Lets have a look at just a couple of the many factors which affect the winter weather snow fall in the UK. The weather patterns around the Globe are driven by the biggest storage heaters, the oceans. You may have heard of the El Nino or La Nina, which is the heating or cooling of the Pacific ocean. Changes in the oceans have a huge affect one what happens around the globe. Currently the temperature anomaly in the pacific is negative which means its cooler than average, so this means its currently a La Nina phase which usually means a cooler weather phase for the UK/ Western Europe. …continue reading Winter Weather Prediction Forecast 2011-2012
Winter Weather Prediction Forecast 2011-2012
According to some long range winter forecast, there is snow forecast in October in the UK when and where exactly isn’t sure (I started writing this a few weeks ago, and the snow has fallen on the hills already, down to 800m ASL here on Goatfell, on the Isle of Arran). There have been some [...]
Predictions and Forecast for Summer 2011 UK
Summer weather predictions are very popular at this time of year when people begin to get out and about more soaking up the sun. People like to know what’s in store so they can plan holidays, activites and sports training to get the most out their summer. The Met Office has stopped issuing long range [...]
Super Moon causing Earthquakes?
Super Moons don’t happen often, but when they do, there is a lot of hype about them causing extreme weather or natural disasters such as earthquakes or tsunamis. The timing of this supermoon, so soon after the biggest recorded earth quake to hit Japan has got people talking. Are the two natural phenomenon connected? If [...]
Why did UK grind to a halt in the snow?
What happened? Well bang on the peak time of rush hour on monday morning the snow came. It was big fluffy flakes to start with and quickly turned into a blizzard, then the traffic stopped. As I was sat there I could see the snow building up on the hard shoulder! All within about 5 [...]
Etihad Cadet Pilot Program 2010
In September Etihad started accepting applications for the Etihad Cadet Pilot Program 2010. I don’t think the application page was up for very long, maybe only nine or ten days, but it was enough for me to get my cadet pilot application in. This will be my last shot at the Etihad program since they [...]
Winter Weather Prediction Forecast 2011-2012
December 2nd, 2011 
Fajja
According to some long range winter forecast, there is snow forecast in October in the UK when and where exactly isn’t sure (I started writing this a few weeks ago, and the snow has fallen on the hills already, down to 800m ASL here on Goatfell, on the Isle of Arran). There have been some snowfall in Aviemore during a hurricane tail end that hit the UK. In meteorological terms winter doesn’t start until December (to the end of February). After the last two or three years harsh winter weather in the UK people want to know earlier and earlier what the winter snowfall will be this year. Quite right too, when temperatures drop to below -20C then you have to be prepared for all eventualities, you do not want to get stuck out in your car with no food or drink or warm clothes for example.
Adsense Placement to Improve CTR
October 23rd, 2011 Fajja
Everyone knows that adverts should be placed above the fold for maximum click through rate…but where above the fold!? People tend to blank big bright flashy advert spaces and just concentrate on the content. I haven’t changed much in the site for a month or so, I ‘ve been letting it “settle” to see what gets clicks and where.
The conclusion, the side bar adverts will be changed to affiliate links, and the Adsense banners will be placed in the post, in a convenient location so that it doesnt upset the reader. nothing more than annoying than adverts getting in the way when your trying to read an article!
People often ask me what this site does… the answer? Well, it makes me money. I agree it doesn’t have a clear set purpose but it does provide information. Information and hopefully entertainment in the form of photos and things like that. Recently, the weather station has been added to this site. So it adds quite a scientific edge to the site as the data is all gathered on-site here, and uploaded to the interweb so that others can view climate details of Arran.
Hopefully will get around to changing the adsense position in the next few days to improve the CTR which at the moment is very very low! Reader ship is improving as the dreaded bounce rate is decreasing. So all in all, things are looking up for the future of fajja.co.uk.
Blackberry or HTC
August 23rd, 2011 Fajja
Mobile Upgrade – Blackberry or HTC
Its coming up the end of my first ever phone contract, with Vodafone UK. I had a blackberry 8900 Curve for a 24 month contract. Via Vodafone’s internet site I’m now eligible for an early upgrade, or if I wait until 3rd November, I can get a normal upgrade, Basically by upgrading early you still have to pay some of your remaining contract as well as your new one or to pay for a new handset, doing it this way may work out more expensive, but it might not. There are a lot of mobile companies to choose from!
With the mobile contract upgrade, I can choose a new handset. I loved my Blackberry, but the apps are really not advancing as much as I thought(wished) they would. For example, as a web developer, theres not a lot of apps for remote site management and online advertising management. Things like a blackberry app for Adsense, to show your dashboard or impressions and earnings would have been nice. There has been some chat about them, but if they do exist they aren’t free, whereas over on Android, theres pages and pages to choose from!
Google +1
August 3rd, 2011 Fajja
Just a quick post to say that I’ve added the Google Plus 1 button. Took a bit of jiggery pokery since the +1 button wouldnt render in Firefox for some reason, but here was my solution that I found amongst a host of sites, haven’t got the url at hand to link back to though 
#___plusone_0 iframe {
position:static !important;
}
Had to pop that code above into my .css file to make the google plus1 button show. Hope this helps! And If you liked this then +1 it 
