Well October is officially here and I’ve been waiting to get this article out to all the fine gentlemen who appreciate Halloween for the right reasons. My hat goes off to all the women of the world who make it their duty to dress in all sorts of sexy costumes, god bless you all! Since just about every good Halloween party gets caught on film I’ve managed to hunt down(I know I’m a perv) 30 of the hottest Halloween costumes I’ve ever seen. As you’ll be able to see from the pictures, some of the girls manage to pull of wearing underwear as a costume which I’ll let slide, but only just this once.

You’ll always find a mix of the usual slutty costumes like the bad cop, schoolgirls and angels which never seem to get old. I imagine that’s due to the fresh batch of hot college girls every year that are up and comers. I look forward to Halloween this year because I know that their will be thousands of new pictures I can bring you guys next year! Now…on with the show!

After you’ve acquired the leather couch, big screen TV, the cappuccino furniture and numerous stylish pieces of fine art there is only one thing left to buy; a love making rug. If you are a real man, you’ve already ripped up the carpeting in your house and replaced it with ultra manly hardwood flooring, so a love making rug is a must unless you plan on wearing knee pads during your copulation sessions. You could hit Ikea and buy yourself a run of the mill area rug that does nothing but tell the world how boring you are in the sack, or you could turn to the Internet to find yourself the real live fur of an animal to spruce your place up.

Nothing spells man quite like the fur of a dead animal resting peacefully in front of your fireplace. Light a few candles, put on some slow music, dim the lights and break out the strawberries with champagne; provided you have a real live female at your place love making will ensue.

Arctic White Wolf Rug

While I’m sure it is the dream of every Native American girl to make love on the back of a beautiful Arctic White Wolf, it is fairly unlikely that two American people would be able to fit on top of this furry K9 unless the two of you were as skinny as Victoria Beckham. If you are skinny enough to fit on a wolf skin and your typical love making sessions are more like playing a game of knuckles with your pelvis, then this rug just might be for you.

Zebra Skin Rug

While I’m not sure of the comfort factor that would go alongside humping on the fur of a bristly zebra I will admit that it would definitely be some thing to put on your long list of accomplishments. With a price tag over $2000, a Zebra Skin rug might just be a rental rug.

Elmo Rug

I’ve heard that Elmo’s are an endangered species, so getting your hands on an authentic Elmo skin rug might cost you a small fortune. Rest assured that Elmo fur is the softest fur of any animal walking this planet and that any love making sessions on such a rug will never be forgotten by either party. If you or your partner has a Sesame Street fetish, you better believe you will set the night on fire with this piece of floor art.

Sheepskin rugs

While Sheepskin rugs might not be the most expensive or the most ‘Manliest’ per say, they probably provide the most comfort for both parties. What is nice about sheepskin rugs is that the fur is extremely soft and has very good air circulation, so you don’t wind up turning your rug into a sweaty mess after a two hour long copulation session. Ideally, you should have an octo Sheepksin rug in front of your fireplace to make up for the fact that you bought the cheaper rug.

Grizzly Bear Rug

While a Grizzly Bear rug is a beautiful addition to any love making moments, it doesn’t usually provide any contrast if you setup your man cave correctly. Most man caves will consist of a dark hardwood and the Grizzly bear rug has a tendency to kind of blend in. While most people will say a Grizzly Bear rug is the poor man’s version of the Polar Bear rug, I have to give it one major benefit…. Stains. The dark colored fur of the Grizzley bear covers up messes that occur dung your late night activities.

Polar Bear Rug

One of the manliest rugs one can own is that of a Polar Bear. Authentic Polar Bear rugs start at prices close to the $8000 mark, but chalk it up as a love making investment. If you play your cards right with this 7 foot plus beast rug, you will have made that investment back in a matter of months.

So there you have it, the six top rugs to make sweet sweet love on. If you are married, save your money for something else, because chances are you aren’t getting it any more anyways. One word of advice though, before bringing any ladies back to your house for extracurricular actives, make sure they aren’t PETA members.

