Lensography: thefluffanutta

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Biography of a Lensmaster

thefluffanutta is
a Software Engineer
lives in York (England)
builds websites as a hobby
created a few lenses on Squidoo
often posts on the forum on SquidU
developed some tools for Lensmasters
also some contracting work for Squidoo HQ


More places to find thefluffanutta:
twitter : MyBlogLog : Facebook : FriendFeed

 

thefluffanutta has been a member since September 4 2006, has rated 743 lenses, favorited 189, and has created 96 lenses from scratch. This member's top-ranked page is "My Top Wii Games". See all my lenses

Interviews with thefluffanutta 

I have done a number of interviews for other people over the last few months, and I thought here would be a good place to gather them altogether. Enjoy!

Interview with TheFluffaNutta
He likes to build tools to make our lives easier and more profitable.

by Glen (N736) (written in 2008, published July 20th, 2009)

Squidoo Experts | The Fluffanutta Exposed!
Read this amazing interview with Squidoo's own thefluffanutta. Here he gives us a genuine look at Squidoo and Squidutils.

by Kelly Stone (July, 2008)

The Fluffanutta interviewed - Thank you for squidutils
Some lensmasters get thanks for being personal, for voting on lenses, for giving feedback etc. Today's lensmaster has been a service to the community by making tools that help make us ALL better lensmasters.

by spirituality (August 2008)

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Lensmasters
I've asked a few Lensmasters what are the seven things that they do with each and every lens they publish. Will we see a trend? Will all have 7 prominent Lensmasters doing 7 identical things? Lets find out...

by Glen (N736) (November, 2008)

SquidU Review - Time for a Health Check-Up
Before Health Check was on your dashboard, it was on SquidUtils.com, a site maintained by lensmaster thefluffanutta. As the original designer of the tool, we've polled thefluffanutta to learn more about what it does, how it works, and how to use it to create better lenses.

by Kimberly (January, 2009)

Lensmaster Blog 

Tools and Tips for Your Lenses

Squidoo Tools and Lensmater Tips

I've recently started a blog over at SquidUtils.com, where I will be writing about the tools for Lensmasters, and other tips. If you want to keep up-to-date with the latest news from the site, subscribe with your favourite RSS reader.

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Most Recent SquidCasts 

These are the most recent SquidCasts that I have sent out from my lenses. If you have joined my fan club then you will see these on your favorites page.

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Follow thefluffanutta on twitter 

I'm a big fan (addict) of twitter - you can follow me there to keep up with the latest news and development on Squidoo. Below is the last tweet I sent:

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All My Social Networks 

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Work I've Done for Squidoo HQ 

After putting together SquidUtils.com, I was asked by Squidoo to help them out and build some modules for them. Here's a list of the ones I have contributed so far:

  • Weather module - get current conditions and forecast for any city in the world.
  • Yelp module - shows a list of businesses close to a Zip code.
  • Zagat module - reviews and ratings of Restaurants within a specified Zip code.
  • Hometown Stats module - shows stats about the population for any American city.
  • Squidaholic - get tons of cool stats about your lens, including traffic, backlinks, diggs and stumbles. See which keywords your lens ranks on Google, and which other keywords would be good to target.
  • Lens Health Check - originally developed on SquidUtils, HQ liked it so much they integrated it into your dashboard.

My Best Lenses 

Of all of the lenses I've created, these few are the ones I'm most proud of:

featured lens My Top Wii Games

The Nintendo Wii is a one of the best family oriented consoles on the market. The Wii's unique motion-sensing controllers are intuitive, and easy to use, and some of the games really do get you up and being more active. Accessible by young and ol...

featured lens Transformers Toys and Figures

Following the Transformers Movie that came out last year, Hasbro has brought out a brand new range of Transformers toys, most of which will transform from their robot form into a vehicle. Read all about the main characters from the movie here, and t...

featured lens Top Wii Games for Children

The Nintendo Wii is ideal for families, because the controls are so easy to use, and everyone can play together. There are a selection of games aimed at families, which are great fun for all ages. Some of the best children's games available on th...

featured lens Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog

In the summer of 2008, Joss Whedon (the creator of Buffy, Angel and Firefly) released his latest project: Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog. This was the first ever superhero musical, featuring an evil villain, his arch-nemesis, a pretty girl, with...

featured lens Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Book 7

"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" is the last book in J.K. Rowling's magical series. In this seventh and final book, Harry Potter discovers what fate truly has in store for him as he makes his way to that final meeting with Voldemo...

