You know it’s funny, I was contemplating taking part in the NaBloPoMo again this year, and yet here I am barely able to update once a week, let alone once a frickin’ day! It’s not necessarily for any set reason; work has slowed down a little — at least enough for my keyboard to stop… read full entry »

I have just finished reading an article on Coding Horror about free software: We Don’t Use Software That Costs Money Here. Although the post itself is interesting and raises questions about what makes software worth paying for and why a person would use sub-standard free software, it was more a trend in the comments that… read full entry »

I’ve noticed something recently, and it’s started to really bug me: more and more people are removing the date/time from comments on their entries. It doesn’t sound like a major offence, and up until the past few weeks it didn’t even cross my mind as a “blogging faux pas”, but I can see now why… read full entry »

Every year I hear about The Bloggies, but it’s usually about 3 months after the awards have been given out. Who’d have thought someone so “up” on the blog scene could miss such an important event? (Who am I kidding, I know more about rocket science than I do about popular bloggers!) Thanks to Rhys… read full entry »

Now that the blog posting month thingy is over, I’ve noticed a few people criticising the process because “it’s not that big a deal”, or “it promotes shitty blogging”. While I don’t disagree with either (I’ll be the first to admit my own dodgy entries) I have to protest: I did do it for a… read full entry »

This month, Google has finally given word on the recent controversy regarding the dropping of PageRank amongst those who sell links. As well as an update on the official Google blog, Matt Cutts (that guy who works for Google) has composed an interesting and informative post on the subject (Selling links that pass pagerank.) To… read full entry »

Yes, I did it. It’s November 30th and I have posted every single day. I am so proud of myself, which is kind of stupid because it’s only a blog for crying out loud. :S Nonetheless, I am glad that I did it, It’s taught me a thing or two. Firstly, before I review “behind… read full entry »

So, okay, I already exceeded my own expectations and this is the 5th day in a row that I’ve managed to post for NaBloPoMo. One might assume that I would take this as a lesson against cynicism but that would be far too sensible. Instead, I’ll just create another lame ‘bet’ (Nov 9th) in an… read full entry »

I’ve decided to ‘unofficially’ take part in NaBloPoMo. When I say unofficially, I mean I don’t intend to sign up to the site or any special communities. This is for two reasons: 1) because that sort of social-networking and distraction is unwanted contact with other people (I know, I’m an antisocial twat) and 2) because… read full entry »

Rhys posted today about the things that he’s yet to achieve as a blogger, which in turn got me thinking about the things I have achieved as a blogger slash site owner slash developer (why the hell am I typing out “slash”?!) Although getting free t-shirts and reaching a global audience of thousands is pretty… read full entry »