Topic: mission
5 Ancient weapons that will still work today
December 18, 2008 by evl
The Hungu Munga, also used on in the series buffy the vampire slayer. They dont make blades like this anymore. This particular weapon was used in upper Africa, still is used today in some places. Its thrown into the enemy and basically slices into him and causes real bad damage.
The ballista is a amazing piece of technology for the time it was made. Comparing it to some of today's arrow shooting weapons this thing can shoot through a car. The arrow heads are massive. Might be a mission to carry around though.
The all famous Catapult. How many weapons do you know of today that can shoot a metal ball as far as this thing. Well not many you can build yourself. This is one of the best ancient weapons. Also might be a bit heavy to carry around.
This thing is crazy. Looks like a lazy piece of wood but can make a dent in a modern day armored vehicle. Was on boats as well. Just think of the hole this can make in a boat.
This is called a caltrope and is still used today. It varies in sizes and was also used as anti tank devices in World War 2. Today small versions are still used to stop and puncture the wheels of cars. Might also be known as a Spike trip
Niche blogging - How to take over a niche market step by step
September 28, 2008 by evl
A short post on how to do this.
I recently took over a niche with this blog. I wont tell what niche that is but its not something just anyone would be interested in. Most people want to get in on the big markets like tech, gaming or social networking and they want niche blogs that rule in a market. I just wish I knew more about social networks or tech stuff. Well it would just be nice because its fairly easy to take over a market with a niche blog. Sometimes I just wish I follow my own tips more. Ok let me get to the point before I loose your concentration.
When you want your niche blog to rule you have to be prepared to wait and work hard. It does not come overnight but it does not take a few years either. I think you would be able to take over a niche market in a month. That is a fairly medium size niche market. Depends on how much you know of that market.
During my post I will be using computers as a example so please bear that in mind when reading.
So your aim is to take over the niche market of computers, its huge but with hard work you can get there.
1. Start with the smallest part
Start blogging with the smallest part like mouses or keyboards, or a market that you can clearly see has not been filled to the brim. Blog about that for about a month. Use one category and one tag for each of the things you blog about, for each of your posts. A good way is to try a few keywords in Google and see which of them shows wikipedia first. If it shows wikipedia first then you know its a good place to start. Blog about that and make sure you take over the market. Its not hard. Use the subdomain technique I wrote about earlier here
Using the subdomain hack will guarantee you a place on the first place of Google depending how hard you work on it. Once you are on the first page of Google for something like keyboards start selling keyboards.
2. Piece by piece
This might seem ridiculous for you but it works for me. I do this on all my blogs. Start blogging about every piece of computers as mentioned above. It might take time but get on top for those parts on search engines and make sure not to go on with the next part before you have taken over the one part's market. Once again you can use subdomains for each as shown here
3. Start blogging about the big stuff
When you have blogged and taken over most of the parts you can start blogging like the bigger blogs. Start blogging about things on the same level as other big blogs posting your hardware in between to keep the status going. Especially if you used the subdomain trick here
This means blogging about "computers" or whatever it is in general, not focusing on the small stuff so much anymore, but blogging it as in general.
You should also leave the hardest parts for last as this can be more of a mission to take over. Like monitors for instance. Start more than one subdomain if needed for those parts that is hardest.
4. Take over the niche market
The next step is to take over the niche market completely. Get people to work for you and ask for guest bloggers. Taking over the niche market means targeting things like technorati ranks etc.
You will succeed if you keep on blogging about all aspects of that niche blog as you direct your subdomains you made and as shown in the subdomain tutorial. Gizmodo posts around 50 posts a day, you can do the same.
Basically the most important part is step 1 and 2.
Please also keep in mind, although these steps are simple they do take some time and it can be very hard to take a big market but you should be able to do it like this.
I guess I can go on typing about this but I just wanted to share these tips.
Please leave comments and tell me what I left out.
This car is sinking, Strand, South Africa
September 15, 2008 by evl
So we have another cold front here. Man I wish summer was here already. Anyway this photograph was taken the other day when the entire Helderberg was covered with water during the Cape Town storm. Just think, that is salt water. Going to be a mission cleaning that car.
We drove obviously through the water as well and had issues all week with the breaks. The water went right up the bricks into some shops.
