It seems the format war over next-generation DVDs between Sony, in the Blu-ray corner, and Toshiba, in the HD DVD camp, may be over, meaning consumers seeking sharper movies on high-definition DVDs no longer have to choose between rival incompatible formats and run the risk of being stuck with a 21st century equivalent of Betamax -- Sony's videotape technology that lost out to VHS in the 1980s.

As long as there's been technology, there's been competing standards, right from George Stephenson and Isambard Kingdom Brunel promoting different rail gauges in the early days of the railways and onwards to the present day, when 'format wars' in media distribution are commonplace.

The AskJack web site "lives and breaths" only because of revenue generated through on screen advertising.

AskJack's primary source of context adverts is Google Adwords and Mirago PPC search results displayed using the AskJack Research Tool: www.askjack.co.uk/search/london+nightclubs a very quick way to get filtered search results and further research options.

Results from in-depth research and development by 32 Corners Ltd (owners of AJ) carried out during the last year, has revealed a certain distaste for "in-your-face" advertisements and a certain blindness to text ads by a significant percentage of visitors. The evidence for this can be calculated through failing revenues and less time being spent on information pages.

A survey of fifty regular Internet users found that these are three most hated forms of online advertising:

• Floating ad layers that mask the important page information and require a click to close the ad. Often this will trigger a "pop-under" new web page to open in the background.
• Pop-under or pop-over pages opening as new browser windows.
• Animated banners flashing at a frequency rate that could cause headaches or epileptic fits.

Making money Online Can be Hard Work for Ardvarks

Most people contact in the survey didn't seem to mind some advertising being displayed in a web page, providing it didn't overwhelm the content and was at least relevant to the information being presented.

Blinkx.com, the online video search engine has a PPC program similar to the contextual ad system used by Adsense Video. Blinkx claim to be able to deliver ads that match video content in a non intrusive way. It is up-to the web site owner to make sure videos that any displayed videos are actually relevant to page content.

This article aims to explore the way Blikx ads actually work, the set-up process and ways to make additional revenue.

Does anyone have any helpful tips or suggestions to help with this project?"

Well, to my dismay I was bombarded with "flame" after "flame" replies in the forum. It seems there's a lot of Joomla designers out there who absolutely HATE the idea of Microsoft, Microsoft FrontPage, HTML table code and (in there esteemed, unenlightened opinion) ANYONE stupid enough to consider building a Joomla template using ANY Microsoft product.

I replied to first person's vile response by explaining that I have been using FP for over twelve years. I know it has limitations and faults. However, it was one of the first programs that allowed web developers to actually see what the web page under development actually looks like while data was being inputted. This speeded up the whole development process and probably aided the growth of the Internet as a whole. FrontPage was designed to interact with all of the Microsoft Office Programs and that probably accounts for many of the perceived bugs user often come up against.

This (reasonable and polite) comment was met with absolute derision and outright hostility by many of the forum members. Not only did the forum replies become far more abusive, someone also did a bit of research and found my email address. They then began an email spam campaign of such intensity that I had to close the email account down.

So be warned; so called "Joomla Support Forums" can be dangerous places to ask innocent questions about FrontPage, unless you intend to trash the software and anyone using it.

OK... This is MY RESPONSE

Although Microsoft discontinued FrontPage in 2006, replacing it with Microsoft SharePoint Designer and Microsoft Expression Web, there are still very many people using the older software both professionally and personally to build their websites. It will probably be several years yet FrontPage-designed websites disappear completely from the ever-changing face of the internet.

The tips below are for FrontPage 2000, but the list of links at the end gives resources offering useful tips and tricks for other FP versions too.

Three short Photography articles bundled together for easy reference. Composition, foreground and background focus issues and getting your timing right to capture the best lighting conditions.

Although these articles do not mention panoramic Photography, all of the tips, comments and advice are just as relevant even if you're taking a three shot Fisheye picture or a twenty four shot picture using a calibrated bracket and tripod head.

Nature and Landscape Photography Tips: Composition

A guide to improving your nature photos, including composition and corner-focus. One those occasions when you're lucky enough to be in the right place at the right time, you really can admire the beauty of nature. But capturing those picturesque moments is not as easy as it might seem. There are many different aspects to consider when taking landscape and photos, but in this article, I'll just touch on composition.

