Like a lot of weblogs out there, we use filtering technology to detect and block spambots, dodgy referrers and automated link spam specialists. While our anti-spam software effectively blocks around 99% of all comment spam, we occasionally get some false positives and inadvertently block some humans as well. More »
I got spammed recently by some knuckleheads who curiously must have thought I’d somehow be interested in their cheesy and unsolicited “newsletter”. More »
A simple little function to calculate whether a specified year is a leap year or not: More »
Have you ever made a typo when entering a URL in Firefox? Firefox remembers any entered URL’s, so it can match them against what you type, whether they’re valid or not. More »
On the web, it’s standard practice to have your logo a clickable link which takes the visitor to your home page. More »
It’s no secret what I think of Adobe Flash. It seems that most commercial applications of Flash on the web either tend to be intrusive, annoying ads or over-designed websites that only detract from their own usefulness. Our industry has even coined a special term for it. Flashturbation. More »
I still occasionally get asked by prospects if I can help them build a website on a sub $500 budget. These days I just tell them to ask their favourite nephew (who dabbles in HTML) to start right here. More »
For those folks who complain that even though Wordpress has hundreds of free themes they just can’t seem to find one that suits them, our very good friends over at Dr. Web Magazin have a very nice collection of some eighty-odd themes you may not have seen yet. More »