Approximately 10 months ago, I wrote up my findings on Frozen Midnight. Some time this month, FMH disappeared into oblivion and I’ve seen quite a few of its remaining customers jump ship. In celebration of what I hope is a victory for the good hosts, I’ve compiled some thoughts on Netrillium (a bad host) and… read full entry »

I’ve disabled DoFollow. >:O The amount of incoming spammy-URL comments was greater than the amount of genuine ones. I’ll find another way to reward regular commenters.

Step one: Go to your local friendly coding help request forum, e.g. CodeGrrl. Staffed voluntarily, out of enjoyment of the subject matter. Step two: Only ever post requests for help Step three: Leave abuse — because Googling “implementing a php captcha” is too damned strenuous. Tada! Steps complete: you now look like a cunt.

I first discovered InstantRock.com through a thread over at Cynosure MB (yay, go referrals!) Apparently I’m really mean, and I know everything. Actually, I’m not sure that’s what they meant, but that’s how I like to read it :) Consider this a continuation of everything I said about xoxmariah.com (now closed, harhar). In the grand… read full entry »

Online magazine A List Apart has just published an article “Zebra Striping: Does it Really Help?“. As I can’t be arsed to re-write my thoughts in a logical and structured manner, I’ll just copy and paste what I put into the q*bee IRC channel: [19:45] <Jem> I’ve just read an article on ALA about ‘zebra… read full entry »

I’ve just got online — it’s 7:30pm — after having spent most of the afternoon in garden centre type places looking for plants for my front garden. It’s north-facing so shadowy and damp most of the time, which presented a bit of a problem (I’ve brought back some Fuschia). Anyway, upon opening my inbox I… read full entry »

I have been a supporter of the “dofollow” movement since before it became a movement. I’ve talked about its disadvantages before, but none were so apparent as the one that came to light this week. Digital Point forums is filled with spammers and sploggers trying to make a quick buck. While this is normally harmless… read full entry »

Google the almighty master of the Internet has rolled out another toolbar PR update. QB/TT back up to PR5 from 4! :D

Hip-hip hooray! My domain is 6 years old today. That’s 6 years of pointless ranting, narcissistic/egotistical BS and the best damned awards on the planet. I’m still quite enjoying the whole thing too. I hope those of you who joined me in celebration last time will raise a glass to another fruitful year pwning the… read full entry »

With a multitude of upgrades released every 30 seconds in the WordPress community, it’s integral that a regular back-up is taken just to be on the safe side. Although there are plugins available which do this for you, I’m a cynical old bugger and don’t trust anything or anyone. Most hosts supply phpMyAdmin. If you… read full entry »