average and the medical recommendation is between 47 - 62 kg. Do you have any tip on how to measure the calorie intake (1839 calories)?

  by  Alan Cleaver 

BOMB THEM BACK TO THE STONE AGE

How about "bombing them back to stone age," instead of spending money on a "public service announcement"?

Talking about "stones," could you see the link between the "stoning" scene in Life of Brian and the reactions to the trailer for the film (uploaded by "Sam Bacile" on YouTube in July, 2012), Innocence of Muslims.


Stoning

Reading material:

• On the Freedom to Offend an Imaginary God by Sam Harris.
• Egyptian Blogger Arrested: Alber Saber - CyberDissidents.org

Listen to my podcast, Remember 911.

TIPS ON AFFILIATE PROGRAMS AND SPONSORS

For your information: I have removed the 125x125 banner ad for Zeekler penny auction, after reading the news. I never came around to participate in an auction or buying something from the site, as I wrote that I would do in my post, BLOG BREAK (June 24, 2011). I will follow the development in social media and mainstream media.

I am interested in receiving tips on affiliate programs that could fit as a sponsor of this blog. If I don't find product or service that could fill the empty space at the sponsor section, I will probably add another banner for Text-Links-Ads [Editor's note: affiliate link], like the following:

Related: My post, SUCCESS IN 10 STEPS.

THE SOCIAL QUARTER-HOUR

Here is the new episode of EGO podcast show. The title, the social quarter-hour, is a homage to The Social Hour with Amber Mac & Sarah Lane.

• Philosophy - Paul Ryan versus Ayn Rand.
• Social Media - new media fatigue?
• Good Life - chile pepper.
• New type of broacast...

Show notes:

• Further Thoughts on Why Objectivists Should Actively Campaign for Romney-Ryan by Craig Biddle. - The Objective Standard.

• Ayn Rand And The 2012 Presidential Campaign - The Diane Rehm Show at 11 AM ET. Hat tip: The Harry Binswanger List.

• Anil Dash of Dashes.com: Blogging & Business Then And Now by Brent Leary. - Small Business Trends.

• The Age of the Platform by Phil Simon.

• "Kick it up a notch!" - Emeril Lagasse on WikiPedia.

Jalapeno sauce with Tequila

• Cinch.fm mobile audio service shuts down, demonstrates troubles of when you bet on services you don’t control by Robert Scoble - Scobleizer. [Editor's note: My material on Cinch.m and SoundCloud.]

• David's tips for online show hosts: how to narrow down your topic like a champion by David Siteman Garland - The Rise To The Top.

THE FALL FORWARD OF EGO PODCAST

Please listen to my latest episode of EGO Podcast FTW. I have given it the title, Fall Forward as a play with words on the autumn season (fall) and my attempt to push my podcast forward into the future...

The weekly podcast will be around 15 minutes in length and have three sections (philosophy, social media, and the good life). The following is covered during this podcast:

• Philosophy - "Books That Shaped America" by Library of Congress.
• Social media - guest blogging.
• #GoodThing in life - TeaFTW. "Far Too Good For Ordinary People."
• EGO podcast - stats, schedule, future plans, etc.

Additional show notes:

• The books that shaped America (in chronological order). Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand (1957).
• A List of Books by Stephen S. Smith. Future guest blogger on AtlasAnd.
• My new post, Far Too Good For Ordinary People, on TeaParty.nu.
• BlogTalkRadio’s New Integration With Facebook Gets You More Listens! [sic]

EGO Podcast - stats (premium feature) on BlogTalkRadio.com

Related: David Siteman Garland's post, 3 Questions & an Opportunity for You to Shamelessly Promote Your Web Show/Podcast.

SITEMETER AND BLOG STATS

It looks like SiteMeter is having some problems...

I hope it will be resolved in the near future. In the meantime, here is an overview of the blog stats on Blogger:

Related: My post, ADMINISTRATIVE NOTE: SITE METER PROBLEM from 2004.

BLOG COMMENTS

EGO blog has received 300+ comments by readers since the comment feature powered by Blogger was implemented in 2007 with the new layout of the EGO template.

I am sorry that I missed to change the option to allow reader comments in some of the latest published posts. It is now fixed! Please keep 'em coming!

I have now enabled the threaded commenting feature on the blog.

Here are two great posts on comments on blogs:

• How to get more comments by Scott Berkun of WordPress.com (Automattic, Inc.).
• Are Blog Comments Worth It? by Georgina Laidlaw - GigaOM.

What is your take on the following comment platforms: Disqus, IntenseDebate and Livefyre?

  by  miss miah 

INTERVIEW WITH ANITA CAMPBELL

I interviewed Anita Campbell on May 18. [Editor's note: I am sorry for the technical glitch around 51 min. Anita Campbell took over and ended the show in a great way! :) I have some "endnotes" for about 10 minutes at the end of the program.]