Green Flamingobecause I said so

I have some tidbits about this blog to share, and me in general that I want to share.

1. I have started a new site, which seems to be coming along nicely. I am not sure how it will end up, whether I keep it or sell it, but the content is really unique. Only a few people know about this site, and I am going to keep it closed for now. You may hear about it and visit, not knowing it has any relation to me. Also, it is run by an unexpected thing, or the content at least! (Not all the editing and theme work, I have to devote a few hours to that every day).

2. I am having a new theme done for Green Flamingo Designs, and having a re Grand Opening! I am not going to tell you too much about the theme yet, it is sort of a surprise. I am going to say their are going to be new services coming out, free products and discounts! So stay tuned! I anyone would like to help to set up the re Grand Opening and get a very special discount of their own, it would be greatly appreciated. Just contact at greenflamingodesigns (@) gmail.com.

3. Green Flamingo has new bonus features for email subscribers! Every week one special email subscriber will be selected to get a 200+ review the next day! This will start Friday and the review will be published Saturday, so subscribe to stay tuned and win this! Hope you enjoy!

4. I am beginning to get a real sense in what goes on around me in the blogosphere, expanding my knowledge and really becoming a web “master.” I am also finding new ways to make money online, blog, and express myself.

5. I am loosely planning a contest for this blog, I have some interesting ways for you to gain points, probably never seen before, but I am still looking for some sponsors. If you would like to sponsor this flamingo contest, that would be great!

6. I have found some new techniques I have seen other bloggers do I would like to try. Look out for changes! (I should warn you, there will be a competition to see who can spot the most changes!).

Sorry I do not have any “real” content for you today, I have noticed some others do not either (maybe the university kid?). Tomorrow and for a little longer down the week I have some better content planned. I am still recovering from my site going down, so everything is not back to normal yet.

-The Green Flamingo

Well, as you have probably seen, heard, or experienced, the 2008 Beijing Olympics have begun!

I am very happy to see this years Olympic Games, and I hope they turn out a success.

The Olympics are a time where many countries meet, forgetting their troubles, and uniting to compete

War and disputes are forgotten.

Politics are forgotten.

Race is not a matter.

Nations unite to compete and enjoy!

I watched the opening ceremony tonight, China put on a spectacular show, displaying their creativity and the greatness of the nation, putting behind them their troubles and displaying who they really can be.

I was very proud to see all the countries walk in, very well done.

I hope that all of you will enjoy the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games!

Well, I thought I would bring you the update, monthly I am assuming. I’ll also give a little link love to my top commentators, and maybe another little prize. I am not sure, but depends how many there are. I think I’ll have a few special prizes from top down, you should pray you are in the top 5.

Updates

Technorati

Authority – 27

Rank – 268,611

That was of today, though the other day my authority was 29 and rank was better too.

Alexa – 584,744

PR – 2 (dam it was higher before the PR update, but I think I have gained back my PR3, sadly this post is going to kill some of it)

With a new RSS feed, a totally different than I have had for months (that was the default one, green-flamingo.com/feed, the one I can’t access the back end of) to 22 subscribers. I don’t think that is amazing, but it is a start.

If you don’t mind, would someone show me how to get traffic views, like the total unique pageviews? Also does anyone know how to get the images for things like technorati, feedburner, and so on? I need them for my advertise page.

Top Commentators

Now it is time to kill some pagerank with my top 10 commentators.

1. Rajaie AlKorani – Rajaie Talks
2. Tom – StandOutBlogger
3. Melvin – MelvinBlog
4. Narendra - TechTreak
5. Germz - TheGermz
6. Karen – LightSpringTransformations
7. Ryan Mclean – SmarterWealth
8. Agent 001 – GreatestReviews
9. Chelle – It Might Be Love
10. Chiq Montes – WPThemeDesigner

Well, those are our top commentators for the month.

Be happy please, I spent half an hour going through my comments and tallying them, I hope you enjoy.

I have a special surprise planned for my top commentators, I will be contacting them shortly. I thought of this just as writing this post, but it pretty spectacular. Look out for this month, I might plan something else on the way.

As maybe you can see from my lack of activity on the net today, I am having some technical problems. Last night, I did connect to the Internet, and today I was fine in the morning and early afternoon. The trouble then started, and I left my computer unplugged and on for a bit. It ran out of battery, and I plugged it back in.