Squidoo Guides and Tools 

These lenses contain a few hints, tips and guides to help Lensmasters make the most of their lenses.
featured lens A Guide to Groups for Lensmasters

Groups are collections of Lens, usually focused on a particular theme or interest. Groups are run by Groupmasters, to maintain and promote them. The are a large number of Groups on Squidoo now, so deciding which ones to join can be a difficult task,...

featured lens Affiliate RSS Feeds for Squidoo

If you are a member of one or more affiliate programs, like Amazon, then you probably already know how put static links on your lenses. However, over time these links can become outdated or even broken, and you could be losing revenue because of this...

featured lens Amazon RSS Feeds for Your Squidoo Lens

There is a special service for Squidoo Lensmasters whom are also Amazon Associates - RSS Feeds containing products from Amazon. You can put these feeds into your lens to show books, DVD, electronics and more from specific categories. "But Why?&qu...

featured lens Bookmark Widget for Lenses

If you're looking for a way to add a dynamic and interactive social bookmarking widget to your lens, you've come to the right place. Powered by AddThis.com, this widget appears a single button that supports almost all of the social networks. Stick t...

featured lens Browser Toolbar for Squidoo

This new browser toolbar from SquidUtils.com puts powerful tools at the finger tips of Lensmasters. Featuring quick links to all your Squidoo accounts, lenses and groups, and easy access to all the social functions, this toolbar will be indispensable...

featured lens ClickBank Ads Module

This Clickbank Module will enable you to display paying ads for digital products that match the topic of your lens. When a visitor clicks on one of these links and buys something from ClickBank, you get a share of the commission (up to 75% of the sal...

featured lens Detailed Traffic Stats for Lenses

Squidoo provides pretty good statistics about how many visitors come to your lens, and what they click on. There are some 3rd party analytics services that can give you a little bit more information, and they are easy to setup. On this lens I have r...

featured lens How Do I Report a Bug on Squidoo?

We rely on our community of lensmasters and fans and readers to make great pages, share their best recommendations, and also to help us keep the site working the way you expect it to. Share your feedback, suggestions, problems. Let us know where you&...

featured lens How To Add Amazon Product Links

It is not possible to embed the official Amazon Product Links into a lens (if you were an Amazon Associate), unless they are plain text links. At SQUIDUtils.com there is a special tool which generates a static version of the Amazon Product Links, wh...

featured lens How to Add PayPal Buttons to Your Squidoo Lens

If you're looking for how to add a PayPal button to your Squidoo lens, here's how. The step-by-step process described here will create a link that is compatible with you lens, while keeping your account details safe and secure. For advanced users, th...

featured lens How To Find Lenses and Groups on Squidoo

Searching for Squidoo lenses on a search engine can be a real pain sometimes, as the results are very often filled with non-content pages like tags. Finding the best groups for your lens to join can also be very tricky. Here I provide two custom sea...

featured lens How to Make a Widget for Squidoo

Widgets are a fun way of adding interactivity to your lens, and making it more exciting for your visitors. There is a directory of Squidoo Friendly Widgets at WidgetSquid.com, which has a growing library of widgets that you can use right away. If y...

featured lens Lens Health Check Tool

Originally developed for SQUIDUtils.com, the Health Check Tool can quickly identify common issues with your lens. The advice that it gives can help improve the ranking of your lens in the search engines. This lens will tell you more about what it do...

featured lens Lens Theme Switcher

Squidoo has launched themes for your lenses. It's as quick and easy as editing your lens, selecting your theme, and publishing. The hard part, however, is deciding which theme to use...