It is not too often you run into a girl who can teach you a thing or two about driving.  I hate to stereotype, but girls generally aren’t that into driving fast or pulling G’s on corners.  While there aren’t many females who actively participatge in auto sports, these chicks are not only extremely talented, but they would probably make you take a second look if you saw them walking down the street.  I’ve always wondered though, girls like this always seem to get away with speeding tickets, do you think they get any breaks on their auto insurance quotes?

Melanie Troxel
Melanie Troxel is a drag racer born August 31, 1971. She began her professional racing career in 1997 racing in a Top Alcohol Dragster. In 2008 she switched from the Top Fuel class to Funny Cars.  She became the first female to ever record a win in both classes.

Annette Blenkarn
Annette Blenkarn made her professional debut in 2004 at the Mendards Infiniti Pro Series. While she is still maintains a regular job, Annette’s goal is to make racing cars her full time job.

Catharina Felser
Catharina Felser was born October 2nd 1982 in Siegburg, Germany.  Felser competes in a number of different types of auto sports while simultaneously attending law school.  Hopefully after graduating law school she’ll be able to fight off all those speeding tickets!

Leilani Munter
Leilani Munter was born Feb 18, 1976 and has been in the public eye since popping onto the racing scene at the Texas Motor Speedway in 2004. In 2007 Leilani received the opportunity to race in the Indy Pro Series where she impressed the world placing fifth.  Leilani is very aggressive promoting wild life and eco friendly activities and purchases an acre of rain forest for every race she competes in.

Katherine Legge
Katherine Legge, born December 7, 1980 is a British race car driver who has competed in numerous different classes. She has seen success in both Karting circuits as well as Open Wheel circuits.

Ashley Force
Ashley Force, formerly a high school cheerleader is one of the most dominant female drivers in NHRA Funny car history.  Her rise to fame came in 2007 when she earned the NHRA Rookie of the year award.

Madalena Antas
I can’t quite pinpoint exactly what circuits Ms Antas competes in, I just know I wish I was there with her.  She races in some sort of off road circuit racing 300+ horse power trucks.  More than enough to make me fall in love.

Angel Sampey
Angel Sampey was born August 7, 1970 in New Orleans, Louisiana.  She doesn’t race cars but better yet, motorcycles. To make things even more impressive she has won the NHRA Pro Stock Motorcycle championship three times.  She is one of the few women in history to win a major motorsports championship title.

Milka Duno
Milka Duno is a Venezuelan beauty that currently resides in Miami, Florida. Not only is she one of the most successful female sports car drivers of all time, she is also unbelievably well educated. She hols four master’s degrees, in Naval Architecture, Organizational Development, Fishing and Agriculture and Maritime business.  This woman has brains, beauty and athletic talent.

Danica Patrick
If you are any sort of fan of anything car related, chances are you’ve heard of Danica Patrick.  I would have placed her lower on the list, but the fact of the matter is she is the hottest chick in racing hands down.

If for some reason you have yet to hear of her, here is a little bio. Danica Sue Patrick was born on March 25th 1981 and was raised in Roscoe, Illinoise.  In 2005 Patrick took on her Rookie season in both the Indianapolis 500 as well as the Indycar Series and took Rookie of the year in both.  In 2008, Patrick became the first female to win an Indy Car race winning the Indy Japan 300.

I’ve tossed a few extra bonus pictures of Danica to really show off her beauty.. enjoy!

Recent news indicates that Digg will be giving the axe to the ‘Shout’ feature, commonly used and abused by many Diggers around the world, and apparently it will be replaced by Tweets, and sharing via Facebook Connect.

This is still sort of an unknown change, not many people fully grasp the concept (especially me). I am all for change, but my gripes with it are that I don’t have ANYONE on Facebook from Social Media websites for obvious personal reasons, but promoting on Twitter has usually never been too much of a problem. Although, it isn’t always effective. Out of 260~ followers, I’d say that maybe at the most I can get 10 to Digg, and this is by also having a friend retweet.

Are you guys worried about the changes to the “share” feature of Digg?

Recently, Mixx has introduced a brilliant way to introduce online banner advertisements to the web-savvy, no-click generation.

