Jem's field notes

I almost feel like this entry should be extra special as it’s my 10th Pants Award, but as I’m too cold to surf I’m settling for mediocrity. FARK OATH . COM was mentioned to me because of Waks Ask & Answer. You know it by now, the terminally shite ask and answer script that I’m… read full entry »

It’s been around 14 years since my last eye test and after much “umm”ing and “ahh”ing, Karl and I decided it was probably about time I got off my lazy arse and went to the opticians. I figured that working and playing with computers for up to 14 hours a day probably hasn’t done them… read full entry »

Karl has formulated a truly British alternate HP ending for those of you disappointed by what the last book had to offer: It flooded, the wands were used to make a raft, all the wands shorted out in the water and opened a gateway into a hitherto unknown dimension, and they were all sucked in…. read full entry »

Based on the dip in my hits yesterday, I’m assuming at least 500 of you are Harry Potter fans?

Today has been one bloody disaster after another. It’s taking all my might not to use the “f” word, I tell ya. First, we were due a flat inspection this morning at 10:30 (because we live in a private “managed” property). We got up at 8:30 to give the place a bit of a tidy… read full entry »

I am probably the last person in the world to find out about this (a bit like Amber and my last post), but I was reading about some nifty Firefox shortcut tips today… open a new tab, type in just “jemjabella” in the address bar and press CTRL + Enter. See what it does?! OK,… read full entry »

I’ve added TCG Admin to my list of insecure scripts.

Squeak squeak: now that’s what I call a mouse! (Not suitable for children.)

I didn’t think I’d ever need to explain this because it seemed pretty obvious but a recent conversation at Snark proved otherwise… If you want to be listed in Google with your name (or any other word for that matter) you must include that name/word on your website. Search engines/spiders aren’t psychic and won’t be… read full entry »

On the 2nd of July (this year) a friend of mine received an e-mail from “Frozen Midnight, LLC” hosting. The e-mail contained threats of legal action and the involvement of local law enforcement because my friend’s account had apparently been caught breaking the Frozen Midnight terms of service. In a fluster, my friend agreed to… read full entry »