Temi Kolawole's Blog

MOVED TO WORDPRESS

2009-01-03T12:44:00.001-05:00

I dont blog here anymore. Blogger is just too "dulling" for my newly found Wordpress Guru skills. Anyways, I'm still hosted on wordpress.com, but will find time to build my own hosted blog soon.

You can catch me here:

temi.info

New Homes & Apartments Near Kia (West Point GA, Lanett GA, Valley GA Area)

2008-10-22T22:18:00.002-05:00

There's a big boom going on south of Georgia, with the new Kia factory being built and bringing lots of new business to the Greater Valley area. For anyone looking to move to the West Point / Lanett / Valley area, GVG Home has some homes near kia plant.

They also have apartments near kia plant.

CNN Political Ticker Facebook Application

2008-09-10T19:36:00.008-05:00

I've just completed my latest facebook application. It's an app for the CNN Political Ticker blog, which I'm a big fan of. Basically it pulls the latest posts from Political Ticker, then displays them in Facebook with photos and comments. Check it out here: http://apps.facebook.com/politicalticker/. The 2008 US elections are almost here, stay up to date on Facebook!

CNN Political Ticker Facebook Application

Tired of Blogger

2008-08-11T17:50:00.004-05:00

Ok so im going to say I'm officially tired of Blogger. We're over. I have opened a Wordpress blog here which I plan to use for the more fun stuff and I'll leave this for my geeky stuff. It's hard to do both on the same blog. If I had any potential client look me up I'd want him/her to at least see serious stuff. Hence, the split into 2 blogs, one for entertainment/fun stuff and one for techie stuff. I'll keep my techie stuff here on Blogger BUT will be transferring it to wordpress on my temikolawole.com domain (which points here currently). Blogger just straight up sucks. I dont care how you look at it or how many gadgets/widgets/boxes/applications Blogger lets you use. It's nothing compared to the thousands of tricks I can pull on Wordpress. I'm gonna have my own personal wordpress blog soon that I can do whatever I want with and put up whatever photo galleries, music and anything entirely on. Wait, shd it be the other way around....make this my fun blog and make my wordpress blog techie? Hmmm...naah. I'll eventually move the other one to another domain, that's what I'll do.

As a new Wordpress guru (lol) I just feel so held back and hindered by this gross looking Blogger layout. Not even my "cool" dirty background can make me like it. And yes I know I can customize this Blogger blog however I want but the whole New template/Old template thing is just annoying.

All Roads Lead To Wordpress!

Future Pagerank Trick no longer working

2008-08-11T15:30:00.003-05:00

Ok so a while back I read about a Future Pagerank trick to let you make your Google Toolbar read PR values from the most up-to-date Google PR server by adding this to your hosts file:

72.14.255.17 toolbarqueries.google.com

Well my firefox Google PR bar had stopped working for a while and I couldn't figure out why. It was working in IE though, so I went to remove the hosts file hack and my PR starts working again. Hmm. Have I been posting a lot about Pagerank lately? LOL.

Google PageRank Update July 27 2008

2008-07-27T04:33:00.002-05:00

Ok so I don't know if this is real but it seems a Google Pagerank update is going on. I just saw a PR0 page become PR2. Another update had been due anyway and I had even done a search last week to see if there had been any. I just had that feeling there was an update round the corner. Maybe Im starting to get a psychic PR-sense. LOL.

Obama's leaked prayer

2008-07-25T23:53:00.004-05:00

Barack Obama visited the western wall in Jerusalem shortly before dawn this Thursday. Once again, I just wish America would realise how gracious this man is. Here is how his prayer went:

"Lord, protect my family and me, Forgive me my sins and help me guard against pride and despair. Give me the wisdom to do what is right and just. And make me an instrument of your will."

Wow. None of it had any direct requests for victory in the coming elections, and his first and foremost concern was safety of his family. We all know being black and running for President of America isn't the safest thing to do.

I wonder what John McCain's prayer in that same situation would say.

Google doesn't know how to monetize YouTube

2008-07-21T21:13:00.003-05:00

The TimesOnline (UK) published an article saying Google doesn't know how to monetize Youtube. Wooooooow, that's all I have to say. A whole Google doesn't know how to monetize YouTube? The biggest video website in the world?