The Sifter is their latest and greatest feature - allowing participants to earn 100 extra Karma points and a wicked bonus prize to the weekly winner of the Sifter, usually $25 gift cards to retail stores and iTunes.

Why it’s Smart to Sift

I applaud Mixx’s effort to build a revenue stream in the ever-failing social media advertising world, this is really genius.

Typically, web savvy folk do not even bat an eyelash towards a banner ad. This is why Digg is struggling to make ends meet - they get a variety of users, ranging from my grandmother, to a power user and web masters, but I know better than to click on an advertisement. It’s irrelevant to me, and probably 82% of the Digg community. Since Mixx isn’t amazing for driving traffic to sites, but that’s ok - their Alexa ranking speaks for itself. They get traffic most sites are envious of. However that traffic doesn’t necessarily translate into traffic for promoted content. Most recently, the sifter’s creatives were for the movie Terminator 4.

Social and Viral media have such great mainstream influences, it is in the best interest of new media producers to invest an advertising budget in the online game. Because when it comes to geeky or nostalgic news, those of us that care, REALLY care.

Swine flu comes from pigs! (not).

Remember folks, this is like SARS! (Avian Influenza). Is that still around? Loosen up, relax, and forget about it.

Check out more pig kissers [via ThisPiggy]

So, without further adieu, I give you 10 incredible personalities you can find only on the internet.

1. The Martial Arts Master

Typically found on fitness/martial arts forums, these fellows are seemingly normal - until they tell you how they recently built a linux distro using 14 katanas and a brick. You don’t want to anger these people, they always have a healthy stock of Air Miles to fly directly to your house.

2. The “Where Did You Find That!?” Treasure Keeper

I’ve seen some cool, and truly unique things in my day. Some people are natural born treasure hunters. eBay has brought an entire generation together, targetting the needs and desires of the absolutely insane. Getting a Burger King mask for halloween does not qualify - but maybe an Officer McCheese head does.

3. The Walking 90’s Cliche

This is usually what happens when either you: A) Get your clothes on eBay, or B) Watch too many movies from the 90’s. Usually found on sites like Fark and Ebaumsworld, their main mission in life is to represent everything that you see too much of in the media of last century.

4. The Otaku (or, Obsessed with Japanese Pop Culture)

Ugh. There’s nothing that really makes me break out into a cold sweat more than when I see a 1996 Honda Civic covered in glossy Hello Kitty paint and decals. What the frick. The driver is white? WHAT? These folk can be found (in real life) at your nearest Anime/Manga stores, perusing the aisles, or telling you how much Dragon Ball Z is the shame of the Anime world.How many Domo-Kun fuzzy dice things do you need on your rear-view mirror, anyway?

5. Crazy Cat People

There’s a difference between owning a cat, and being owned by your cat. Cat people are seemingly mind controlled by their feline companions. Spending $3,000 on a cat condo means you are owned by your cat. A cat doesn’t need a condo. You need a condo. Or something. A hobby? PS - I love cats, I just don’t see why you gotta own six.

6. Extreme Hobbyists

I’ve had the pleasures of seeing videos of: people with balloon fetishes, and investing a couple thousand dollars in balloons, balloon machines, and other inflatables. Usually found in the most narrow niches of the internet, kind of like if the internet were a pair of jeans - these people would be in the coin pocket I suppose.

7. MySpace Musicians

Have you ever been to a party and noticed a few oddly assembled hipsters leering over a computer, then suddenly the lively music dies, and within seconds you’re hearing the most inaudible, experimentally terrible music in the world? Well, that’s MySpace music for you. Anyone and everyone shamelessly promote their awful garage bands via the intertubes. MySpace has ruined so much of the sanctity of the internet already, we don’t need to hear your latest ‘demo’ at a social gathering, let alone through a pair of headphones.

8. Narcissistic Bloggers

Hot blogspot domain? Check.
Cool photos of some sticks you took in your backyard? Check.
Hours to waste writing about how you know how 9/11 was an inside job? Check.

