SCANNERS NIGHT

Or domains for that matter. If you’re a scanner and you haven’t discovered the joy of throwing together a website or blog for your new latest passion, it’s time to have a go.

My webhost 1and1 are celebrating 20 years in the biz by giving free hosting for a year, which is nice.

Go for the Home package and pay nowt for a year. Terms and conditions apply, no doubt.

I thoroughly recommend them because:

• They’re the world’s biggest web host and ultra reliable
• You can have loads of domains on one cheapie account (I have 53)
• You get a free blog
• You can use a free push-button website builder to make your website
• You get a free (basic) newsletter tool
• You can have loads of email addresses (if you’re one of those people still running your business off your ISP’s email address or even worse, a hotmail address, this is reason alone to sign up).
• The control panel is pretty easy to use
• Other cool stuff including some sort of “Easy Shop”

Click the banner below to find out more.

If you already have a main website, there’s no reason not to get a domain for your latest side project and point it at a blog or simple website. Have a fish for domains below:

Squidoo is a place you can share your expertise on a topic with the rest of the world. It’s a cross between Wikipedia and a blog and it’s perfect for Scanners. Write a “lens” on your latest passion and then you can link to your own website to create traffic.

Scanners Night regular Rosemary has written a lens on “Earning money when you have a Scanner personality”. Have a read.

Squidoo was created by marketing brainiac Seth Godin. If you’re feeling entrepreneurial, have a read of his blog. I love it.

I discovered this diagram on Wikipedia and found it fascinating. As a scanner, there’s something very satisfying for me to be able to quickly understand something that’s been foggy for a long time.

This diagram explains the relationship between terms like England, Great Britain, UK, and British Isles.

Did you know that the Isle of Man is outside the UK? Or that the Republic of Ireland is in the British Isles but not the British Islands? Am I the only person to care? Leave a comment and let me know!

Where I’ve Been In The World

This application is fun if a little broad brush-stroke outside of the US (e.g. going to Bali for a week paints the whole of Indonesia blue).

Suddenly I feel very under-travelled.