Michael Kane

He not only messed with the wrong blackhat but he’s trying to turn that plagiarist/fake/scamming spot light off of him and desperately trying to get back into the design industry, the same one that kicked him to the curb right after stealing several hundred logos and claiming them as his own. Not only did he do that but he claimed dozens of designers had targeted him and stole the logos from him, which turned out to be a lie. A big lie.

He then went on to take advantage of twitter users, and fellow designers that were once his friends by asking for help, and he started a legal fundraiser online to battle the so called tyrants StockArt.com who were planning to sue him for $18,000

When he was found to be cheating he ran for the hills, closed all of his sites and deleted all evidence he could, sadly some of us have copies and evidence and a lot more, we’re all willing to share them with authorities if it ever comes to that or we’re ever called to testify somehow. Jon Engle will not fuck over the system, he will not lie right to our face and get away with it.

Read more about some of the logos he stole over at SD’s blog where he writes about Relevant Studio being a thief, or here, and here, and just google his name Jon Engle, you’ll see what we’re talking about.

So yeah, when I die, quote me as having said;

I stand, when standing isn’t easy.

Yeah, that’s all.

I’m no scientist and no I have not figured out a way to turn back time, nor do I have a theory (watching people close this window now) but don’t you wish you could sometimes? You know…turn back time? I’ve been a huge believer in NEVER regretting things in life for so long now, but I’m starting to doubt myself I think. I’m regretting things more and more every day, which is not entirely bad…I guess.

I know I can make some things right again with a little clarity, a little effort, suppose I will but there are things that break real bad, not like humpty dumpty you know? More like if he had swallowed a grenade, doubt any one could put that sucker back together again right? Well yeah, things to that extent, just, something so messed up and ruined and spoiled with time that no amount of effort can fix. Wish I could turn back time for many reasons, wish I could be young again with no responsibility, not a care in the world, wish I was part of a real family again, you know, them passing away and all doesn’t help with that. I guess I’m mostly wanting to turn back time for things that can never be again, but all the same I find myself trying and failing, and then trying again. Stubborn ass fool, I know.

So wait, I guess I do have a theory on turning back time, maybe. It does not involve shaving off all your pubic hair and strapping high voltage wires to your arse, nope, nor does it involve a machine, sorry for spoiling that moment for you eli. But yeah. So my theory goes something like this;

Forget the past.

Yeah that’s all I came up with, but you know, it’s a point im trying to prove to myself, forget the past. What’s done is done…look forward (no not into the future) but fix what you still can (telling that to myself not you, although feel free to take this all in). So to fix what’s still bugging me is going to take one hell of an effort, a lot bugs me, suppose I have to start somewhere.

To the few reading this blog still that I truly care about, and are genuine friends, and who i’ve either told to sod off or shut out, read whats below and try to match which message is to you, best I can do…

• You flew right by me and didn’t see me U turn mate, you kept speeding off, I never had anything against you, still don’t, you chose left I chose right, no one is at fault there, Promise, I don’t hate you, I don’t hate anyone.

• What can I say, you’re like family, but push came to shove and you shoved all my buttons at the same time, you knew better and it just ticked me off, miss the bar, the pool rounds and the spilled beer, oh and that beauty of a tank you drive. call me sometime.

• I swear I love your music, never meant to not show up at the special gig though, I just could not stand to be around the person you know I have problems with, would have ruined the night for you and I could not do that. Hence why I never showed up…he went hoping I’d come, you know how he gets, you still owe me a fucking beer you cheap bastard. = )

• I’m ok with you doing what you did now, I get that life was hard, times were tough and you had a family to take care of, don’t even sweat the rest, consider it an early birthday present or something, so stop avoiding my calls, i’ll even give you that in writing you slimy fucker haha. We’re good.

• 
• No hard feelings, I guess you always wanted me to explain why, see, there was no why…I just had to shut a lot of good people out because of what was going on, I doubt I even explained things well, I doubt I acted like the person you thought you knew, i’m sure I probably upset and confused you, what can I say that wont sound too corny or lame…let’s be friends? didn’t work did it? We’ll work on it.

Lot’s of other stuff I’d like to get off my chest, all in due time.

Oh, Wired, Jake, Amber, I know you guys were/are counting on me, i’ll be back in full form really soon, i’m also sure you know that though.

Keep it real boys and girlies, go turn back the hands of time

Round and round we go, life is like that you know? But it’s all good in the end. So anyway, I stopped checking my email and comments and what have you because it has all been bombarded by messages from you lot.

No I did not get abducted, really, and no I did not fall out with any of my mates, I just needed some room and space and time to think about some issues I was having to deal with so I put a lot on hold and scrapped a ton while I was at it. So yeah, that unbearable load that burdened me is pretty much gone.

A lot has happened since the last time I posted, I could fill you all in but then that would be boring right? Just letting you guys know i’m ok and that you were missed. Appreciate all the thoughtful emails though, to those who bothered, i know who you are, will def get in touch with you lot soon.

Hope you’re all doing well.
PS. to those that have probably been wondering, yeah, we got back together.