9. Artists With No Shame

Alright, this may be a bit touchy, but taking syringes full of blood and painting a picture of murder does not appeal to me. Commonly found on DeviantArt, some of these folks simply have no shame when it comes to drawing/painting without disgression. (Have you ever seen some of these illustrations? People getting r@ped by centaurs? WTF?)

10. Anthromorphs, aka Furries

This is a common personality lately, and it’s frightening. Your next door neighbour could be a furry. Just sayin’.

Make sure you keep yourself aware of these people at all times, you never know when you’ll have the pleasure of meeting one of these fine folk.

Mixx is one of the most underestimated social media websites around right now. I’ve been at ‘Super-Mixxer’ status for a while now, and I’ve noticed some pretty sweet things about Mixx.

Mixx is essentially another Digg type site, with a light focus on niche groups. While you can find your niche by simply searching the groups, you can reap many benefits by using Mixx.

Some of the Juiciest Dofollow Links Come from Mixx - I’ve had no problems getting a brand new website indexed within Google, in around 16-24 hours. Just from submitting an article to Mixx. Now please don’t take this in the wrong way - spammers know of this, and are always abusing the system. Since it’s a very new social media site, being just a year and a bit old, it hasn’t had the opportunity to experience Digg-like growth. User moderation is present, just not all the time. A lot of spam does sometimes slip through, but is corrected upon hitting the frong page. Please do not abuse the powers of the Mixx backlink!

Mixx Providing a Solid Backlink

Mixx is for Everybody - Startrek fansite owners, Baseball card collectors, and news hounds alike, can find their niche groups. Having a close-knit community involved in your specific fields of interest is a great way to see some quality traffic. People may find your posts about Star Trek so fascinating, they might even decide to leave a blog comment (nothing beats fresh content!).

It’s Easy to get Popular on Mixx - It takes approximately 30+ positive votes to get “on deck”, which eventually leads to the front page when it hits enough votes. If you submit a photo, it takes about 13-15 positive voters to become popular. Videos take about 15-20 votes to become popular.

Mixx has Some Cool Awards - Mixx rewards their users with neat little trophies which are displayed in their Mixx profile. Here is a list of the Mixx Awards, it’s worth checking out.

My Mixx Awards

If you want to follow me on Mixx, my profile is Pepelu12
Now of course, there is always some cons to go with the pros:

• Spam can easily slip through if not moderated
• A lot of Hollywood/Bollywood ‘celebrity photos’
• Not a ton of traffic comes from Mixx
• The design isn’t as fun or as usual as Digg

Mixx Traffic on Google Analytics

I hope you learned something here, Mixx is a great network that is always growing, and I encourage you to join!

After a brief stint of being a jerk with no ’social skills’ online, I decided to stop using Digg as a tool to submit spam. I created a new account as a sign of good faith, and added friends slowly, and surely. I got an AIM account. I activated my Google Talk account, and was prepared to serve my community.

Some things I learned along the way to achieving a brilliant social media network:

1. Do Everything in Your Power to be Contacted - People wanting to share their sites content cannot do it alone. They need anyone and everyone they can get their hands on to pass around their votes. Since sites like Digg, Reddit, StumbleUpon rely on a voting system to propel them through to the front page (and win all the trafficks), there is a lot of sharing involved. Be available on: Google Talk, AIM, MSN Messenger, Yahoo Messenger. Go through Digg to get people’s instant messenger (IM) handles. Introduce yourself as a fellow digger, etc. and let them know you’re interested in helping them get their votes up. If you do this from the start, you’ll gain a reputation. Don’t come on too strong from the start, because that will kill any respect you might want to hold in the future.

Example = TalSiach of Digg

2. Submit and Share Your Friend’s Stories - When you share stories from one of your friends websites, or one of their submissions even, you are proving that you are really there to be part of the community. You gain trust, and you might even score some sweet backlinks (there are literally hundreds of webmasters that thrive on Digg, backlinks are wicked).

3. Find a Proper Niche for Your Site - There are a TON of niche community sites like Digg, such as Tip’d (Financial) Hugg (Enviro-friendly) and many more. You’ll be able to find more people on those sites too, and it’s awesome to have a niche where you can get useful feedback on your posts.

