What is BlogWorld Expo?

Day one of BlogWorld Expo is over and I'm better educated about--

1. How to get more hits on my blog.
2. Where to place ads so they get more clicks.
3. Where to go to get my blog syndicated.
4. How to get people to sign up for my RSS feed.

I still don't know it all though.

Wondering around the convention floor I encountered many people and blogging businesses--

1. Peter L. Singer of FIX8, a company that "animates a new world of user-generated content by allowing users to change their look, their face, their world, all in real-time.
2. Blogi360, a company that does all that extra blog work to get more hits and to make your blog stand out from the others.
3. Center for Threat Awareness--threatswatch.org, a think tank that address terrorism, national security, defense, foreign policy/governance and other issues by enhancing awareness.
4. Crisp Ads, a blog advertising networks (kind of like Google's Adsense)
5. Townhall.com, a conservative opinion with the likes of a group of people who annoy me: Bill Bennett, Mike Gallagher, Dennis Prager, Michelle Malkin, Ann Coulter and so on.
6. Newstex, a blog syndicate and a company that I think can do the most in helping me money from this beast.

7. Blogcatalog, which is, well, a place to catalog your blog.

Blogworld Expo or Bust

Kelso Depot about 35 miles southwest of Primm, Nevada.


Amboy, CA about 50 miles northeast of 29 Palms, CA.

After driving 4 hours from Palm Springs, CA to Primm, Nevada, I'm wired.

Always love that drive through the backroads from 29 Palms to Amboy to Kelso to Cima and then Primm.

I'm all too excited about going to Blogworld Expo tomorrow. Gee, I'll get to meet the people who run Technorati.

Just can't wait to meet all the geeks of the Blogworld.

Now that I run four of my own blogs (okay two are constantly updated) and one of someone else's, I'm blogging all day long.

FYI: I got hired to write the wize.com blog. Can't tell you how much I'm learning about all the different gadgets and electronic products out there.

Sports and Recreation Photography

Cheerleaders at parade in Palm Springs, CA.

TrustedReviews.com, a British review everything site has an article about an October photography competition with the winning images included.

They write about some unusual photographs that they received: "We received two photos of Scottish caber-tossing, and several of white-water kayaking."

Just in case if you don't know what caber-tossing is here's a picture of it.

I'm wondering if they had any images of cheerleaders. Hey guys over at TrustedReviews.com, let me know if you did.

Absurd Architecture

According to a book by John Silber sunlight glinting off the sharply
angled steel curves of Gehry's Walt Disney Music Hall raises the
temperature of neighbors' houses by 15 degrees.

Do you think this is absurd?

"Architecture of the Absurd: How 'Genius' Disfigured a Practical Art," a new book by John Silber announces how some architecture, such as Frank Gehry's Stata Center at MIT is trash.

FYI: Frank Gehery designed the Disney Hall in Los Angeles, a building that, to some, might look like a spacey dream.

Basically the book covers the "dysfunctional design" of some of the greatest architects in the world.

The author was president at Boston University for 32 years and oversaw the projects of many on-campus buildings.

The book is due on bookstore shelves on Nov. 12.

Palm Springs Pride

What's a rainbow of colors, oodles of camp, and so very gay? Answer: The Palm Springs pride parade. This year's Palm Springs pride parade features some heavy-duty campaigning for city council streets as well as the usual--drag, shirtless guys, lesbians for equal rights, cheerleaders (professional ones that do flips) and representatives from almost every organization in the city of Palm Springs.

There were some out-of-towners, including LA cops looking around for a few good gay recruits.

These "sisters" are indulgent at the Palm Springs pride parade.


Does this guy have a hair accessory or not at the Palm Springs pride parade?


National Organization for Women is a 60s throwback.


"Pinkie" in living color at the Palm Springs pride parade.


Color was the name of the game at the Palm Springs pride parade.


Everywhere at the Palm Springs pride parade you could see a Miss That or a Mr. This.


Here's McGruff taking a bite out of crime at the Palm Springs pride parade.


How about a little Brokeback Mountain with this gay cowboy?


Palm Springs High School marching band plays some great tunes at the Palm Springs pride parade.

Bow and Arrow Motel

Hmmm, I shot this sign of the Bow and Arrow Motel some four years ago. I shot it in front of the motel and the motel was still open.

Now I see someone else has shot a picture of the Bow and Arrow Motel, and she says that it's now part of the Neon Museum, Las Vegas' outside gallery display of retro signs at the Freemont Experience downtown.

Send Your Photos for Publication

Seems like everything works here--color, texture, and light.

Send me a pic with rich color, texture and light and I'll post on my blog.

Send in jpg format to matthewbam@aol.com. Please include your first name and name of pic so I can post in caption.