featured lens Lens Workshop Addon for Firefox

This addon for Firefox and Chrome incorporates extra features into the Lens Workshop and a few other pages on Squidoo. The most significant improvements are: Lensrank updates, colored tags, detailed stats, integrated ping, and more... Updated 28th,...

featured lens Lenses For Sale

If you're looking to buy or sell a lens on Squidoo, here is one of the places to look. Ideal if you want to increase your portfolio, or if you have an old lens you don't want any more.

featured lens Lensmaster Tools and Utilities

SQUIDUtils.com Utilities and Tools for the Expert Lensmaster SquidUtils is the place to find complementary utilities and tools for your Lenses on Squidoo. Here you can see all of your lenses and groups, with shortcuts to some of the most vital func...

featured lens Love This Lens Widget

One of the (many) secrets of getting a good Lensrank is the star ratings that other Lensmasters can give to your lens. Getting them to actually visit your lens is hard enough, yet sometimes they leave without clicking on the stars at the top. This w...

featured lens My Favourite CSS Tricks on Squidoo

The basic tools provided by Squidoo will do pretty much everything you need to get your content out to your audience. But sometimes you want to format it a little differently, and this is where inline CSS comes into play. Here I show some of the tric...

featured lens Squidoo Chat Room

Hang out with other Squidoo Lensmasters, swap tips and get critiques of your lenses in the Squidoo Chat Room. Started by Captain Squid, this chat room is open to all Lensmasters and does not require any software to use. Just click on the entry form...

featured lens Squidoo Guide: Linking Tips

There are many ways that you can add links to your Lens, improving the experience of your readers. How you add those links often depends on what those links are for. This Lens explains the different types of links, and the techniques available to you...

featured lens Squidoo Q & A on Twitter

Do you have a question about Squidoo, and how to make the most of your lenses? Ask me any question in the box below, and I'll do my best to find you the answer. Using the power of Twitter, this lens will collect all the tweets that include the tag #...

featured lens Tables for Squidoo Lenses

The <table> and associated tags are not permitted on Squidoo, and if you attempt to put these into your lens, they will get stripped out. The Table Generator will convert CSV data or a HTML table into code that is compatible, and looks just as...

featured lens The Making of: Best Wii Games Ever

Here is a behind-the-scenes look at how the lens Best Wii Games Ever was built, with details of how it was put together and some of the tricks used. This commercial lens was built to attract visitors to an Amazon aStore featuring some the most popul...

featured lens Top 100 Rated Lensmasters

Here are the Top Rated Lensmasters, based on how many stars their lenses have received from fellow Lensmasters, across all of their lenses. This is calculated from the data collected by SQUIDUtils.com.  (see Lensmaster Tools for more inform...

Links and Search Engine Optimisation 

Resources for the Lensmaster

featured lens How To Get One-Way Backlinks

When you have just created new website, you will want to attract people to visit it. One of the most important tasks for any webmaster is to build up the number of links to the site from other websites. This can be done manually via reciprocal link e...

featured lens How To Get Deep Links with RSS Feeds

There are a number of online syndication services that will display an RSS feed as a web page. These will typically contain deep-links to pages on to the originating website, which is a valuable source of backlinks. I originally wrote about thi...

featured lens Squidoo Guide: Linking Tips

There are many ways that you can add links to your Lens, improving the experience of your readers. How you add those links often depends on what those links are for. This Lens explains the different types of links, and the techniques available to you...