They should borrow Youtube to me for 1 week, just 1 week, and I promise you I'll retire afterwards.

There are more than enough ways to monetize YouTube, some of which are:

Paid memberships/premium services - whatever premium services YouTube decides to offer, people will buy, but this should be a last resort.
In-Video ads - I thought they already did this, or maybe they're chasing some bigger form of income that this isnt generating yet.
Pre & Post video ads
Text & Banner advertising - I mean, didn't Google become the empire it is today due to Banner & Text Ad income?
Here's the interesting one. Youtube could dive into cable TV. I mean if there was some sort of interactive channel on my Comcast where I could search for & view YouTube video organised the same way it is on the site, that will be golden. That will give Google dominance of the new user-generated TV world.

Google better open its eyes and figure out how to churn out money from YouTube, so my stock can increase in value. :) A 500% increase won't be bad :)

Cristano Ronaldo should stay at Old Trafford

2008-07-18T22:51:00.008-05:00

Now I don't know how this all started but to me this dude should stay at Old Trafford. I'm not only saying this as a Man Utd fan, but as someone who thinks moving to Real Madrid will be Ronaldo's biggest mistake ever.

Fine, he might do well at Real, but if you look at all the players who have ever moved from Man Utd to Real Madrid, the move has always been the last sensible move they'll ever make. Ronaldo is too young to move to Real, and since he's currently at Man Utd, theres no better place he could be. Whether you like it or not, or however you want to look at it, Man Utd is the best club in Europe. Yeah I said it. Moving to Real will be a step back for Ronaldo.

The thing is, Man Utd isn't one of those clubs you leave while things are good. As long as a player is in good terms with Fergie, and is playing well, moving wont be a very good idea.

Let's look at some of the players who have moved from Man Utd to Real.

David Beckham
Age at time of move: 28
Becks moved to Madrid after a very long and successful time at Man Utd. We all know how things went for him at Madrid. He did well on arrival but things slowly died down for him. Madrid was his career downhill.
Ruud van Nistelrooy
Age at time of move: 30
His peak was definitely at Man Utd but cos of his rife with Fergie, headed to Madrid. He did do well at Madrid though but had injuries his 2nd season. He just had his contract extended to 2010.

Now Ronaldo, who is 23, might be ending his lucky spree and starting his downhill if he moves to Madrid.

People are already speclating Cristano Ronaldo might win the 2008 FIFA World Player Award, but also fear the award is rarely given to players in the English Premier League. Is this why Ronaldo wants to move to Real? Or are his desires to move culturally motivated? Does he want to be closer to home? Warmer weather? I dont think culture plays that big a role when it comes to what club a player plays for. Players are found to blend well into the strangest leagues as long as the pay is right and conditions are good.

To sum it up, I feel Ronaldo shouldn't be hasty about his move to Madrid, and should stay at Old Trafford for a few more seasons, at least 2, then he can move to Madrid. I dont think its the right time for him to move.

On the other hand, I feel Fergie cant force him to stay if he wants to leave so bad, and he might not give his best at Man Utd. Man Utd might have to start looking at a good replacement for Ronaldo with the £60m Madrid is offering. I mean Sep Blatter has already called Ronaldo a "modern-day slave" and Ronaldo has agreed with his statement. I just feel it will be in his best interest to stay a few more seasons.

Campus Solutions Inc - College Advertising & Marketing

2008-06-15T02:14:00.006-05:00

America’s most highly sought-after demographic is, without doubt, the college student. If anything can sell to college students, it will be successful. College students are the hardest demographic to break into and young adults play a big role in the success of new and upcoming brands. They also dictate whether old brands will stay of fade away. This is why companies targeting students need expert services to reach out to this market.

Campus Solutions Inc. is a campus advertising company that specializes in taking brands and products to the college campus and provides the most comprehensive on-campus media network for client marketing campaigns.

Some of their clients are AT&T, American Rag, Champion, Container Store, Disney, Krispy Kreme, LUNA Bar, Office Max, Paul Mitchell Salon, Supercuts and Wise Snacks.

You can get more information about them on their website or on their College Marketing & Advertising Blog.