Nature And Landscape Photography Tips - Foreground Vs. Background

A guide on striking a balance between foreground and background when taking photographs. Something many people looking to improve their landscape photos should do is to use a proper foreground. Of course, you can take a beautiful ocean or sunset and I'm sure it looks lovely. Still, it likely looks just any other ocean or landscape photo that millions of other people have taken. You should try being a little more unique. Like a ninja, use the surrounding objects to your advantage. If you're on a beach, see if you can stand near a cool rock formation, jetty or dock and place that in the foreground.

Nature and Landscape Photography Tips - It's All About Timing

A brief guide on how to capture magical moments in your Photography and improve your timing. You know how that famous saying goes: It's all about timing. It goes for a lot of things in life, and in many cases in landscape Photography, it's true. There's something special about the angle that light hits objects when the sun is setting or when it's rising. There's such a wide spectrum of colours that you can get from the 30 minutes before and 30 minutes after sunrise or sunset is so broad and amazing. In the middle of this time period, you need pay special attention to cloud formations, weather, shadows and the colour changes in the sky, water and objects you plan to include in your photos.

This is a small bug fix for the users of the Millennium Earth template which, is a free download over at joomla-templates.com

The newly released Camel Tickler Road Trips and Destinations web site use a customised version of this free template.

Problem: The template uses a fixed width of 770 in all page views. When a member logs in and tries to post a new item; the TinyMCE editor breaks the template layout, because it's too wide by about 100 pixels.

Here is the fix for the Joomla TinyMCE Resize Problem:

People blog for all kinds of reasons today. Some people use their blogs as online journals or scrapbooks, some use them as a tool to make money on the internet, and some use blogging as a means of journalism, education or social/political commentary.

Whatever their motive, people of all ages and walks of life use blogs to pour out their thoughts, professional and personal, exchange recipes or photographs, or review a subject dear to their hearts. For anyone who's ever tried to keep a daily diary and failed, upkeeping a lively and active blog isn't that easy at all, even before the considerations of making it interesting and entertaining or informative for your readers too.

Virtual Tours, 3d Object Movies, Time Lapse Movies

By focusing on customer satisfaction and technological innovation, 32 CORNERS develops virtual content for the Internet. We provide Virtual Tours, 3d Object Movies, Time Lapse movies plus many other effective ways of promoting your product/s online.

Do you know what Virtual Content is and how it can help your business?

Virtual Content is the new way to promote your products/services online.

Virtual Content will allow your customers to effectively walk into your shop/property/land and view it all in 360 degrees. Objects can be "picked up" rotated, zoomed in for closer inspection. All of these techniques will promote the "desire to buy" and improve web site visitor to order ratios.

Getting your message across to your viewers is what it's all about.

The Laughing Camel Virtual Road Trips & Tours combined with in depth destination & places of interest information has been a concept FOUR long years in production. Basically, a start and end point are sent to Google Maps. The route map is then used to research and highlight place of interest along the route. Users can pick 'n mix or follow a road trip all the way to the final destination.

European Destinations Destinations and places of interest to visit while on a Laughing Camel's tour of Europe.

Sometimes, very rarely I might add; a web site link is submitted for review and inclusion into the AJ links page that really does deserve to be highlighted.

Alan, from Anchors Away Bareboat Charters, Whitsundays, Great Barrier Reef submitted a link to his web site this morning and I want to draw your attention to probably one of the most glorious locations in Australia.

I was so impressed with the web site design, the boats for charter, the location and just about everything (grins); that I developed a banner to use in my new Internet project called "Virtual Road Trips and Destinations" which, was released on Tuesday this week as part of the Laughing Camel suite of web sites (Camel Library - Camel Road Trips and Destinations).

At the moment I'm busy developing European road trips and destinations. However, I plan to open some Aussie (probably the natural home to "camel ticklers") road trips in the next few weeks and will include Whitsundays and the Great Barrier Reef.

In the meantime, here's some more details about Anchors Away Bareboat Charters.