Movies and TV Shows 

featured lens Top Science Fiction Movies

This is one genre of films that I really enjoy watching, so this lens is devoted to the Sci-Fi films that I like. This lens features the Plexo module to create Your Favourite Science Fiction Movies. This is your opportunity to contribute with the mo...

featured lens Top Science Fiction TV Shows

Following on from my popular lens on Top Sci-Fi Movies, I've created this lens on Sci-Fi TV Shows. As before, I've listed my own favourites, and then provided a space for you to add and vote for your favourite shows.

featured lens CHUCK (The TV Series)

Chuck is an American action-comedy television program about an "average computer-whiz-next-door" who receives an encoded e-mail from an old college friend now working in the CIA; the message embeds the only remaining copy of the world's greatest spy...

featured lens Doctor Horrible's Sing-Along Blog on DVD

Released on the Internet on July 15th, Doctor Horrible's Sing-Along Blog is a superhero musical mini-epic, written and produced by Joss Whedon during the writers strike, with the help of his brothers. This is a musical comedy in three parts, featuri...

featured lens Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog

In the summer of 2008, Joss Whedon (the creator of Buffy, Angel and Firefly) released his latest project: Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog. This was the first ever superhero musical, featuring an evil villain, his arch-nemesis, a pretty girl, with...

featured lens Who is Doctor Who?

A great icon of classic British science-fiction, Doctor Who has been on our televisions since 1963, and has seen a recent revival. Now in his 10th reincarnation, the Doctor travels through time with his companion, having amazing adventures and saving...

featured lens New Doctor Who TV Series

Doctor Who - the longest running science fiction TV series - is back. Over 26 years we have seen the Time Lord regenerate multiple times, and after a long vacation in the outer reaches of time and space, he's returned for more adventures... All...

Nintendo Wii Games 

featured lens My Top Wii Games

The Nintendo Wii is a one of the best family oriented consoles on the market. The Wii's unique motion-sensing controllers are intuitive, and easy to use, and some of the games really do get you up and being more active. Accessible by young and ol...

featured lens Nintendo Wii: The Best Console Ever

Nintendo's Wii video game system (pronounced "we") is designed to attract people, regardless of their age or video game experience, to sit down and play together--whether they're in the same room or on different sides of the globe. The two Wii featur...

featured lens The Best Wii Games Ever

If you own a Nintendo Wii, then there's a good chance that you'll be looking for the best games to buy for it. Here is are just a few of them, compiled by some keen gamers. I have put together my own list of favorites here: My Top Wii Games...

featured lens Nintendo Wii Top Games

The popularity of the Nintendo Wii has been steadily growing since it was released. There is now a long list of great games for the Wii, with more coming out every year. This year is no exception, with this year seeing some of the best Wii games ever...

featured lens What's the Best Wii Game?

The Nintendo Wii is proving to be extremely popular with both children and adults alike, and there is a great range of games available for it - from silly mini-games and classic platformers, to sports simulations and shoot-em-ups. Deciding on the bes...

featured lens Top Wii Games for Children

The Nintendo Wii is ideal for families, because the controls are so easy to use, and everyone can play together. There are a selection of games aimed at families, which are great fun for all ages. Some of the best children's games available on th...

featured lens Best RPG Games for the Wii

Role Playing Games have been a popular genre on consoles for many years, and the Nintendo Wii is no exception. With epic story lines and detailed characters, these games are enticing and immersive. The Wii does not have a huge selection of titles to c...

featured lens Top Wii Games

The Nintendo Wii has set the standards of modern console gaming. Almost two years after its launch and the console still continues to excite children and adults alike. The games for the Wii have been improving over this time too, and there are some r...

featured lens The Best Wii Games HQ

The Nintendo Wii is a one of the best family oriented consoles on the market. The Wii's unique motion-sensing controllers are intuitive, and easy to use. Popular with both young children and grown-ups alike, some of the games really do get you up...

featured lens Top Wii Games Headquarters

The Nintendo Wii is a one of the top family oriented consoles on the market. The Wii's unique motion-sensing controllers are intuitive, and easy to use. Popular with both young children and grown-ups alike, some of the games really do get you up...

Nintendo Wii Accessories 

featured lens Wireless Nunchuck for the Wii

The Nintendo Wii comes with two controllers as standard: the 'Wiimote' is a wireless device which is used for pointing and motion sensing; while the 'Nunchuck' is an additional device that plugs into the bottom of the Wiimote to add e...

featured lens Top Wii Accessories

With the huge popularity of the Nintendo Wii games console, there are now a variety of Wii Accessories available to make playing on it even more enjoyable. Here are just a few of the best accessories that you can buy for your Wii.

