Sporean

@Sporean (58)

Singapore • Age 64

Joined myLot 17 years ago

myden-myden.blogspot.com

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A poem... feel free to criticize or beat me up or whatever

Leca @lecanis (16647) • Murfreesboro, Tennessee 11 Nov 07

I rarely write poetry these days, and I even more rarely share it. And I'm not sure mylot is the proper place to do so anyway. But some of my friends have shown curiosity or interest in my poetry so I thought I'd share the one...

poetry

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Sporean Hi lecanis, I think that was a wonderful piece of poetry. The thing about poetry is that it is something that cannot be criticize. Like art, it's beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder and means different things to different people. Poetry is "It is what it...

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How do you improve your writing skills.

laurika @laurika (4532) • United States 13 Sep 07

I jsut bought a book named The writor's Menthor.I just wonder if it would help improve my writing's skills. What about you?Did you read any book, what help yoy or did you look to the magazines articles and try to find a secret...

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Sporean Hi laurika, Here are 3 articles that focuses on writing tips and structure & components of a story that you might find useful. Along with the articles are some recommendations for books and guides on...

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Read any good books lately?

chaygylmommy @chaygylmommy (2470) • United States 17 Aug 07

Any suggestions on a good books? I love horror and suspense and mystery...like Stephen King, Dean R Koontz, Anne Rice, etc. I would love to have some suggestions on some books so I can get to reading again. I love to read, but...

anne rice

reading

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Sporean Hi chaygylmommy, Both Stephen King and Anne Rice are favourite authors of mine especially King's older novels and Rice's vampire chronicles. For suggestions on books, you might want to visit http://myden-myden.blogspot.com where book reviews and latest...

18 Aug 07

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Which is the best Browser?

pradeep161 @pradeep161 (8) • India 13 Aug 07

I am using Internet Explorer , still i do not get much out of it. what do you feel is the best browser that you have used and why?

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Sporean Hi pradeep161, I switched to Firefox 6 months ago from Internet Explorer and since then had zero viruses or spyware attacks. To me, Firefox is definitely safer and faster then IE plus the thousands of plug-ins available for Firefox makes it an attractive...

18 Aug 07

Media Players?

medstudents4 @medstudents4 (826) • India 17 Aug 07

hey friends,do you know how media players work??why there are so many different types of media players..which media player is the best..?i use Microsoft's Windows media player and sometimes VLC media player..but both of them have...

media players

windows media player

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Sporean Hi medstudents4, For suggestions on media players, there is an article on popular media players and their features at http://freebiesandstuff.blogspot.com. Hope the info was useful to you.

18 Aug 07

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Do you read book reviews?

AnythngArt @AnythngArt (3302) • United States 3 Aug 07

Ok, readers, my question is do you read reviews? If so, where do you find these reviews (newspaper, magazine, websites)? If you get your book information online, what websites do you like?

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Sporean Hi AnythngArt, Yes, i do read reviews especially on the latest bestsellers. You can visit http://myden-myden.blogspot.com for reviews of the latest bestsellers, old Stephen King's novels and writing tips.

4 Aug 07

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Where are some good freelance writing places online?

JoyceP2007 @JoyceP2007 (230) • United States 17 Jul 07

I'm looking for other places to get writing assignments other than the typical Associated Content and Helium. I'm already a member at both of these. I don't want to pay for access to the jobs either. If I could pay for writing...

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Sporean Hi JoyceP2007, Can give http://www.shvoong.com/aff-45820/ a try. Unlike Helium, shvOOng.com focuses on abstracts or summaries of articles and being abstracts, are much shorter and easier to write. It is free to join, have substantial subjects to write...

17 Jul 07

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Do you update every day?

mortfinkle @mortfinkle (497) • United States 13 Jul 07

I am one who does not, sometimes i am afraid that my new post wont be as good as the last and the good ones will fall to the bottom of the barrel. Or do you think that posting everyday increases your ranking enough to assure...

blogging

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Sporean Hi mortfinkle, Try to forget about page rankings and hits and just enjoy blogging for what it is, a platform for publishing your thoughts and ideas. Do it at your own pace and where time permits. Besides, page rankings and hits are highly dependent on the...

14 Jul 07

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Hitting children getting low grade in exams especially younger ones

hearts_melodies @hearts_melodies (78) • Philippines 13 Jul 07

Honestly, Everytime my daughter have a mistake in her examination, she will be scolded by me for the reason that those mistake were mostly the thing we have studied. Sometimes I lead me to hitting her at times and feeling...

parents and school

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Sporean Hi hearts_melodies, As a parent, i can understand your anxiety over your daughter education especially with the competitive nature of our society. But teaching, guiding and bringing up children requires lots of patience and my advice is not to hit her...

13 Jul 07

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surveys, do you ever got payment from them ?

sallyxu126 @sallyxu126 (1184) • China 13 Jul 07

some sites which pays you 4$ to 6$ for completing surveys, and when I see this kind of programs, I like to join them . as the pay is really good . but I found I never got any payment from them . actually, I ever finish several...

do you ever got payment from them

surveys

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Sporean Hi sallyxu126, My advice is to forget about earning extra income from survey sites as there are other options available on the Internet. Survey sites that are able to give you a steady income are far and between. So far,only ciao.com and...

