Barnes and Noble’s just released their latest product, Nook. It’s almost similar like Amazon.com’s Kindle, but this time, Nook offers more features than Kindle.
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I just found out about IntenseDebate about couple weeks ago, and I tried it on one of my blog. So far, I really liked it. It really brings in all the components that necessary to make blog commenting even more interesting.
There are several things that I really like from IntenseDebate.
- Tracking and Notification. It can track your comments that you made in every blog that uses IntenseDebate, so you won’t lose track of what and where did you leave your comments. It will also notify you if someone is replying to your comments or there are new comments in the blog post that you commented on.
- Threaded comments. There is nothing more confusing than finding where your comments is and the comments that replied to one particular comment. IntenseDebate solves this problem. It groups all comment replies in one spot, so you can find them easily.
- Voting system. This feature is to rewarding great comments that people made. Comments are the bloodline of a blog, so there must be something to reward user who left good comments. IntenseDebate will allow you to do this. On the other side, bad comments should be discouraged. IntenseDebate will also allow you to do this.
FYI, IntenseDebate will save your comments both on their server and your blog server, so you have to synchronize them on your first use after you installed it. And as of now, IntenseDebate plugin is still not supported if you host your blog in WordPress.com. Hopefully WordPress will find a way to enable this plugin to work in their system, so don’t worry WordPress.com bloggers, your time will come.
Installer link: http://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/intensedebate.2.4.2.zip
I also want to announce that My Internet Corner is now using IntenseDebate to facilitate its commenting system. I hope your commenting experience will be more enjoyable after using this new system. There is actually another WordPress plugin that is as popular as IntenseDebate, which is Disqus. We’ll see how IntenseDebate work for MyInternerCorner.com. If it gives you problem, I might change it. Let me know what do you think about this plugin?
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Are you a movie maker or may be just someone who like to create an audio book, like Whitsend.org? Couple days ago I just found this great collections of sound effects that you can use for whatever your need is. It has so many sound effects for different occasions. It is so many that I was overwhelmed by it.
I was creating a background audio for an on-stage performance several years ago, and I had problem finding the sound effect that I needed. I searched around the Internet with little results. There are actually a lot of sites out there that offers this, but just imagined how much money it would cost you to get 500 sound effects one by one. It is going to be really expensive.
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Yesterday was an amazing day, simply because I caught my first King Mackerel. 
If you were following my blog, you can tell that I just started fishing seriously about 5 months ago, so I’m not really “that” expert. However, I have a mentor who teaches me different kind of things in fishing. He has fished for many many years and landed different kind of fishes (tarpon, blue, red, bass, king, spanish, etc.) Therefore, at this time, I am just going to share what I learned from him. It’s not going to be everything that he taught me, but at least, they are going to be enough information for you to catch your first King Mackerel, like I did. Keep in mind, the information is more related to Pensacola Beach Pier fishing, since that’s where I usually fish at. Here we go:
- Make sure you have the proper equipment. I’m using Okuma Avenger 65a which has about 310yds using 15lbs lines and a Shakespeare Power Rod with medium heavy action that can hold up to 30lbs line. Your equipment is REALLY important in catching King Mackerel. Catching a fish is one thing, and landing a fish is another thing. With lighter rod, you can still land a King, however, the amount of energy and effort you put into it is much bigger than if you were using a good rod and reel. Another thing is you HAVE to use a leader line. King Mackerel has a really sharp teeth that will cut of your regular line, so use a leader wire. For the hook, use a size 4 treble hook.
- For the bait itself, nothing is better that cigar minnows. Use a whole cigar minnows as the bait. It doesn’t matter if if it was previously frozen, or a live one. Both will work just fine.
- Before you cast, set your drag rather loose as a preparation to fight with the fish.
- When you cast, you might want to cast to further away from the pier, because the closer your bait is to the pier, than the bottom feeders will chew out your minnows. Sometimes, a remora might grab your bait and got hooked. So, try to cast far from the pier, and occasionally, reel in your bait to make sure you have tight lines and keeping your bait from sinking to the bottom of the sea.
- After you cast, open your spool and hold your lines on your index finger to hold your line. The idea is this. You don’t want the Kind to feel any resistance when he grab your bait, because it will scare them and make them chew out the bait, so having an open spool will prevent this. When the Kind ate your bait, let go your finger, and let him take up your lines from several seconds. The purpose for this is to make the King swim away from the pier, because you are going to fight with him. If he is close to the pier, he might tangle your lines around the piling and you end up lose your fish and your lines. Also, sometimes, the King will only eat half of the minnow in his first attempt, he will go back again to grab the other half (hopefully….), so just wait until he takes away your lines and hold for several seconds until you are sure that he took all the bait along with the hook, and then, you close your spool and jerk your rod up high in 90 degree angle to set the hook onto the King (this is the most fun part because you can hear your reel “singing” You’ll know what I mean). Since your drag was set little bit loose, the King will take up your lines quite a bit. This is fine, just make sure you hold your rod up high in order to tire the fish. Tighten your drag little bit more as the King takes up your line (pay attention to your lines. Don’t let the King spool you).
- After a while, the King will be tired and you can reel in little by little to land the King. It will still fight along the way, just make sure you tighten up your drag, and work the fish little by little until it gets closer to the pier. Hopefully, there will be someone around you who has a gaff to pull up your King, because you might snap your line if you are using your lines to pull up the fish. While you are waiting for someone helping you gaff the King, make sure you pay attention not to let the fish to wrap around the pile, it will mess you up for sure. Tighten up your line, don’t let any slack, and force the fish to stay away from the pilings. You should be good then.
- After you land your King, CHECK to make sure it is at least 24″. That’s the rule here in Florida. If it is less than that, you have to throw it back to the water. Also, you can only keep 2 King Mackerels per day. I know your adrenaline will be pumped up to catch more than 2 Kings, but rule is a rule. Don’t break it. If you do, they will fine you, take you to the court, and take away all your fishing gears.
That’s it. Hopefully these tips and tricks will help you to land a King Mackerel. My best luck for you. Luck will help you catch the fish; however, to land a King, there is no luck involve, it’s just pure skill, so don’t blame your luck if you lose your King. Happy fishing!
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