Xbox 360 

featured lens Top 10 Xbox 360 Games for Teens

When the Xbox 360 was first released there were a large number of individuals who waited for hours in hopes of being able to purchase one. In fact, Xbox 360s are so popular that is likely that you have one inside your home right now. No matter how ol...

featured lens Xbox 360 Mod Chip

If you want to be able to run backups of your games on your Xbox 360, then you needs to install a Mod Chip. The mod chip will also allow you to play Xbox 360 games from all over the world, as well as games downloaded from the Internet. The modificati...

featured lens Xbox 360 Accessories and Addons

If you are an Xbox owner and love playing your games then you probably know that customizing your Xbox can be a fun activity. Not only is it fun but also it makes your Xbox stand out more, giving you more satisfaction from the overall look of your ga...

featured lens About the Xbox 360 Games Console

Learn about the Xbox 360, and get the most out of the games you play. Each week there will be new articles posted here that will provide tips and advice for gamers.

featured lens Top Accessories for Xbox 360

Microsoft's Xbox 360 in one of the worlds leading and best gaming device available in the market today. The quality of the Xbox games is really amazing but it is made even better with the accessories that Xbox has brought in as add ons. They make you...

Computer Games 

featured lens Computer Gaming - Guides and Tips

Each week there will be new articles posted here that will provide tips and advice for computer users and gamers.

featured lens The Sims 2 - Game and Expansion Packs

Sim City and other Sims games in the series are among the most popular computer games on all time. They are enjoyed by millions around the globe and for good reason. The games are fun and have the unique twist that the fate of the little Sims charact...

Children's Toys 

featured lens Spike the Ultra Dinosaur

Meet Spike, the Ultimate Dinosaur toy by Fisher-Price that kids bring to life at the touch of a button! He walks, he stands on his hind legs, he blinks, his mouth opens and closes, his spikes light up and you make it happen with the easy-to-use remot...

featured lens Transformers Toys and Figures

Following the Transformers Movie that came out last year, Hasbro has brought out a brand new range of Transformers toys, most of which will transform from their robot form into a vehicle. Read all about the main characters from the movie here, and t...

featured lens New Doctor Who Toys

The new Doctor Who series on British TV has spawned a brand new collection of toys and action figures, ideal gifts to buy for the younger fans this Christmas. Here are just some of the Doctor Who toys you can buy now... UK fans can find more great a...

Digital Camera Lenses 

featured lens Learn How To Take Better Digital Photographs

Learn how to use your digital camera, and get the most out of the photographs that you take. Here you will find advice and information published every week on the advantages of digital cameras, how to find the best camera and tips on how to improve y...

featured lens Top Accessories for Your Digital Camera

The anticipation of buying some digital camera accessories is just about as exciting as buying the camera itself. With so many trimmings to go with it, the digital camera will turn a simple hobby into a pleasurable profession with just a snap of the...

featured lens Review of Canon Digital Cameras

The Canon Corporation has an astounding product line of Canon digital camera devices, and compact photo printers that will fit the most discriminatory shopper. Within the Canon digital camera product line are categories of digital cameras that will fi...

featured lens Canon Powershot G7 Digital Camera - Review

The newest camera Canon has put out for the advanced users, the Power Shot G7, had many serious photography aficionados snapping their fingers, anxiously awaiting its October 2006 debut. The 10 Megapixel digital camera is more than most casual users...

featured lens Underwater Digital Cameras

An underwater digital camera is not just used to capture underwater memories; some professional marine photographers also use them in their business. Even marine biologists and scientists use underwater cameras to capture marine life and thus be able...

featured lens Which Camera Bags Can I Buy?

A camera bag is essential equipment for photographers as it allows them to have a place where they can arrange their equipment as well as protect them from the elements. Not only are camera bags more stylish today, they also are integrated with the l...