So blogging can have its confusion as well
September 10, 2008 by evl
A few days ago I decided to blog elsewhere and messed around on this blog. After another few days I have decided to continue fromtheold.com and well go on as usual. Having to many blogs I am not always able to update them all although this was my main blog. But because this blog has 30 000 out going links its not to useful according to google. The only way of getting the blog somewhere would to remove those outgoing links which would be way to much of a mission. Anyway I've decided to fix this blog up and remove those links which will take a while. In the meantime I will start updating this blog again.
How to make more money with Linkworth
September 8, 2008 by evl
There is money to be made on the internet and some of that money can be made using Linkworth. Linkworth is available to South African bloggers which makes it great. They pay through paypal so you'd have to get that part sorted as South Africans are kind of stuck when it comes to paypal. The first way to make more money online with Linkworth is to write decent articles when you accept a mission. Writing a decent article might not get you more money immediatly but its what you get paid for. The money you make with Linkworth is worth investing back into your blog. The better your Pagerank as I understand it the more money and oppurtunities you can make with linkworth. Thirdly. If you have more than one blog why not add it. I was surprised that some of my blogs made more money than others and those were the blogs I almost did not add. So Make money online with Linkworth. Give them a try and you will see for yourself.Deep jungle on Helderberg Mountain
September 6, 2008 by evl
Well not exactly but some parts of the mountain really is a forest, especially if you go in the fold or whatever you call it of Helderberg mountain. There is some great and undiscovered places if you go off the tracks and do your own bush mission.
3 Things to look for when buying a motorhome in South Africa
May 31, 2008 by evl
When you want to buy a motorhome in South Africa you need to make sure of a few things. Things differ from country to coutnry and you need to know what applies to your country. For instance in South Africa there are many rules and regulations that you must follow when you have a caravan or a motorhome. I will just share a basic few things that you need to know when deciding on buying a motorhome. - Engine. You need to make sure that you get parts for the engine of the motorhome you are wanting to get. You also need to make sure that the engine and the chassis numbers agree with the papers. The engine needs to be in working condition because getting a motorhome to drive when the engine does not work is more than a mission. Some engines are near impossible to fix without the correct tools. - Headspace. The most annoying thing about motorhomes is that they dont let you stand up straight. Sure it might not be such a hassle when you are going to check out the motorhome but when you have bought it and live in the motorhome for a month or so you will soon find out just how annoying that is. - Sleeping space Try to get a motorhome with as much sleeping space as possible. Its nice to have more sleeping space than you need, especially if you dont know how many people would travel with. Sometimes you might want to take friends and they would not want to sleep outside. Extra sleeping space can also save money on accommodation. So these are the 3 things I would like to share for now.How's your work enviroment?
May 22, 2008 by evl
The ability to work on the internet as a full time job and the success thereof will depend on your working enviroment. That is the reason you see these big companies and online empires have these great offices. Because if your working enviroment is not comfortable you wont be able to reach your full capacity working wise. There are a few things when working that will effect you and if you make sure your working enviroment is just right you will be able to be more productive. The lights in a office or building could effect you negative and could make you way more tired if they are in the wrong setting and if they are to bright they could give you headaches. Fresh air is a neccessity and if you dont have that you will also get tired way faster than in a office with fresh air. Working in a stuffy, dirty air enviroment will not benefit you or the company you work for as you concentration is almost double when having fresh air to breath in and out. Seat, Some people sit so uncomfortable but either its way to much of a mission to clean up your working space or you just cant but if you sit uncomfortable you obviously wont enjoy your job, you will get tired quicker and wont want to stay on the seat for to long. Coffee, Who can work without a nice cup of coffee. If you are limited to one cup of coffee at work you really should fire your boss. I guess that's about it for now. What Working tips do you have?Houtbay in Cape Town Landscape Photograph
April 16, 2008 by evl
From the amazing sand dunes in Hout Bay in Cape Town. As you can see in this photo Chapman's peak in the distance with Hout Bay and the beach in the middle. Hout Bay is a top tourist destination in South Africa and has a lot of accommodation available. Hout Bay also has some of the best sea food restaurants in the area.
It's a mission getting to the sand dunes if you dont know where it is. If you walk to the other side of the sand dunes you'll see a path that leads directly to Sandy Bay close which is on Camps Bay side of the mountain.