Sunday, October 11, 2009

Laptop Guide Articles

I have finished most of what I believe will be a series of articles concerning purchasing a laptop. I got the idea when I was called for advice concerning laptops and what particular purchase to go for. Furthermore, I was suprised to find that there were not as many articles which described in very simple detail what to go for, specifically concerning video cards and general hardware. Here are the articles listed:

Five Things To Check Before Buying A Laptop

This article was meant to be the simplest article, which gives the information in as summarized manner possible.

Choosing The Right Laptop Form Factor

This article was meant to be a guide for choosing the physical make of the laptop, overall it turned out really well and I personally wish I knew some of the stuff in that article when I went to purchase a laptop.

Choosing The Right Laptop Hardware

The hardware article is the most important article because it is where most people go wrong and also the most critical aspect as upgrading laptops is difficult

Choosing The Right Laptop Software

The software article could just as wel be a general computing article truly, as it does not specifically go with laptops.

Wednesday, October 7, 2009

Adolf Hitler's Skull

An interesting article I found on Associated Content concerning Adolf Hitler's skull being said to be female. The main reason I find the article interesting is that the details concerning Hitler's death have always interested me for the simple reason that someone that caused so much trouble died in such a seemingly simple way. It has always amazed me when a dictatory has managed to get power, given how easily that same dictator could be potentially killed. As such, I think it says something more about a time period or a nation than an individual person. I live in Australia, and I just do not think a dictator could rise to power without being killed by someone pretty quickly really.

Also, topics like this interest me because of a strange phenomen where the more important something is the fuzzier it gets. For instance, religious articles on wikipedia are less reliable than articles on chlorination of methane because the first is considered more important and thus keeps being edited, new information, etc. It reminds me of how many people have gotten away with killing celebrities, because so much effort went into investigating the matters that it produced more leads, and thus more doubts, than a normal investigation would have. JFK assassination comes to mind.

Anyway, the article is here.

Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Tech Guide Articles

Three of my most overwhelmingly popular articles are actually technology guides, which is something that suprised me. Here they will be listed and my speculation to their popularity:

USB Headphones vs Audiojacks Headphones

This particular guide actually came about from my own research concerning the difference in quality of two devices, and my experiences with them. As such, it was not originally meant to be an Associated Content article but actually ended up turning into one of my most visited and popular articles.

Speed Up Windows Vista with a USB Flashdrive and Ready Boost

In honesty, this article is underperforming compared to what I expected. Perhaps it is because it is too niche or the title is not efficient in search engines. That said, it is a good article and gets a few visits here and there.

Playing FLV Files in Windows Media Player

One of my best performing articles, it must be due to the immense popularity of Windows Media Player and the relatively low amount of articles exploring this particular issue.

Playing FLV Files In Winamp

Not performing as well as its Windows Media Player sibling, must be due to less use of Winamp or more tech guides for winamp blocking it.

Pulp Fiction Character Analysis Articles

Since last posting on this blog, I have written a great number of articles. Among them I have included an analysis of Pulp Fiction characters and the idealogies which they represent, which to my mind is a very central aspect of the film. Herein they are listed and my experience with writing them:


Pulp Fiction Vincent Character Analysis


This was actually my favourite article to write as Vincent Vega was in my opinion the best character of Pulp Fiction. This is probably because of his ties to logic and my own favouring of logic as a method of examining the world.

Pulp Fiction Mia Character Analysis

The second Pulp Fiction analysis article I wrote was of Mia. I do not really know why I selected her when I could have selected Jules second, which would probably have been a better choice really and more efficient.

Pulp Fiction Marsellus Character Analysis

I made the selection of Marsellus simply because he has a smaller role in the film and as such the article was easier and faster to write. Quite pathetic really, I know.

Pulp Fiction Jules Winnfield Character Analysis


I see Jules as essentially representing spirituality, which I have never really adhered to strongly so writing this article was not as much fun as writing the one for Vincent.

Monday, September 7, 2009

Video Game Fives Part 1

For associated content I have written a few articles in a series of video game top fives. These articles explore various sets of top five items related to video games. The first one of these was Top Five Video Game Composers, of which I listed the top five video game composers. In truth, I expected a larger reaction from people to this article, particularly because I listed a large quantity of Japanese composers high up. My second article was titled Top Five Scariest Games, of which of course Silent Hill 2 came as number one on the list. Third article was top five video game monsters, which you will have to read if you want to see what got rated as number one. Also check out the great octopus image I have used in the article caption, more games need giant octopuses and squid enemies. Top five video game guns was the fourth article, which I really enjoyed writing. Lastly, the top five bad taste video games was the final article in the five video game series I have written.

If you have any feedback, or wish for me to write a top five on another topic, please post a comment either here or on one of the articles below and I will be sure to do that. Feel free to argue as well.

Links:

Top Five Bad Taste Video Games
Top Five Video Game Guns
Top Five Video Game Monsters
Top Five Horror Games
Top Five Video Game Music Composers

Saturday, September 5, 2009

Free Webmaster Tools

I wrote another article for associated content in which I explored three very useful web tools. Basically, I wanted to explore tools useful for websites and associated content articles. These tools are useful in things like search engine optimization.

Three Free Webmaster Tools

How to Choose a Good Video Game Gift

Another article published for Associated Content, this time a guide to choosing a good video game as a gift. Basically I have received a few video game gifts that just have not been all that good, so I decided to write an article that might help parents and the like choose video games. Basically something that most gamers would know but not something that people in general know.

Anyway, here is the link for those interested: How to Choose a Good Video Game Gift