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Google PageRank Update April 29 2008

2008-04-29T08:56:00.006-05:00

Yep! I knew it. I just told my boss last week I could smell a pagerank update right around the corner. And this morning I wake up and see some of my sites with increased PR. Antigravity Solutions just went from a PR3 to a PR4, Sturvs went from a PR2 to a PR3 and Fashion Africa also just moved from a PR0 to a PR4. Atlanta Real Estate Forum also just moved up to a PR5 from a PR4. My blog didn't get a PR increase though. :(. Need to work harder on that.

But YESSS!!!! I'm gonna check more websites throughout the day to see what other updates have happened. It seems the updates are still being propagated.

Update 11.44am
I get to work and my boss doesn't see the PR changes that I saw. I just remembered I pulled this trick to find out what your next PR update will be. Maybe that's why I'm seeing a different or more recent changes than others. But one very confusing thing now is that Fashion Africa had a PR4 when I was at home and now it has a PR 2!!!??? Make up your mind Google!

Atlanta Real Estate Forum

2008-04-22T10:44:00.004-05:00

Atlanta Real Estate Forum is a blog about real estate, new home builders, developers, communities, industry news and market trends in Atlanta. I currently help manage the website (not content, but technical) at my job with MLC New Home Marketing.

It is a very popular website already in the Atlanta real estate market and is one of the top 5 real estate blogs in Atlanta.

FIRST EVER NIGERIAN SOCIAL BOOKMARKING SERVICE

2008-04-20T23:09:00.005-05:00

Ok I feel a bit uncomfortable coming out to say I've done the first Nigerian blah blah again. Na only me? LOL.

Buuuuuut... I've just launched the First Ever Nigerian Social Bookmarking service. You know those buttons you see on blog posts... digg, del.icio.us etc...? Yeah, there's now a Nigerian one. There's also a vote button that displays the number of votes your article has on Sturvs.com.

It's a new feature on Sturvs.com, which has officially become a Social Web Service (for Nigerians of course). As you can see I made sure I pimped my blog with some Sturvs Tools before I wrote this post, so I don't need to explain too much or put up pictures.

Why do people use these buttons?
Submitting your blog posts to websites like digg & del.icio.us increase search engine exposure, page rank and drive traffic back to your blog/website. Now that Sturvs has reached the 1000 user/day mark it can also serve to drive traffic back to your blog (a targeted Nigerian audience of course) when you use Sturvs Tools.

These buttons can also serve as bookmarking tools, to store links in your Sturvs account and sharing with the rest of the world at the same time.

More mad sturvz coming soon!

Atlanta Greek Picnic 2008 Website

2008-04-16T01:39:00.003-05:00

I just launched the 2008 Atlanta Greek Picnic website for my boy Tiwaworks but I'm still working on it. Pretty neat work I must say (patting self on back).

Sturvs Blog

2008-04-11T03:08:00.002-05:00

Sturvs go swallow me last last. I think 3/5 of my blog posts are about Sturvs these days.

Anyways, I've launched the Sturvs Blog, to post news & updates about the Sturvs network. It's going to be strictly about Sturvs and won't contain any entertainment or music news or anything like that. Just feature updates and related posts.

And no, I dont do multi-topic posts. One post per topic. If I have anything else to blog about today I'll create a new post for it. :D Don't mind me I'm just hating. Having several topics in one post is actually good for SEO, I just happen to not have anything else to post about right now.

D'Banj Drops New Singles 2008

2008-04-08T23:40:00.008-05:00

D'Banj is back on solo pimping mode with a new album dropping soon. Curriculum Vitae was fun but it's time for D'banj to reclaim his place as Nigeria's top artiste, with all the competition springing up.

So I've heard 3 of his tracks, 2 of which I like, and 1 of which is currently growing on me. At first listen I was like...uhmm...okaaaay.....???, but now I'm dancing yahooze to it. I'm talking about Maje, which I would call this album's equivalent to Loke on his previous album. Ocharh still hasn't sent me that track.

Listen to the tracks & leave comments.

D'Banj Maje
D'Banj Kiwon

Sturvs is becoming a full time hobby for me now o, egba mi.

I dey hoard the 3rd track like say na me get am...lol. I'll put a link when I upload it to Sturvs, but the dodo na say: I sent out a msg to my 1000+ member facebook group tonight telling them to go listen to the 1st 2 tracks and the 3rd one will be dropping on Sturvs Music in a few days, soooo....I'll be spoiling that if I upload it earlier than I said. You gotta give people something to come back for. ;) If D'Banj catches me ehn.

