Ramblings not about Killers Concert at Hyde Park

It's been so long since I posted an entry here, I couldn't remember the web address, so I had too use Google to find the blog. This would not have been a problem if I was using the 'laptop', it has the blog bookmarked, but I'm using the 'netbook', aka the baby computer. Steph is finishing up a job application on the grown-ups computer.

For those uninitiated with the concept, a netbook in a miniture laptop. They became the craze last year I think. They are basically an ordinary computer with everthing scaled down. The one I am using now is abut 25cms wide, 18cm deep and 2cm high, when the screen is folded in. The keys are quite small which takes a bit of taking used to, however they they are increadibly convinient to carry around and come with build in wireless networking, so in theory you can take them anywhere and use the internet.

This one was the cheapest one I could find, the bottom of the range Acer AspireOne, it cost £198. This is quite cheap, but it is also quite slow. It is actually much slower that the laptop dispite having significantly more ram (1024MB over 746MB) and an apparantly faster (1.6Ghz rather than 1.2GHz) processor. The lack of speed is probably mostly due to the solid state disk, not it's size, but it's speed which incidently is a number hardly aver quoted.

This lack of speed is fine for me because I enjoy (or at least like the idea of) getting the most out of not-top-of-the range hardware. You could get a fast one, but it would cost a fair bit more than an equivilent ordinary laptop. I would only recommend getting one of these as a second computer, mostly for the cuteness factor. If you carry a poodle around in your handbag, you definately need one of these, they do come in pink.

But I have digressed from my original digression. In using the netbook to blog, I needed to first find the blog, so I Googled for 'Steph and Richie'. As I hit the search button, I thought, this is a bit pointless, there is no way our blog is going to be on the first page of Google's search results. But it was, number two, second highest rank in worldwide google searches for 'Steph and Richie'.

For those who don't work in or near the web development industry, this is a big deal. Earlier in the week my boss got a frantic call from the manager of the franch office, 'the french website is no longer on the first page of natural google search results.' There are large businesses that specialise in Search Engine Optimisation that will take large sums of money off you to 'try' and get you on the first page of Google searches, and our little neglected blog is there without any effort. Maybe I am in the wrong business.

But maybe not, if you google for 'Travel blog', 'New Zealander's in London', 'Neglected blog', or even, you won't find our blog at all. The only reason our blog comes up so high with 'Steph and Richie' is because it is a fairly unique phrase on the internet, and quite possibly because blogspot.com, which our blog is on, is fairly popular on the internet.

So as I was saying, we went to a The Killer's Concert at Hyde park last night. Steph has now finished her job app and I now need to pack my bags as we are going to Brighton for Steph's cousins's fiancee's (Alec & Claire are now engaged) Birthday Party. So maybe I'll write about The Killer's gig tomorrow.