Jem's field notes

Anyone had problems with WordPress 2.2.1? I upgraded Karl’s blog and now he can’t post properly and there’s a fatal error in the admin panel. Grr!

It’s probably not hit the news over in the States because rain in the UK is hardly a new thing, but here in England and in Wales we’ve got some serious wet weather issues going on at the moment. The country is under water in many places with rivers bursting banks and more rain still… read full entry »

I’d like to bring your attention to Dustin of Panick-Serenade.net. This scummy little specimen is one of those particularly annoying web thieves; almost worthy of a Pants Award except I can’t be arsed to give one out. This little fool is particularly notable in that he’s ballsy, oh yes. Dustin’s header image is badly cropped… read full entry »

Sarah sent me the link to this cute game. Post your scores!

Some of the biggest benefits of CSS include the space, time and bandwidth it can save you. Except that most web enthusiasts and developers — roughly familiar with the reasoning behind CSS — don’t actually bother to look into it properly so they end up bloating their stylesheets with unnecessary crap, thus defeating the point… read full entry »

Using one of my Bella- scripts? Let me know :)

You know, I have grown quite fond of this layout. Considering it started out as something completely other and within a month of having it up I noticed I was the last person to jump on the wide header bandwagon, it has served me well. I say “served” past tense, because I want to give… read full entry »

My favourite website layout at the moment: blithe

One of the biggest problems with being an arrogant sod is that sometimes I get over-confident and cocky. This becomes a particularly bad habit when I’m using that cockiness to inform other people; highlighted just this week by my script ‘analysis’ of LittleWallOButtons. Unless I’m particularly unsure about whether or not I could be wrong,… read full entry »

As well as updating my Unsafe Scripts page to give more clarification about which scripts are bad and which are not (with funky icons!) I have also added two new brief reviews… Link Up Free Link Up Free is susceptible to more complex SQL injection through the search box, executing any code that is entered… read full entry »