When I tried to turn my laptop on, the power would go on but nothing would happen. It stayed dark, and a certain light that is always on was not on and running. I did not discover the light the first time, I just thought the laptop needed a little time to charge. It didn’t work later still, and I am worried and at the same time pissed off.

I you are wondering how I am writing this, I am posting quickly from my dad’s laptop, which is a bit hard because the keys are are so close together and some smaller such as the shift(really hard to get a letter in caps this way). So over the next few days I will try to fix my computer, post from my dads or the other in the house, but I will not be able to do as well until my computer is fixed.

Some exciting house things have happened, major improvements taking into consideration the rest of my family. I will try to tell you about them.

Wish me luck! I will try to get back tomorrow!

I am here to announce the upcoming of the Green Flamingo Designs services, where there will be some great deals, great promotion, and you could get something for you. I will not release the details of this amazing grand opening yet, but you will see them soon!

Besides announcing the grand opening of the interior design services, then I am here to talk a bit about some of the recent designs I have been doing.

I have totally redone or cleaned up my room, I wish I had time to take a picture or I wish I had a mac with photobooth. I am still not completely settled, maybe some books aren’t unpacked, but I might be moving again soon so darn the whole thing. If I do have to move within the next few months it’ll be like smelling fresh flowers and at the same time a huge pain in the ass. While it will force the rest of my family to get rid of the junk they don’t need (at least some of it I hope!) then I will have to worry that the nutty movers will crack my desk or even snap the side of my dresser off. I also have to pack everything, and though I can do it in a few weekends (I am only doing my things, no one else’s) I still do not want to waste the time. I am not sure if we are going to move even, so I might trash the idea.

I have worked on some fantasy designs, I have a bit of an interior design scheme going, but I think it might be mostly architecture. I hope I will be able to draw these, and then I can publish as part of my illustration portfolio. I need some kind of drawing software, or maybe I have to take furniture drawing lessons (I am good at drawing but maybe not the best at staying focused and perfect details). If anyone has any recommendations for me then I would greatly appreciate those.

These ideas I have in mind would take place in an apartment type building, but not what your thinking. I will try to give you a good picture. Here is a little exercise for you.

Creating a picture

Think Vancouver.

Think tall, glossy, open building.

Think fresh.

Think hotel type.

Think home.

You should now have a picture in your mind, if you can follow that kind of concept. Though it is a bit vague, you can see something there, and you should get an energy, that is most important.

Now think unique.

Think different.

Think sleek.

Think white.

Think wood.

Think metal.

Think beautiful.

Now you should have more of a picture in your mind, it should be developing as an idea. Though it may not be what I see, I am still creating a vision for you which can be treasured.

Think tall.

Think open.

Think window.

Think curves.

Think layers.

Think futuristic.

These are the basic structures, while the others were the styles. Now we move on to dining.

Think red.

Think restaurant.

Think marble.

Think lights.

Think metallic.

Think interior design 2.0.

Those are some characteristics of the kitchen and dining space, now I bet you are getting a clear picture.

Think high.

Think snug.

Think green.

Think orange.

Think brown.

Think books.

Think music.

Think red.

Think bamboo.

Think Ikea.

Think pictures.

These are features of the bedroom. There are some characteristics that fit all categories, follow what you see and you will find them. I am not here to show you the destination, I am here to show you the path.

I hope you liked that little exercise, who says I cannot bring a little more interior design exercise here!

If you don’t like personal posts, have no fear, I will stop in a bit. See you later!

Here we are with the typical “green” lecture. Those can get kind of boring after a while, for there are so many different opinions. Mine lies among them and will not be shared in this post. I am just going to add some things to be “green.”

When “Green Flamingo” started out it was not to be green, live green, give methods or any of that. In fact I think this is the first post on the subject, for there is so much of it elsewhere no having it here wouldn’t be much of a loss. “Green Flamingo Designs” does not really run on “green” lines either, though I will try to recommend materials that don’t harm the earth, which is very difficult for an interior designer.

So again I will present some tips or ways to go green, because it is thought to  be so important I will talk about it.

Shutdown that computer – if you don’t already, you need to shutdown that computer at night ok? Even if you are going to be gone for two hours you should still shut down the computer, instead of just putting it to sleep. There are a few reasons for this, but the biggest is probably to conserve energy. If you keep your computer in the same room that you sleep in, the energy waves can disrupt your brain and your sleep. They could even cause permanent damage so this is another reason to turn off your computer fully. This is part of the green computing, apart from just living “green.”

