Anything and everything vaguely internet related. Blogging, industry, social media: if you can find it online, I've talked about it in here.
Those of you doing their Christmas shopping online might be interested to know that Amazon are offering a free month trial of their Prime delivery thingy. I got £8 delivery for nothing today. (Just remember to cancel it before they charge your card next month!)
I don’t know if you will have all heard (given that most of my readers are hailing from the USA) but the UK government has reduced VAT — the tax we pay on many goods and services — from 17.5% to 15% effective as of Monday 1st December. While this is barely going to scrape… read full entry »
T’would be most appreciated if those of you with digg accounts could take the time to help me publicise the launch of rev.iew.me :)
rev.iew.me – THE website reviewing community opened it’s doors to the initial beta testers 2 weeks ago today, and here we are having amassed 329 users with 2009 points; 740 reviews on 87 sites totalling some 294,715 words; and over 10,000 page views so far today. If you’re interested, have some stats in all their… read full entry »
This is a rough 30-second guide, code is short & sweet, and I’ve not run the mod past Jenny… but, I’m not one to refuse a request when it’s simple to implement. In your fanupdate folder (or the root of your website if that’s where you’ve got it installed), open the class folder, and find… read full entry »
There was a thread from a lame-o myspace forum that popped up in the rev.iew.me referrals (nearly 300 members now btw). Apparently, we all suck because one or two of us like Diane’s layout (that big one I linked the other day). Apparently, only plain layouts are trendy in our world and it’s all because… read full entry »
182 users and counting, and that’s despite ys.nu stealing some of my ideas… (yes, I’ll probably be talking about this for weeks)
Newsflash: knowing how to do implement PHP include() doesn’t mean you “know” PHP, sorry and all that. Yes indeed, I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but this cool “layout technique” you’ve learned isn’t a layout technique at all. It has nothing to do with layouts. In fact, PHP and design are two… read full entry »
My user account has been removed from yoursite.nu. I think Frank is scared of a little competition, you guys…
I don’t normally like to post about the same thing twice in a row, but I wanted to post a very quick update before I go have lunch with my family (Dad’s over, woot!) rev.iew.me hit 100 users last night; 105 in total as I type this. There are 138 reviews in the database and… read full entry »