LWW Quotes: Flexibility

Do you stir your coffee clockwise or counterclockwise?

I was making a cup of coffee and I suddenly realized that I was stirring it counterclockwise. I know I normally stir in both directions just so that the milk and coffee get a thorough mix - but there is always a default one I start with. It is an international convention that we turn something clockwise to lock and counterclockwise to unlock. My mind jumped and it seemed appropriate to associate constructive with the clockwise direction and destructive with the counterclockwise direction. After all, if we are "unlocking", we are removing restrictions. Semblance of order will collapse and chaos will ensue - thus destructive. So does this mean I am someone who is more apt to destroy rather than create? I paused and interrogated my inner voice. It responded that I was a good person who would rather create than destroy. ^^ So why did I stir my coffee counterclockwise? Or am I being tedious by trying to exact an explanation for something seemingly inconsequential? :P One night passed without thinking of the question and the answer came to me without bidding. However, it is still just my own hypothesis. You see, I am right-handed. I reckon that when I stir the coffee, it will be easier and more natural to turn my right wrist inwards (counterclockwise). Likewise, if you are using your left hand, you will be more inclined to turn your left wrist inwards i.e. clockwise than outwards i.e. counterclockwise. To clarify, it is not so much whether you are left-handed or right-handed. It is rather which wrist you are using. I mentioned about me being right-handed because this means I use my right wrist more than the left. I would also stir my coffee with my right hand and would thus turn the right wrist inwards which is counterclockwise. Does this make sense to you? So do you stir your coffee clockwise or counterclockwise? =) PS.: To see what myLotters have to say, check out this discussion.

ClickBux is back!

With reference to my earlier blog post, looks like ClickBux is back! Now let's hope that it will continue to stay this way and our efforts will pay off in the end. =)

ClickBux has gone bust (?)

Geez, I am so disappointed. You can see for yourself what happened to ClickBux. Or rather, you can make your own guesses. Why did ClickBux get banned by their hosting company? Did it break some rules? It couldn't afford to pay? Or... ? I hope that it was just a little "mistake" and they would be back on their operations soon.

LWW Quotes: Lonliness

Check out Weewar

Weewar is a round-based strategy game that allows you to pit yourself against up to five other human players. The speed of the game was decent when I tested it and gameplay was generally smooth. But as you can see from the screen shot, I was in a rather bad shape then (lol) and was about to lose (I was playing blue). Just my first game... learning the ropes. For instance, I didn't know that artilleries were so powerful and effective. I also didn't realize that I can move and attack in the same turn (I just kept remembering the zone of control thingy only). Yes I know you may say that the guide explains all this but hey, reading and understanding are two completely different things. :P One thing I noticed is that they seriously need more players. When I tested the game, there were only 4 available games (all 4-player ones) that players can join. I thought I was lucky when I joined the one that was just short of one player. But alas, I had to wait and wait and the host still did not start the game after my patience ran out. My guess is that getting players to join a game is a hard thing and so that host just went AFK. So to test the game and write this review, I had to start a two-player game myself and wait a bit before someone came. For those who like games in the war and strategy genre and want to battle it out with tanks and troopers, this game is for you. I see a heck of a lot of work gone into this game - also evident from the extra tools provided - as can be seen from the tools page. They are even providing their API. ^^ And so, I think Weewar is something worth watching. Check it out at www.weewar.com . Right now, it is still not open to the public - but fret not, just request for an invite - they gave me an account the very next day. =)

Squeeze your creative juice and join Squidoo today!

Squirt. Squirt. Squirt. Now out with your creative juice. And a generous push, mind you! :P Squidoo is pretty much like Blogger, WordPress and any other blogging platform yet vastly different. In terms of structure, I guess a Squidoo "lens" is closer to that of a typical website. A Squidoo lens is just a page hosted by Squidoo. You have complete control over the content you want to display and you get quite a bit of leeway there. Everything is free in case you are starting to wonder. The best part of Squidoo though is that it allows you to make money. Next to your content, ads from Google Adsense are displayed alongside (you do not use your own Adsense account - you get a cut of the money made from the company's Adsense account). On top of that, referral income can be made from any affiliate source you allow. Some examples are Ama zon, eBay and CafePress among others. From all the money received, Squidoo's bills will first be paid. Thereafter, you get 50% of the revenue. 5% goes to charity and the company keeps the rest. The detailed distribution is as follows: "AdSense revenue (these are the Google ads you see on every lens): This money goes into a pool, so as to avoide clickfraud. Half of the pool distributes out to lensmasters, on a PayRank scale that is based on each lens's average LensRank and traffic. Affiliate revenue (ie, referral income--like Amazon and eBay and CafePress and SuperStore sales). This is directly attributable to the lens that generated the revenue, and is not pooled with the whole co-op. The lensmaster gets a straight 50%." Sounds good? Then swim over to Squidoo and get started today! I strongly recommend that you use my referral link at http://www.squidoo.com/lensmaster/referral/lordwarwizard . The reason is that once you earn your first $15, both you AND I will get $5 each. If you skip my referral and sign up from the root domain instead, neither you nor I will get anything extra. So if you don't like me, at least give the "commission" to one of your friends - this way, you can at least still get an extra 5 bucks for yourself. :P PS.: Min payout is just $1 and payable via PayPal.

Wordlinx changes password style to AdBuddy's

What are they trying to do? Who are they trying to fool? Wordlinx has just changed its password style to demand symbols and numbers. Rationally, I can understand that this makes the login more secure. But hey, how many millions of dollars is each account worth that people will try to hack into it? But yes, I know Wordlinx can use this as a selling point to woo advertisers. Perhaps. I remember AdBuddy making the same change some time back. Let me describe the situation though to put things into perspective. Before the password style change, there were quite a few ads to click each day. But after the change, you will be lucky to see one or two ads each day. Though there is no obvious link, everything went downhill for AdBuddy after it changed its password system. Wordlinx has quite a few ads everyday generally. But now that it has changed its password system, I am going to get all superstitious and think that all the ads are going to disappear. Will Wordlinx follow the demise of AdBuddy? I hope not, truly, but we can only wait and see. :P PS.: I thought it was already bad enough when they deactivate my account every other day lol.