I use minimum electricity – when I am out of the room, the only electricity on will be my computer – if even. You want to turn off the music, the lights, the electric chair (just kidding) and others. You want to have your computer in a well lit room so you can see what your doing, besides the light of the screen. At night my lights use energy lightbulbs, where the use much less energy than typical light bulbs. These are not difficult or pricy to purchase, and if I design your home I will get a pack of these light bulbs for you.

Recycle – you should recycle things, even if most things that go to the recycling are not used again for years, and they are still using up space on the planet just as much, recycling is still a good idea. You can reuse things in your home too, so instead of putting things in the recycling then you can reuse them within the home for something useful (please, if you think they will come in handy someday, do not keep them, and have your thinking patterns altered a bit to never think that).

Feel green – as long as you feel you are living green, you most likely are. Just do what you feel is right, and you will come out on the right side.

Thanks for reading!

Today I come upon a shock of an idle online Friday. There are so many ways to describe how boring the day has been online today, but I am being lazy too so what is the point?

So I just wanted to point out what a slow and boring day it has been. Though I spent most of this day watching “Psych” because my sister keeps saying it is an interesting hour-long episode. Lets take a look how things have been slow however.

Posts coming out late – most of the blogs I read have come out with their posts fairly late. Usually I read posts that are published from around 12-5. Though I am notified via email much later than there was a post, you can still tell. Just noticing this bit, it may be typical of my friends on Fridays.

Lack of email - I have only received 15 emails today, while yesterday I had about 10 more than that. The 15 today counted even the ones in very early morning.

Slow comment reply – today has been very disappointing for those wanting a witty little reply from the owner of the blog you commented on. I have not seen many people comment back today, maybe on the weekends they step down?

Inching on BP – on the forum Blog Premiere, posts are just inching along as far as I can see. Talk about snails, but I’m afraid this might be slower!

So I am wondering what has gotten into people today, especially me for putting out this extremely crappy post, but it is interesting what happens. Over the weekend traffic tends to be slow as well, but it is usually(or was when school was going on) when I accomplish most of my work. So if you have any thoughts on the topic let me know!

I am very pleased to say that yesterday I moved along far in my endless process. I got a paypal account. This may not be a great accomplishment for some of us, but believe me my friends, if you are under 18 a great accomplishment it is. I will now be able to be paid the money I make, it is a shame I didn’t have paypal months ago, I would have a few thousand dollars by now. If you want to send me any money, feel free! Just contact me! (You defiantly don’t have to, I was kind of kidding, but I do like money ).

This post is not all about my accomplishments, it is also about some advice to you. It wraps up other things besides that as well.

What I want to tell you is that you have to take the jump and get it done. You will never get across the cliff if you don’t jump, you will never get the girl if you don’t ask, and you will never win if you don’t play. You have to get out there and have it finished, instead of waiting around. This is one of the biggest problems for people that want to make money online, maybe because they won’t take the jump to start a blog or ask for a little help. To be successful online, not just in making money, you will have to jump many times before you reach the end. I hope you can take the jump and get it done.

I am also in question of my self, and my readers who comment should be able to answer this question. As you can see I have many ads up, and I enjoyed putting them up for people as free promotion. Some of the people (all eventually) subscribed to Green Flamingo to get the ad up as you saw yesterday, and there is something colliding with the ads. I am wondering if it is ok to take the ads down the 15th, for I was hoping to take the first ones down then. I do not want to upset people by taking the banner down so quickly, because they subscribed, but I wonder if they will continue to subscribe after the ads are taken down. That is why I need you help me answer this, whether I should take down the ads July 15th or keep them up. I do have an idea, but I will hear your opinion before it is shared.

There will be more updates soon, and I hope I can remember all the things forget!

Yesterday I was thrown around – don’t worry though for it was in a good way. First I have some updates for you.

Mozilla Firefox 3.0 – After my last post yesterday, I bet there were mixed thoughts on Firefox 3.0. But now I must assure you to download it. I am not going to delete that post, for it showed my thoughts at the time, but I am going to tell you that it is fine.

• The add-ons are now updated, and they are upgraded too. Some may still be behind, but I assume those will come soon.
• Now that I have my Google Toolbar back, all customized, along with some other upgraded add-ons, I do not see the resemblance as much to the ugly-in-my-mind-Internet Explorer. This is a big bonus.

