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Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Doppelganger Warfare

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Doppelganger. It's an interesting word.

One one hand, it sounds like a super villain who is worthy of a throne.
On the other hand, it also sounds like the thing you create when you 'sit on the throne'.

Like poop. There. I said it. Haters gonna hate.

But despite my quite reasonable assumptions, as I'm sure you are aware, it means something quite different. The term for a similiar looking person is called your 'Poop.'

So sorry. 'Doppelganger.' I totally meant to type Doppelganger.
It's so hard to shake away the thought of poop when it's on your mind.

That sure isn't going to help. Boy, am I getting wildly off-track.

I've had some pretty interesting Doppelgangers put forward to me over the years.
Let me tell you about them.

1. German Shepherd x Lab - Whangarei SPCA

Over at www.doggelganger.co.nz they think this dog and I have a 62% match.
If I lived in New Zealand, I could adopt the little fella. Unfortunately the little 'fella' is a female puppy called Kim.

We're not off to a strong start.

2. Dan Humphrey - Gossip Girl

My friend Sasha rated me a 70% match to Dan.

At first I didn't agree at all. I thought it looked nothing like me. The hair was all wrong, and I would never wear those clothes out in public. My first ever real person Doppelganger, and I couldn't disagree more!

And then I realised she was talking about the guy on the right.

3. Jimmy Giggle - Giggle and Hoot (ABC Children TV Show)

My good (albeit, Canadian) friend Bec showed me this guy the other week. She is quite adamant about it. Her Canadian enthusiasm is so strong that I'm almost convinced I am actually him, hosting a children's TV show with a stuffed owl.

I have a pet inflatable penguin called Horris, so I figure I've pretty much got the gig.

4. Hugh Jackman - Australian God

This one wasn't surprising at all. I get it all the time.

Who's your Doppelganger?

A Brief Note About the Ads

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Since I started Cow Texas, advertisements were something I chose to avoid.
Often on websites they're intrusive, irrelevant, and just plain annoying.

However as Google and Facebook continue to prove, relevant ads can sometimes be of benefit for both the website owner and the viewer.

At the moment I am trialing a few different advertisement avenues.
One provides the possibility of a (small) revenue on a 'per click' basis. One provides free marketing for new visitors in exchange for clicks, and the third is a combination of the two. I've been careful not to choose 'spammy' ad suppliers, but ones that may possibly show interesting ads for your viewing pleasure. For instance, there are some links to high quality webcomics at the bottom of each page. So if you see something you like, give the little guy a click - everybody wins! I'm hoping that by being transparent about the whole process, you awesome readers will be more understanding about the whole thing.

I've tried to blend them into the site in the most unobtrusive ways possible. And after a few months i'll analyse the results and see what works and what doesn't. If you read this sometime in the future, this might have all changed. Moral of the story - I love spending my free time working on these Hump Day posts, and if displaying unobtrusive ads helps me do this more i'm all for it, and I hope you are too.

In the meantime, I've just realised this is the most serious post I've ever written.
This is obviously unacceptable. Hopefully the following picture helps.
(I made it for a CT fan earlier this week.)