The Great Glitch

The last day of June, 2010 will always be remembered as the Great Squidoo Lockout. A glitch galloped through the Squidoo system. Did it karoom into the Spam Filter? It started surreptitiously, an overnight stealth attack that left the engineers gasping. Slowly, and as if in a game of dominoes, the lensmasters went down one [...]

Australians and Americans

Found this interesting Article on the Difference between Australians and Americans at Convict Creations America versus Australia – Cultural Differences A couple of quotes : “Americans have a strong herd instinct which expresses itself in a desire to turn themselves into followers. Whereas Americans have the white sheep mindset, the Australian tends to have the [...]

Spelling

It’s a big question isn’t it? Which way do we spell? Should we over ride our spelling and use the American dictionary? I believe it shouldn’t matter. My spelling is the same as it always was and American readers have no trouble understanding what I say. However others say it’s best to write in a [...]

What happened?

One day we had a fabulous site with lots of Authors, lots of stories and lots of images. We had the latest lenses from Australia and New Zealand. Suddenly – we weren’t there. So you want to know what happened? Good Question. We had one corrupted file. That would have been no trouble but the [...]

Back again!

The Squids Downunder are back! After the turmoil of the last few weeks, we’re back on our feet. Stay tuned while we get the rest going