How can we expect a generation of young coders and developers to learn what the meaning of words like “syntax”, “property”, “element” and “attribute” are, if even Google gets it wrong: Make sure that your TITLE and ALT tags are descriptive and accurate.(source) Ten points for anyone who can spot the mistake there. (Why should… read full entry »

Another flash game: Crazy Ladybugs. Easy to finish.

When people talk to me about blogging and maintaining websites for the sake of earning money, they tend to walk away with the impression that I am against the use of this delicious medium that we call the Internet as a financial aid. The only problem with this is that strictly speaking… I’m not. Don’t… read full entry »

A week ago I blogged about Manipulating Alexa. At the time I called any gain in rank “fake”, but since then I’ve considered whether my statement was logical. Considering that the majority of you — if you’re anything like me — are likely to visit your site at least once daily anyway, surely this is… read full entry »

How high can you score on this nifty word game?

I’ve noticed over the past couple of weeks a lot of websites are suddenly sporting little badges boldly displaying their Alexa rank with pride. This coincides “nicely” with the increase of PPP bloggers and other sponsoring programs because some of these services use Alexa as a measurement of how good your blog is and how… read full entry »

In my spare time I like to review free PHP scripts. This is a log of my findings. Section skip links: Guestbooks, Fanlisting Management Scripts, FAQ/Ask & Answer Scripts, Forms/Form Mailers/Auto Forms, Directory Scripts, Miscellaneous Guestbooks Script skip links: Simpbook, XueBook SimpBook SimpBook, one of the old CodeGrrl scripts, not only contains a cross site… read full entry »

Thank you to those who sent me e-mails and/or left comments after my ranty post yesterday. I appreciate that effort that it takes to try and be sympathetic or supportive so it’s always nice when I’m on the receiving end of that good will. I chilled out with some beans on toast and an evening… read full entry »

Note: contagious.nu has since changed ownership. The content of this post is in no way aimed at the new owner, Dan. The post will remain live purely to avoid a broken link. The biggest problem with acting like a wanker on the Internet is that there’s always a bigger wanker (me) out there prepared to… read full entry »

What the hell is it with the sudden burst of people using the comment subscription tick box (plugin?) with WordPress? Is it really that prosperous for a website owner to have it automatically ticked? Does it benefit anyone? Do I care what other people are saying on your website? No, no, no! I really do… read full entry »