Robots - robotic lawn mowers

Bet you didn’t see that coming!

Robots are a form of technology that - and this I can guarantee - will have a significant impact on how we live our daily lives in the next century (and on). Any form of robotics falls within the scope of Geekie.org’s technological discussions. (But yes, this is a sponsored post.)

In this case, we’ll be talking about lawn mowers. Bamabots (see http://www.bamabots.com/) sells a variety of highly advanced “robomowers”. Take a look at any of the pictures and you’ll definitely be drawn in… I was.What’s also interesting is that the site has a whole host of other pages pretty much selling the robomowers. An example is the Robomower review at www.bamabots.com/robomower-rl1000-review.htm which gives much more than you need to know before buying such a product.The “top ten reasons” page at http://www.bamabots.com/tenreasons.htm is good enough to convince most people that a robotic lawnmower can work for them - ignoring the hefty price tag. The page states that robotic lawnmowers:

1. Work
2. Are environmentally friendly
3. Are associated with a beautiful lawn
4. Will intrigue the neighbours
5. Give you more time on your hands
6. Need little maintenance
7. Work autonomously and can even recharge and repeat the cycle automatically
8. Are safe
9. Are long-lived with two-year warranties and easily replaced parts
10. Will be INCREASING in price

The website itself could use some work and should be more aesthetically pleasing (if they want to attract more customer or potential-client confidence). It also doesn’t validate against XHTML and CSS standards, and there are apparently problems with JavaScript. A better Flash banner and improved colours wouldn’t be such bad ideas.

Overall, the machines themselves appeal to me, although the website doesn’t. To web designers, the site is plain and not quite visually pleasing. To people newly introduced to online shopping, the site doesn’t quite inspire a sense of security. (Furthermore, the SSL certificate issued by Comodo or its associates doesn’t work well on main pages, since the images are hard-coded - not dynamically adapted by server-side scripting - for loading through HTTP.)

If you have a chance, take a look at the site and check out the products. The idea is certainly intriguing.

This post is sponsored by Bamabots.com, the #1 Lawnbot and Robomower Dealer.

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Joomla 1.5 coming SOON

Just to let everyone out there know: some of the best open-source programs are going to have new releases soon. You probably know that this site runs on WordPress, and that the soon-to-die FreddyWare@School uses Joomla! 1.0.12 (it will be replaced with StudyNucleus and supporting services; FArticles will use Joomla! as well). You may also know that we use Openads to deliver the banner advertising at the top.

Joomla! has recently released Joomla! 1.5 Beta 2 Joomla! 1.5 Release Candidate 1 is now out! - the milestone that will be taking users closer to the release of 1.5. This is a highly anticipated event that many users will benefit from. (Joomla! is a popular content management system based on Mambo that is used by a huge number of content sites out there.) The new version introduces a much-improved administrator’s backend, an enhanced template and layout system, new support for SSL and different types of authentication (such as LDAP)… the list goes on. Check out http://www.joomla.org/content/view/3668/1/ and the main site at http://www.joomla.org/.

Meanwhile, WordPress has been very good at keeping security updates coming quickly. Not much to talk about there, except that I’ve had to upgrade (a simple process, I assure you) at least 3 times in the past month alone.

Finally, Openads has a new beta version of its popular ad management script. See http://blog.openads.org/07/openads-23-beta-updated/ for more details. The new version allows for click tracking for everything from AdSense to Yahoo! Publisher Network to various forms of rich media from third-party providers. It’s really excellent, but the current beta release has some bugs with maintenance.

Please, check out these great open source projects and download & use some of them for yourself. Donate if possible, too!

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PayPerPost and Being Paid

I signed up for PayPerPost about a month ago, and was surprised to find an extremely organized (albeit slow-loading) “dashboard” that clearly showed me what I had done (previous earnings), where I was (balance, approvals, rejections), and where I could go (open opportunities, downloads, profile), and similar functions. A while ago, I posted my FIRST SPONSORED POST, “PPP Direct vs other blog monetization methods”, which one can find at http://www.geekie.org/technology/internet/profit/2007.05/22.ppp-direct-vs-other-blog-monetization-methods.web.

Since then, I have found nothing to suggest that I am anything other than a:

Hopefully, this post will allow you to be aware of some of the benefits of PayPerPost, which you could possibly partake in.

I have already been paid for the sponsored post mentioned above, and the $10 came into my PayPal account as easy as pie. Of course, one needs to wait approximately one month before your balance is actually paid, but it took no longer than five minutes to make one simple post that earned $10.00 USD. You could do the same.

Seeing as most of us are currently taking a break from the busy nature of metropolitan life, one may wish to consider submitting one’s blog to PayPerPost. One just may discover a new source of revenue for a simple blog.

Geekie.org has benefited very much from advertisements, but with my newfound appreciation for PayPerPost, we will be reducing the amount of ads displayed for every thousand pageviews. Due to a recent problem with a host, no ads are currently being shown at the top of pages on this site. I’m quite sure that PayPerPost can help maintain our existence while we fix that problem.

Of all the blog monetization methods I’ve looked into, and all the services similar to PayPerPost offering ads on blogs, PPP has the best interface and the most professional system. Try it… you’ll like it.

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