I’m disappointed in the amount of ‘shenanigans’ that is going on around the Internet.

In particular, I want to complain about the number of people selling ‘information’ products – well more specifically – how they go about it.

Many people are using bogus names on their sales letters. This is wrong. If you are promoting a product, you need to use your own name and provide your own contact information.

If you can not, it very well may be a sign that you don’t really believe in what you are selling, perhaps you are even embarrassed or ashamed?

I do use pen names when writing articles. I think that is acceptable.

However, when you are actually selling something to the public, ie, taking money from people in exchange for a product – then I believe you should put your real name on it. Anything less is ‘shenanigans’.

So, if you are one of the people that uses a pen name when actually selling to the public, Let us hear what your rationale is. Comment here.

My real name?

David Snape

http://www.ToothyGrinsStore.com

http://www.tobeinformed.com

I believe that Falun Dafa meditation is good for you: http://www.FalunDafa.org

I have two announcements to make right now.

One is that you can now follow me on Twitter.

My twitter address is:

http://twitter.com/davesnape

The second item I want to tell you about is that I wrote a little bit about why my book, What You Should Know about Gum Disease is important – and it is important. It’s importance goes far beyond the superficial notion of gum disease itself.

This is a book that touches on our human existence and on issues that are close to our very souls – whether we understand that or not….

Here is the address to the post:

http://tobeinformed.com/633/ This is important so please do feel free to leave a little note there.

David

How did you feel about the 2008 Olympics? Did you love them, hate them, wish you were there?

Here is a video that sums up the feelings of many around the world:

I would like to hear what you have to say after watching this video.

Please comment below

Question: I recently registered and received my login information. When I attempt to login, a message says that I do not have enough permissions to log in.

Answer:

Yes, I have changed the site around.
If you have an article to submit, please do so at :

http://allthingspondered.com/article-directory

If you have a topic for discussion, please post it at:

http://www.allthingspondered.com/forums/

…. or join a current discussion

If you have a totally unique item that won’t appear anywhere else on the
web, you can email it to me or use the contact form and I will consider
posting it on the front page of the site.

If you have a secret to tell the world. Put it on a postcard and I will take a photograph of it and post it.

If you want to know where to mail it, use the contact form (link is at the top right) to reach me. Alternatively, you can email with the location of the photo.

I hope that helps.

David – ATP admin
http://allthingspondered.com

Tags: postcards, articles, discussion, forums, forum, posting

Just found this cool software.

It’s called BlogDesk!

This is my first post with BlogDesk and I wanted to see how it looks. Let me know what you think.

BlogDesk can upload images like this one:

My Favorite book! – Zhuan Falun

So, this was a test for the upload of the image.

If you are seeing it look rather big (not a thumbnail) then I’m really excited.

Let me explain: utilizing pictures with word press was a bit cumbersome.

I know there are a lot of plugins out there available to utilize, but I just didn’t feel like finding those plugins and testing them.

I was even going to install an image gallery to make things easier. I might not need to do that now.

So, let me know what you think.

Ok, here is another image:

This image is for a FREE e-book on getting rid of bad breath.

Man, I hope this works! If you see the image larger than a thumbnail then it did work.

Ok, BlogDesk also comes with some technorati tag software. Previously, I have used Odiphelia’s bookmarklet to generate tags. Lets see how BlogDesk does.

Tags: Bad Breath, BlogDesk, Zhuan Falun, images

Well, I’m excited to test this out.

Just to let you know what we have here at All Things Pondered:

1. Community Blog – you’re looking at it now

2. Article Directory – check it out. lots of articles on all kinds of topics.

3. Discussion Forum – Discuss anything (almost – family friendly) at All Things Pondered

and off this site, there is ToBeInformed.com – a health, fitness and wellness resource.

Here I will link to a file about Russian Kettlebells

Now, if that works. I’m going to be really impressed. Well, ok – maybe that is something easy to do, so I’m not really impressed. But it is a fun test anyway.

Alright, I’m uploading straight from my BlogDesk software!

Tell me how it looks, comment below!

Oh, did I mention BlogDesk is FREE and that it comes with a built in spell checker and dictionary.

- Dave

Tags: BlogDesk, Zhuan Falun, articles, forums, discussion, health