The Random Rambler

Ihlara Valley, Uchisar Castle and Derinkuyu Underground City

// June 13th, 2009 // Comments // Travel

Our last day in Cappadocia was ambitious, to say the least. The plan was to visit the Ihlara Valley, Uchisar and the Derinkuyu underground city (a good 350 km round trip) through the day and make it back in time for our flight back to Istanbul, departing from Kayseri, at 7:00pm… who doesn’t like challenge huh? Wolfing down our breakfast, we picked up a brilliant road map from Read more

List of Google Adsense spam ads

// May 27th, 2009 // Comments // Media Miscue

If you’ve got a Middle East based website/blog/etc and use Google Adsense you may have noticed an increase in the number of spam/matchmaking/asian dating/arab dating/escort banners appearing on your site… probably not the first thing you want clients to see on your website.

It’s pretty easy to block these adverts, simply log on to your Google AdSense account, click on the AdSense Setup tab, select Competitive Ad Filter and paste in the URLs you’d like to block. Simple right? Not really… these websites have gotten smarter and have bought a number of domains (with minor variations in the domain name) so for every site you block a new one pops up the very next week. Read more

Whats up doc?

// May 21st, 2009 // Comments // Friday Faux Pas

Spotted at Dragon Mall – Doc Hardman’s Erectile Stabilizing Vacuum Kit… you can’t make this up folks. Read more

Goreme Valley, Cappadocia

// May 2nd, 2009 // Comments // Travel

Göreme Valley is home to some of Cappadocia’s biggest draws from cave hotels and fairy chimneys to ufo sightings and the open air museum. The valley also serves as an ideal base camp if you plan on visiting neighbouring areas. Read more

Cappadocia, Turkey

// April 24th, 2009 // Comments // Travel

I’ll admit it, I have a love affair with Turkey. There were three short moments, one summer and two winters, each more exotic than the next… but in the end we both knew we had to go our separate ways. Maybe it was the history, maybe it was the culture or maybe it’s because Turkey was my very first… whatever the reason though I have a feeling we haven’t seen the last of each other. Read more

Customer Vice

// April 22nd, 2009 // Comments // Friday Faux Pas

Dubai Outlet Mall rebrands their customer service kiosks to something a little more… direct. Read more