Yoiks! The Big T Has A New Digital Palimpsest!

CLICK! the Big T’s helmet to be magically transported to the new, sartorially-superior “proper bosh”!

Jonathan Merde’s World of Celluloid Wisdom #4: Executive Decision

Cultural critic Jonathan Merde deconstructs a seemingly boneheaded blockbuster to reveal its inner nuace!

Welcome to Follywood #5: Steven’s Seagulls

Inside Hollywood their lurks a world of shameful merchandising products that the stars don’t want YOU to see!  Welcome to Follywood!

Jonathan Merde’s World of Celluloid Wisdom #3: The Rock

Cultural critic Jonathan Merde deconstructs a seemingly boneheaded blockbuster to reveal its inner nuace!

Scantily Ad #2 BSc Ad in the Times Education Supplement

As seen in the back of The TES

Using photos by Randy Son of Robert,  rolands.lakis

morbuto and Bassi Baba

under a CC attribution license

Welcome to Follywood! #2: Sandra’s Bullocks

Inside Hollywood their lurks a world of shameful merchandising products that the stars don’t want YOU to see!  Welcome to Follywood!

Images by spisharam and John Griffiths under a Creative Commons license

Ray Mears:Urban Survival: “On the Set” with Christian Bale

TV’s most celebrated pubic topiarist or “Bushman” happens upon a film set with hilarious consequences, in another classic episode of Ray Mears: Urban Survival.

Photos remixed from originals by Siobhan Curran , Thorsten Becker , John Griffiths ,

Sacred Destinations and Seth Woodworth

Thropplebloggin’: How To Boost Traffic To Your Blog The Thropplenoggin Way

Professor I.T. Thropplenoggin gives sage advice to the blogging masses

You too can have up to 12 hits in one day if you follow my 10 and a ¼ Red Hot Tips on How To Flog Your Blog! 

1. I know this is going to sound rather basic, but I really can’t emphasise it enough. First, think of something to say.  And then say it.  Try it.  It’s much easier than it sounds.
    
2. You’re going to have to post content, post it hard and post it often.  What I’m talking about here is hardcore posting.  The question you’ve got to ask yourself is: do you have the finger-muscle power for such posting?
    
3. So, now you’ve managed to get one chump all the way to your spanking new blog.  They’re sat there, bored out of their minds, staring at a blank page.  Why?  Cos you didn’t write nuffink for em, did ya?  Idiot.  Content, content, content.  Weren’t you listening before?
    
4. “Link Me, Slave! Link Me Like The Worm You Are!” Hyperlinking to other articles you’re referencing tends to drive people away from your blog, so my advice: Metalink Madness! Link every word to the self-same post the reader is currently reading, like so! Huzzah! 
    
5. Pull in the pervs by ‘’slagging up” your tags, such as XXX and booty.
    
6. Why not try something I like to call tag-bragging, which is writing self-plugging tags that enable you to tag and brag at the same time.  Example: thispostissofunnysomesnotshotoutmynosewhenireaditfromlaughingsohard
    
7. Google “Thropplenoggin”.  Craigslist-o-rific, eh?  Viral marketing is the only way you’re really gonna pull the punters in, especially by promising them instant riches, a cure for dropsy, or, in my case, amusement, with entreaties like “prepare to be side-splitted”. There simply is no substitute for quality and comedic brilliance. See DavisW.
    
8. Ride on the coattails of contrived media idiocy: O-spam-a and Ba-crack are good examples of this.
    
9. Get ahead of the game and write about Web 99.0.
    
10. But the real key to generating millions of hits and blog traffic is … donate money to needy satirist to learn the answer.

Ba-crack: addictive new drug mongs media!!!

Nonsense news that can’t be proved otherwise!

The evil effects of Ba-crack seen affecting front pages across the globe!

Photo by Steve Garfield

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