Update 4/12/2008
DBanj Gbono Fe le

Update 7/13/2008
DBanj Fall In Love
DBanj Igwe ft. Don Jazzy

I think these tracks are good album material but I hope we are yet to hear his main hit, as none of these tracks compare to Why Me or even his Mohits Allstars tracks.

I'm addicted to Nigerian Music - HELP!

2008-04-05T07:09:00.007-05:00

Ok so I might have made a mistake by putting up a naija music player on Sturvs. Now I don't even listen to local Atlanta radio anymore and I don't even know the latest music. I've probably been listening to only nigerian music for the past...ermm...few months. Even before I launched the player thats been all I listen to in my car for a while. Oh and by the way please try to listen to a Don Jazzy track on a BOSE car stereo and turn the volume up to 30, please. You'll be hooked in no time too.

My big sis called me yesterday like she usually does when she hears another silly Atlanta song on V103 to joke about it and I didn't even know the song she was talking about. Ye pa! Is this what naija music has done to me? Soooo... I'm gonna make an effort to keep up with T Pain, Lil' Wayne and all these other pple putting out music. I can't let my sis be more current than me. No way.

Prepare to get creeped out

2008-03-31T22:51:00.002-05:00

Meet creepy girl...

Please do not click this link if you have any form of heart disease or extreme phobia. http://cubo.cc/

FashionAfrica.com - Home Of African Fashion

2008-03-28T09:01:00.003-05:00

Fashion Africa is a new website to serve the very large audience of people in the african fashion industry. I never knew as much about fashion as I know now...thanks to wadami's constant repitition of names of models & designers to my ears.

There's many cool features lined up for this website this year. How do I know? I built the website! LOL. Stay tuned for more content to make fashionisters drool. Oh and also check out the african fashion blog for a minute.

Play Ludo & Ayo in Sturvs Facebook Application

2008-03-25T11:24:00.003-05:00

You can play ludo and also play ayo in the Sturvs Facebook Application, which is now accessible to the public. You don't have to have a Facebook account to use the application anymore. You can also read the latest nigerian news when you're done.

Latest Nigerian Music

2008-03-23T18:11:00.004-05:00

I've setup a music player for all mp3's uploaded to Sturvs.com. Now you can have somewhere to listen to the latest nigerian music and also have the ability to add to the playlist on Sturvs.com. The player even shows the images uploaded for each mp3 and links back to the separate page for each one of these mp3s on Sturvs.com. Listen to naija music.

Oh yeah and here's a link to the hottest naija song right now: 9ice Gongo Aso (with lyrics)

A Higher Question

2008-03-14T09:58:00.005-05:00

What one question if answered will improve your life today?

Ask your question on the Higher Question website and download your free e-book “As A man Thinketh” By James Allen.

This e-book is a free gift from Rev. Dee Carter of Life Empowerment Inc, who has over my over 20 years of Spiritual and Life Success Coaching Experience.

Latest Nigerian News Served By The Minute

2008-03-12T10:29:00.005-05:00

You can keep up with all major Nigerian News websites and get the latest nigerian news served by the minute in one place. News is pulled from The Guardian, Tribune, Punch, This Day, AllAfrica, Nigeria Village Square, OnlineNigeria.com and more sources. You can also watch the latest Nigerian videos on YouTube as they get uploaded

Only on Sturvs.com.

Adebayor Is Odds On To Win Gold at The 2008 Beijing Olympic Games in Diving!

2008-02-18T17:06:00.001-05:00

This is the funniest facebook group I've ever seen. http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=8552348611

http://en.beijing2008.cn/adebayor/diving/ (LOL...the link actually works)

HA HAA HA HA. Too funny.

Skyline at Lindbergh

2008-02-11T13:26:00.001-05:00

Ok so this is going to be my first in a series of portfolio review posts I do. I'm quite proud of this website. Thanks to some mad (and expensive) 3D rendering done by RM Design Studio, all I had to do was create the right feel for the site and match the colors well. Oh and do some good SEO.

At the start of the project the 3D renderings were only on the virtual tours page, but I felt that was a waste and visitors should be able to see some of that on the home page itself. The only downside is the high use of bandwidth (which only costs more to host). Everything else with the website is perfect to me.