13 Jul 07

Ten Tips on Career Advancement

good1030 @good1030 (670) • China 11 Jul 07

Hi all, I read this article on the internet just now and found it quite helpful for me, so I post it here to share with all of you. Hopefully it's aldo helpful to you. Many career experts agree that the best time to look for a...

career

tips

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Sporean Hi good1030, Great tips on career advancement, thanks for the info and will definitely visit the site.

11 Jul 07

Helium Marketplace

smenns @smenns (31) • United States 11 Jul 07

Helium.com has just added a Marketplace feature which allows its users to post articles under given titles. This is how Helium works to begin with -- the difference is that these article titles have been chosen by publishers...

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Sporean Hi smenns, Helium introduced the Marketplace feature about 2 weeks ago but the response isn't too good as the articles that are needed tends to be too industry specific and if you noticed, they are actually old titles, some of them have not being changed...

11 Jul 07

Starting a book club

speedy1279 @speedy1279 (2665) • United States 11 Jul 07

Okay I want to start a book club in my area. I love to read and I would just love to be able to read a book and share my thoughts with others with similar interests. Is anyone here a member of a book club like this. Can you help...

book clubs

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Sporean Hi Speedy, Why don't you give http://www.librarything.com a try. It is an online community for book lovers with forums and reviews. Not only does it allow you to catalog your book collection online, it is also free to join. I am a member of...

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We are failing parenting 101. Advise please....

christine_margot @christine_margot (282) • Philippines 10 Jul 07

My husband and I work at night. My rest days are fridays and sundays while my husband takes time off from work during the weekends. Last saturday, I asked my husband to take care of our 2 year old son while I get some sleep so I...

parenting

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Sporean Hi, Christine First and foremost, you did not failed parenting 101. In most societies, families requires dual income, with both parents working, to raise their children. It is sometimes very difficult to balance what is the right thing to do with what is...

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Inspirational Books...

vaibhavan03 @vaibhavan03 (6) 8 Jul 07

Plz suggest me some books which are really inspirational.. By reading such books we should be able 2 change our life. I want to cultivate the habit of reading books. So plz help me out!!!!!

reading

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Sporean It's great that you want to cultivate the reading habit. Try "City of Joy" by Dominique Lapierre and "Life & Death in Shanghai" by Nien Cheng. Both are great inspirational books. You can also visit these sites for some other good...

9 Jul 07

Vista or XP?

thijsthijslb @thijsthijslb (78) • Netherlands 8 Jul 07

I am still using Windows XP Pro, and i must say without complaints. My friend says that i should try Windows Vista because it should be better then XP. Tomorrow i am gonna buy a new computer, and the store says i can have...

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Sporean My recommendation is to stay with XP as there are still too many bugs with Vista. Besides, Vista takes up too much RAM. Service for XP is still available for the next two to three years. So stay with XP if you are already comfortable with it.

8 Jul 07

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Which browser do you prefer?

thijsthijslb @thijsthijslb (78) • Netherlands 8 Jul 07

I myself always use Firefox as my main browser. I prefer Firefox because of the large number of extensions there are for this browser. Which browser do you prefer, and for what reason(s)?

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Sporean Hi thijsthislb Other than the large no. of extensions, Firefox is much faster and offers better protection against spyware and viruses than IE. Internet Explorer is highly vulnerable to viruses and spyware attacks. Other than Firefox, you can try Opera...

8 Jul 07

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Why does my Firefox close out on me?

juliemarie84 @juliemarie84 (642) • United States 8 Jul 07

I think Firefox randomly shut down on me 12 times today. It happened not too long before I installed the new version, and ever since I installed it. My RAM is not full.

computers

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Sporean Hi juliemarie, Firefox rarely behaves the way you described. Try to uninstall and reinstall it again. If it occur again, then your registry keys might be corrupted. Try this : -Do a scan in "safe-mode" with Spybot and AVG for spyware and...

8 Jul 07

Suggestions $ books to read!!

anishjacobm @anishjacobm (197) • India 8 Jul 07

Am really bored and i need some suggestions on what books i can read. I like ones with a lot of action in them! Any suggestions???

books

reading

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Sporean Hi anishjacobm, Ever tried Stephen King's or Thomas Harris books? Great authors. There is a book review at this site of King's books : http://myden-myden.blogspot.com Visit the site, you might like it.

8 Jul 07

is mylot all about being rude?

Ken_Smith @Ken_Smith (240) 7 Jul 07

i am new today and very excited about all the people on mylot! but i reply to a 'terry' and he very rude and to me and another new person because i misunderstood his discussion! is the normal? i work all week and do not get out...

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Sporean Hi Ken_Smith, Like the world, there will always be some arrogant and rude people around here. Don't let it upset you though. Keep on taking part in discussions and you will find the majority here quite friendly.

7 Jul 07

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