Digital Photograhy Lenses 

featured lens Cool Photoshop Tips And Tricks

When it comes to entering the graphic design world, creating interesting pieces for a job or sharing artwork with family and friends, there are plenty of cool Photoshop tips and tricks to consider. Whether you are just experimenting with the tools or...

featured lens Printing Your Own Digital Photographs

Printing your pictures on to paper is the next important thing in digital photography. You best photographs will not be given justice if you have not used the proper printing equipment for them. A good printer will really make the prints come to life...

Lenses featuring Books 

featured lens Harry Potter Books - Complete Set

Now that J. K. Rowling has finished writing the Harry Potter series, the complete collection of 7 books is now available as a boxed set. Follow Harry from his first days at Hogwarts School for Witchcraft and Wizardry, through his many adventures wit...

featured lens Which Digital Photography Book Should I Buy?

There are so many competitors on the shelves at the moment, we'd even go as far as to say the market is flooded with books full of hints, tips and techniques. But which ones should you actually trust? After all it's your hard earned cash you&...

featured lens Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Book 7

"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" is the last book in J.K. Rowling's magical series. In this seventh and final book, Harry Potter discovers what fate truly has in store for him as he makes his way to that final meeting with Voldemo...

featured lens Books on Personality Types and Myers-Briggs Type Indicators

The concept of personality type is about the natural habits of mind we develop as we grow. For example, some may have a preference for noticing concrete reality, others for noticing abstract concepts. Or one has a preference for the external world of...

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Blog Posts by thefluffanutta 

Dec 18, 2009 @ 8:40 amMore Updates of Wii Lenses from thefluffanutta's burps
With Christmas approaching all too fast, there's still a little time here and there for me to update a few of the lenses about my favorite topic – games for the Wii: Top 10 Wii Games from 2009...
Nov 6, 2009 @ 4:44 amTwo New Themes for Squidoo Lenses! from thefluffanutta's burps
Back in June, Squidoo added themes for lenses. This week, they've added 2 more! Perfect for any Christmas lenses. You can preview these themes using the Squidoo Toolbar or the Theme Switcher lens. Chr...
Nov 2, 2009 @ 10:59 amFreshening up My Wii Gaming Lenses from thefluffanutta's burps
During October I spent some time updating my Wii lenses, ready for the Christmas shopping season. I have 10 of them now, and half of them are showing some promising stats so far. Here's an overview of...
Oct 4, 2009 @ 5:35 pmAmazon Associate Links on Squidoo Lenses from thefluffanutta's burps
Squidoo is great because you can sell Amazon products without needing to sign up as an affiliate. There are 6 great Amazon modules that you can add to your lens. Squidoo collects the revenue from any...
Jul 27, 2009 @ 6:35 amRenewed Interest in Harry Potter from thefluffanutta's burps
Some of my older lenses about Harry Potter have seen increased traffic this month, thanks to the release of the latest movie at cinemas worldwide. It's really nice to see all the Harry Potter Books ge...
Jul 6, 2009 @ 7:04 amScreen Printed T-Shirts from thefluffanutta's burps
Here are 4 lenses that I've recently created for a local screen printing company: T-Shirt Design Contest Top 10 T-Shirt Design Ideas T-Shirt Design Questions and Answers My top 10 favorite things abo...
Jun 12, 2009 @ 10:09 amSquidoo Introduces Themes for Lenses from thefluffanutta's burps
Squidoo HQ today released 8 new themes for lenses. To apply one to your lens, all you need to do is go to the Lens Workshop, and click on the ‘Themes' toolbox and pick the one you want. Here's...
May 22, 2009 @ 2:29 pmNew Tools and Modules for Lensmasters from thefluffanutta's burps
Here's a quick recap of some of the new tools and modules that have been recently created for Squidoo Lensmasters: 3 new modules, allowing you to add star ratings, bookmarks and ClickBank Ads to your...
Feb 16, 2009 @ 3:44 amNew: Amazon Kindle 2 from thefluffanutta's burps
The Kindle 2 is the newest hand-held e-book reader from Amazon. It uses an electronic paper display and downloads content over the free wireless network ‘Whispernet'. Featuring improved battery...