Enough with that update, and now we move on. As I said, I was being thrown around yesterday – on roller coasters. I had never been on so many rides before, and these were huge. A few I went on three times, the really big ones, and some other fun ones I went on twice. Here we go!

Hydra – I think the Hydra is my favorite roller coaster there, though the first time I was on it was Sunday. I also think the Hydra throws you around the most, starting off out of the station with a twist, and having seven inversions. Follow the link in the name to find out more. I went on it three times yesterday.  One of those three times I was in the front, which was really the experience, though because of the wind and having my eyes and nose open my nose was running and my eyes watering.

Thunderhawk – this one I have been on a few times before, it is a rickety wooden coaster that bangs me up and throws me around ’till the end, but still enjoyable. I went on this twice.

Voodoo – this came out new just a month ago I think, and it is one of the freakiest.  You shoot out of the station and up 90 degrees to the ground. Then you free fall back down to the station and go up backwards. On the second time going backwards, also the last, as you are about to go down it stops you, jerking your shoulders against the seat in a most painful way, and then continuing to go up around the twist once more and stop at the station. This freaky ride I went on three times yesterday, and once in the back.

The Whip – not a thrill ride, all I did was sit there, whipping around while I joyfully watched two pairs of sunglasses fall off and one pair get crushed. Not much other than that though.

Wild Mouse – I have been on this ride before as well, and this one we waited a painful 20 minutes just to get rude service and break our wrists. It jerks you around so much, and unfortunately the workers there were really bitchy. This I defiantly only went on once.

Some water stuff – after we had some lunch we headed over to the WildWater Kingdom to get wet. The downside was the water was FREEZING! There were still a few fun rides, and of course the kiddie pool things were warm because of the pee.

Talon – back to the real Dorney! The Talon was feared, very much, but we survived it. In my eyes it did not throw you around as much as the Hydra, but  still having some major loops and turns. I went on this three times, the last time in front.

Steel Force – this I think is one of the prized roller coasters. It is not that special to me, there are no loops or twists or any of that. It is fast and high though. You rise with that treacherous clicking noise 205 five feet, where you dive not very steeply into a tunnel and then go up and down and up and down and around until back to the station. It is pretty fun. I went on this twice, once halfway and once at the very end.

Revolution – this one was good, you spin around and rise in the air. We got the row that went the highest while we looked down on those that got nothing (HAHA!).

Those were all the rides I was on, but I should tell you the order. I will give the whole schedule.

1. Hydra
2. Thunderhawk
3. Whip
4. Wild Mouse
5. Talon
6. Hydra
7. Steel Force
8. Revolution(most air time)
9. Voodoo(back)
10. Voodoo
11. Thunderhawk(back)
12. Scrambler
13. Talon
14. Talon(front)
15. Hydra(front)
16. Steel Force

In between 4 and 5 we were in the water park. All the time there was not spent on these rides. While I was on the Whip, my friend Nick and sister Serena were on the dominator. Also around the time of the two Voodoos then my brother Eric was some rides across from there. Nick’s backpack was stolen in the Wildwater Kingdom, and was found in the entrance to the changing room, missing $43.

I had a great time, going on more furious rides than I have ever been on, and have lost fear of roller coasters. A few (first time Voodoo) took some pursaison and some I declined (Steel Force) the first time. That was pretty much my day though!

On May 31st the domain was bought…

On May 31st files were transferred with difficulty to the host from local host or xampp…

On June 1st Green Flamingo Designs went live!

I am very pleased that the launch was able to happen, it came at just the right time, a turning point in our calendar.

A bit about the site and how it’s doing – The site does not have much content, but I am working to write that while keeping up with this blog and reading other blogs. There is something messed up with the header, I may fix it by the time you see it, but maybe not. It first was how the site name would not show, and only the theme name, but I did something to that and now there is this messed up title there I cannot fix. There are major things I will be changing, and I hope that those work. I might also use a different background image for the header, or make the header bigger somehow.

Have you noticed ?-? Green-flamingo has some major changes as well. It was expressed to me that reading white on black was difficult, and I decided to change it to an orangish yellow. That is not all that was changed. There were more changes, and more to come, but that was the most noticeable.

Sorry for not posting this yesterday. The site wasn’t up until it ws changed that the site was redirected to localhost. I coul have posted last night, but it was a little late.

Comparing the two sites, this one will still have much to do with green flamingo designs, but this one will show more behind the scenes while that is more strictly professional.

Also, visit Blog Premiere Forum today!