Lensmaster Blog 

Tools and Tips for Your Lenses

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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Lens of the Day 

July 15th, 2008

I was very happy when one of my lenses was picked as the Lens of the Day, which was perfect timing because it was on the same day that Act I of Dr. Horrible was released worldwide on the Internet.

Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog

On July 15th, 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 some sweet ba...

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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Squidoo Guides and Tools 

These lenses contain a few hints, tips and guides to help Lensmasters make the most of their lenses.

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...

Lensmaster Tools and Utilities

SQUIDUtils.com Utilities and Tools for the Expert Lensmaster SquidUtils is the place to find complementry 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 fu...

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,...

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...

Learn the Secrets of Squidoo 

More on Squidoo 

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. Please be aware of the risks involved, as you will have to disable the Encryption feature.

How To Add Amazon Product Links

It used to be possible to embed the official Amazon Product Links into a lens (if you were an Amazon Associate). However, since the support for IFrames was withdrawn, this is no longer an option. At SQUIDUtils.com there is a special tool which gener...

Amazon RSS Feeds for Your Squidoo Lens

I have this 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?&q...

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...

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 for the Advanced Dashboard on SQUIDUtils.com (see Lensmaster T...

Work I've Done for Squidoo HQ 

• 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 website - 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.

Follow thefluffanutta on twitter 

I'm a big fan of twitter - you can follow me there to keep up with the latest news and development on Squidoo.

Here are some of my favourite tweets:

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My Best Lenses 

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

My Top Wii Games

The Nintendo Wii is a one of the best family oriented consoles. It's unique motion-sensing control system is intuitive, and easy to use, and it gets you up out of your chair and more active. Accessible by young and old alike, even the Queen of Englan...

Transformers Toys and Figures

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

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... The four...

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 Voldemort. I...

Links and Search Engine Optimisation 

Resources for the Lensmaster

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 this...

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...

Lenses featuring Books 

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...

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'll be pa...

Harry Potter Books - Complete Set

Since 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 with H...

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 Voldemort. I...

Movies and TV Shows 

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...

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. There are two Plexo modules for...

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...

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... The four...

Digital Camera Lenses 

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...

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...

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...

Learn How To Take Better Digital Photographs

Learn about digital cameras, and get the most out of the photographs that you take. Weekly published advice and information on the advantages of digital cameras, how to find the best camera and tips on how to improve your pictures.

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...

Digital Photograhy Lenses 

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...

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...

Nintendo Wii 

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 favorite games too » My Top Wii Gam...

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...

My Top Wii Games

The Nintendo Wii is a one of the best family oriented consoles. It's unique motion-sensing control system is intuitive, and easy to use, and it gets you up out of your chair and more active. Accessible by young and old alike, even the Queen of Englan...

Xbox 360 

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...

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...

Xbox 360 Mod Chip

As a serious gamer myself, I love to see games before they hit our shores here in North America. But more than that, I am always looking for the hottest and most unique games I can get my hands on. Unfortunately, many of those games just don't come t...

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.

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 

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.

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...

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IcemanBaldy Outstanding lens. Thanks for the twitter comment! Five stars. Posted July 23, 2008

Stazjia You are one of my all time favourite lens masters and I have bookmarked several of your lenses which have helped me a lot with my own lenses - thanks very much. 5* lens master. Posted July 23, 2008

TrishH I am new to lens building and thank you for your great info. Thanks Posted July 17, 2008

vickiec I'm new to Squidoo so this information is invaluable to me. I'm working my way through them and learning a lot. Thanks! Posted July 10, 2008

Kate1978 As a new Squid, I'm working my way through this lens, a great help, thanks. Posted July 03, 2008

poddys A very nice lensography. I love the Canon cameras too - had an A620 now an A630. Great utilities, they have saved me a lot of time. 5***** Posted July 01, 2008

jenms Love your work - Squidutils, Squidaholic, etc. Kudos! Posted June 29, 2008

kiwisoutback Your lenses have helped me out quite a bit! Lensrolled onto my lensography. Nice work on all of these! Posted June 24, 2008

Starving_Artist a lot of great information...good luck Posted May 24, 2008

The_Health_Lady Nice update to your lens! Glad I'm following your tweets Posted May 23, 2008

GoodAdvice Great Lens you got here. I only started yesterday. Thanks for your reply on twitter. Posted May 13, 2008

CherylK Very creative. Seems like there is no end to your talents but that's no surprise! Posted May 06, 2008

funwithtrains Thanks for all of the great info -- 5 stars! Posted April 30, 2008

Paroshep Thanks for the Twitter Follow. It prompted me to find all your helpful stuff. I look forward to learning a small bit of it. Cheers, Posted April 28, 2008

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