4. Do not Spam with the Share Button - Limit yourself. A lot of people appreciate hearing from you once, maybe twice at most per day. Reciprocate on voting on anyone you share with, because a lot of people actually do check on your activity. Which leads to my next point.

5. Be Active - Active Diggers get noticed, even if you don’t submit popular stories. A vote count is probably the thing that most people look at when they go through fans. High vote counts, high comment counts. Avoid blind digging if you can - help your friends out, but vote on things that are truly important to you. People will notice your trends, and choose to befriend you based on your likes and dislikes, because they are often similar.

6. Use Twitter Hashtags to Find People - Use the #Digg #reddit #stumbleupon hashtags to find people that use them! They’re typically active social media folks, and they’re definitely worth a Follow.

Good luck in your conquest to build an excellent social network, I am glad that I eventually figured it out. I regulary chat with many new people, about life as well as voting on submissions!

I’ve been on Twitter for a year and a half or so, and it never ceases to amaze me how unsophisticated the majority of my new followers could be. During the course of my Twitter career, I’ve had the pleasures of following some of the greatest Social Media gurus, search engine optimization experts, and a ton of others in the web industry. Whatever community you belong to, there will always be moronic spammers that have no interest in anything except exploiting the community just to promote their garbage products.

Many new tweeters make the same mistakes, over and over again:

1. Useless Tweets - Telling me that you got up to get a glass of water at 10:45pm from txt, and then Sitting back down at your desk at 10:46 is absolutely unnecessary. Please do yourself a favor and spare us the small details of your life. Now, if on your way to get a glass of water, you happen to see a wildfire break out across the street, then by all means, Tweet about it. If your Twitter following has anyone in your local area, it could be important for them to know.

2. Default Profile Picture - This is a dead giveaway to let everyone you follow that you are brand-new-this-very-day, a spammer, or just a moron. It takes less than 45 seconds to upload a photo of yourself, and use the Twitter profile picture cropper to make a good snapshot.

3. Default Twitter Color Scheme - This is not as big of a deal as the profile picture, but if you want people to follow you, you better show that you are different than every other useless Tweeter out there. Use a solid color if you can’t get a good layout. Mix it up a bit!

4. Following to Followed Ratio - Ok, we know not to follow you because you are following 500 people, and only 9 following you. Oh, and your 3 updates which provide nothing substantial. Avoid it. Search for people you have something in common with at first. Converse with people using the @reply function. It’s not hard, you just have to think of the big picture.

5. Empty Bio - When you give no indication of who you are, where you are located, or even what you are interested in, you are disadvantaging yourself from the get-go. Take the minute-and-a-half it takes to complete your small biography.

6. A Link to Your MySpace/Facebook Profile - Congratulations, you’ve indicated that you’re in a popularity contest.

7. Your Updates are Completely, and Utterly Useless - You may think that everyone on earth is dumber than a bag of rocks, with the exception of you. Sorry to say, you’re very wrong. You cannot fool us twitter/internet/social media savvy folk with your affiliate link to the Acai Berry offer that you are so desperate to promote. I garuntee you will get no leads via Twitter by just spamming.

8. Every Tweet You Make is Loaded with Hashtags - Because you think you are oh-so-smart, you try to take advantage of Twitter’s Search function, but loading your moronic Tweets with #hashtags. It’s not only irritating to look at, but when you have more than two hashtags in a single Tweet, I am less inclined to accept you as a follower.

9. Flooding your Tweets - This is probably the most irritating thing to see. If you are using a Mac, with Twitteriffic, and Growl notifications, it’s infuriating to see a flood of your updates filling my screen. Your tweets are full of links, either to social media, or direct news sources, but CMON! Yes, it is important to share social media stuff on Twitter because it gets it promoted, but I feel like doing murder when you flood. Don’t be a flooder.

My hopes are to help those of you that have just recently joined the Twitter community, to become better at it, and to be less annoying. This should increase your followers slowly and steadily over time. As someone that does internet marketing Victoria, I can say Twitter is a great tool to know how to use well, to get the most out of your retweets.