Domain Name Scammer BEATEN!

I own www.pippadoll.net and pippadoll.co.uk, both domains point to the same place, makes it easier if people mistype the url.

I week or so ago I got an unsolicited email from a company offering to sell me www.pippadoll.com for $997. I obviously laughed a lot but for the sake of vanity did want to buy it. I spoke to my friend who dabbles in domains a bit and took on board his suggestion of making a ridiculously low offer.

I sat on the idea for a while and then I get another email from another company offering me pippadoll.com for $99. It was still more than I could sensibly afford, especially as the $=£ rate is so poor.

I decided to Google the name of the 2nd company to see if they had any Bad Press and I found this Blog Post

Ooh, I wonder if I can buy pippadoll.com from Fasthosts....

Yes I can, and only £9 too! So, it seems that neither of the companies who approached me had actually registered it, they were just trying to get as much cashola as possible for acting as an Agent. The joys of a Google search!

and the WINNER is...

Today several Pippa Pals came to my place to assist in drawing the winning ticket in my Pink Pippa Prize Draw.

I'm really pleased to have raised £450!

Mandy and Emma checked that all the tickets had been properly printed.

Can you see your name?









to see the winner PRESS PLAY!

Thank you EVERYONE who supported my Pink fund-raising this year!

Convention Tension

Tension is building in anticipation of our 2009 Pippa Convention in Farnborough this spring. People are chomping at the bit, wanting to sign up. I think we will have another Full House, a waiting list and maybe some 'tears before bedtime' from those who don't act promptly to reserve a place.


The sign-up invites will be going out very soon: the website is 90% finished, Chris has been helping me test it today, I have one little niggle to fix and then check all navigation and then it's done, Hurray! (Clever people might be able to find it and take a peek...)

My only other issue is that the Hotel Contact has stopped answering my emails, today I sent an actual letter, you know the sort with a STAMP on it - how very 20th Century!

I have another Follower! But, I need more, I might run out of steam if I think no one is looking, please click the Following link if you want to see my next post :-)

*BPL!

* = Big Pippa Love

Bipolar?

Sometimes I wonder if I might be just a little bit Bipolar. I find myself lurching from a complete 'cant-be-assed-I'm-just-watching-my-life-slip-by' attitude to being totally taken over and obsessed by some 'project' or other.

In the last few days I have:
~ Set up a new Pippa e-Newsletter.
~ Learnt how to make web tutorials using desktop recording software.
~ Discovered how to convert video_ts files into avi's.
~ Worked out to edit, clip and add audio to my Videos.
~ Figure out how to embed a music player into a webpage.
~ Updated a lot of pippadoll.net.
~ Sent out 'begging emails' for my Pink Pippa fund-raising effort.

Some of these things have been on the back burner for over 12 months, but recently I have found a passion for them!

I was particularly pleased to be able to put this video together, I've tried to do this sort of editing before and failed. Feeling rather pleased, but obviously I need a proper video camera now!

Good news arrived today: the date for the 2009 Dawn convention in Denver was announced and whoop, whoop I can be there! I've never been to the Rockies, I'm really excited to be able to add another State to my fridge magnet map of the USA.

Will you follow me? I just added the Following feature (top right) and I need followers to keep me motivated

Happy New Year Pippa Pals!

I'm Back!

Weh hey, I found my Blog! I got distracted for a while (2 years!), then I couldn't find my Blog, I really thought it had been deleted. However, now I am reunited and hope to post some Pippa Ramblings every now and again.

I've had a nice Christmas but today I was glad to be teaching aquafit and the chance to try and burn off a few calories. I feel like I am wearing most of my Christmas gifts around my middle!

I've had some lovely Pippa gifts. I took part in the annual Pippa Parcels, a gift exchange for members of the Yahoo Pippa Club I got a FAB doll from Peg and a lovely Janet Caudle Gown from Melanie. Take a look and see who got what.

Today I got another Pippa Parcel from Toxicfroggy Jeni. She sent me a wonderful Manga style doll. I'm not allowed to show you the dress, its Top Secret, part of Jeni's next collection.tee hee! However I can show off the socks and shoes - aren't they FAB? Be sure to sign up for 1st-to-know emails from Jeni, her collections always sell out FAST.

I've been tinkering with this page. I actually started doing a makeover on it over 12 months ago, adding 200px logos to represent each of the Pippa websites I link to. For whatever reason I ran out of steam and never uploaded the page. Well, its up now, its not complete, lots of broken bits, but I am determined to finish it off. I welcome your feedback on broken links and suggestions of Pippa (not Dawn, sorry) pages I should add.

With that in mind I am off to fix at least 3 bust links before I get tempted by the idea of Starbucks and the Trafford centre...

Merry Christmas Pippa Pals!