Nov 10
A while ago, I remember getting a vague sense of misplaced pride when my popular but largely uninteresting website LazyWebTools was blocked by WebSense in work. It felt like it had arrived, been recognised by the world. But now some bandits are trying to grab traffic by spamming it on their dodgy sites. Now, I know how much traffic the site gets and there isn’t...
Read MoreNov 08
I‘ve spent some idle time recently tinkering with various Web 2.0 sites like Facebook, Twitter etc. As my reader may have noticed, my Facebook status is now driven from Twitter and it all ends up here on this blog. In addion, if I make a prediction on HubDub, it becomes a Tweet and goes to Facebook, Twitter and this blog. So, I’m going to call that a...
Read MoreNov 07
As my reader will be aware, whether at home or on the move, I almost always listen to music using random/shuffle mode. I have oft to referred to this herein as the ‘randomiser’. It’s just a natural extension of the mix-tape : that changes each time you put it on. But this has some drawbacks. I’m going to ignore discussions of how actually...
Read MoreNov 04
I would like to take a few moments to suggest you check out the most excellent NewsBiscuit book, Isle of Wight To Get Ceefax. If you’re not familiar with NewsBiscuit it is a UK focused satirical website (much in the style The Onion). This book contains the best from the site and is a perfect gift for Xmas in that coffee table book style. The book itself is...
Read MoreNov 03
Two steps forward, three steps back. I’d made some progress on TerraExitus. Not much, but enough to give me a feel for where I was going. And there’s the problem. I passed a few chunks by Stuart and we both arrived at a pretty similar conclusion. It was a bit too hard to read. I know what I was trying to do, but Stuart put it best: “I still wonder...
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