(excuse me if i don’t stick around to accept comments, have too many to sift through)

Listening to: Jill Scott - A Long Walk

It’s a well known fact that nothing online is secure, nothing online is private, not even your beloved YIM or MSN. Both can cause you problems, you think you’re safe in stealth mode, invisible or appearing to be offline? Well all that does not really work. I can even tell when you’re messaging other people

Now let me get something straight here, yes, I know when all my contacts that appear offline are actually online, I also known when they message, and if I really cared to know I can view what they are sending. See? MSN, AOL, YIM, all very insecure so keep your nose clean and don’t get caught telling a white lie, or worse. Here’s an example of the simplest way to know if someone is online, this technique works 70% of the time but it’s simplest, all you do is copy the below code in your address bar and replace the word userid with your contacts userid. Mine for example would be mikekannne now i’m always invisible when im working, but if you use that url you’ll see it as i’m online and catch me out

http://opi.yahoo.com/online?u=userid&m=g&t=2

Enjoy this one of many tricks, and remember, there’s always someone watching you! No urban myth there, it’s very much a reality we’re living in. ha!

I was going to post this over on another blog, but I have a crazy ass post for there later. So I decided to discuss Twitter Profile Marketing. Now I wont bore you with long details, statistics some might be interested in and so on, but rather get right to it.

Spamming on twitter has proven to be somewhat useless, I mean everything there is nofollow (not like that has stopped spammers before) and profiles are deleted (slow process there but they do delete spam profiles) and people generally get tired of spamming twitter because without followers you wont benefit at all. Now this method can be used on both personal profiles or business, the more followers you have and up to date your tweets are the more you’re likely to make.

Take a look at Online Gossip on Twitter. BG is designed with ads placed there and whatever other design you want. Now there’s not enough of this going round to be able to determine price /follower, but I mean having a 100 followers may get you $5 a month per ad slot. Now with 4k and several ad slots you can make a grand at least a month. It’s that easy really.

If you’re not up for slapping ads and making rev, then use the free space on the sides (which is not as wide in low screen resolutions). Add style to your page, a mini side banner, or you can add an ‘about me’ section with more details, stle how you want and real hot.

Think about it, and if you don’t tweet because you think it’s lame, you’re wrong Twitter is the bomb!

Who knows anything about Sarah Palin? She’s a Mayor of a tinny fucking town? governor of freaking Alaska for what less than 2 years? Political plot or what? This is a fucking bad movie, what’s worse is there’s a scary fucking chance it’s going to turn into a reality, oh and the bullshit does not stop there, no way.

Mccaine probably wont survive his first term if he gets elected, come on people the guy is in his 70’s and it only goes down hill from here, grampa is in sixth gear…can’t you see that? He drops and the hockey mom from Alaska becomes president. We might as well just…I can’t even say it…it’s sad, not not sad…

THIS IS ABSURD. A TERRIFYING POSSIBILITY THAT NOT ENOUGH PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT.

I have NOTHING against women, and I have NOTHING against a woman running our country, but for the sake of this entire fucking country, Sarah Palin? Why? How? How is she prepared to run our country? I mean I sit here and I wonder how she would act as president you know? As a woman she’s probably adorable, as a mom she’s probably the best around, a wife? heck ok she could make the best meals for her hubby and love her family with all her heart, I understand she could be a great woman, I understand she knows how to govern Alaska, oh Alaska sounds like a huge state right? 600k alskans…come on, there’s more people living in detroit city. WTF.

She’s going to have the nuclear codes, she’s going to run our country, now for all the hockey moms out there, I understand you feel for her, that’s fine, and honestly, im not saying she’s a bad person, but think about your country, about your kids, their kids, heck think about what YOU would be like as president? See?!! You couldn’t picture yourself as president, not because you’re a bad person or not successful, or independent…the presidency is just out of your league…just as it is Sarah Palins league….

I mean the woman herself said a hockey mom is a pit bull with lipstick…? What? Come again?

I was in shock when I saw this, a cop just shoots some unarmed robbers in cold blood, I couldn’t believe my eyes, he beats up one of them with his gun too, and I don’t know what else to say, it’s all on vid too, this is insane. just out of this world…and I am so against cops that use force like this Brutality to the extreme wtf? Sure they are robbers but to drill them with holes like that? Where’s the justice? Where the fuck does the law step in to protect people from trigger happy cops?

Let’s rank for insane crap HAH!

It’s like 3am. and ive now given up on smiling, not that i dont want to, but my facial muscles are not that buff.

<3 u.

Yeah, don’t comment on this.

I’ve made several thousand last month off the keyword ‘porn’ alone, and I don’t even rank on the first 2 pages, which tells you something right? yeah, no not that, I know i’m hot but like, it tells you that ‘porn’ sells online. For real, that’s a well known fact anyway. However, what is not as popular is using porn as a marketing strategy, heh. That’s where it gets tricky so try to follow what i’m about to say in as few words as possible.



Make them click whatever way you can because however way you look at it, be it a click to your order/sign-up page, on your adsense, or on your affiliate links, clicks = $$$. That’s all.

Ok so there’s a little more to it than that, but anyone can gain something by ranking for porn related terms. The traffic alone is valuable, sure it’s not really targeted traffic but I mean if all it takes is 5 minutes of nonsense typing to weight a blog post page nicely then it’s worth the extra few thousand uniques a month right? Who knows, some of these users my convert into readers

The porn industry is not as hard to rank in as people make it out to be, technical it’s easier to rank for porn related names than some ‘design’ related names. No shit. But if you look at the stats you see that porn related names tend to get 8x as much traffic at least, and we all know that traffic is a factor in ranking higher in the serps, right? So do it.

Remember, porn sells online, the word ‘porn’. It can sell anything you have to offer, one way or another Ha say i get lots of traffic to this post later on when it ranks, then i’ll slap up a ’sex doll’ affiliate banner or something haha! Who knows? They might be interested right?!?!