Chinawhite is one of my favourite blogs at the moment. It’s not just because of the content, which Shak always presents with a smile but also because I can appreciate being far from the UK; working and living in another culture. Russia is a very strange place at times, and the occasional run in with [...]
Entries Tagged as 'General Interest'
Blogging, Russia and Why I am here.
October 29th, 2005 · 3 Comments
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Grassroots Web 2.0. conference; and reasonable priced too.
October 7th, 2005 · No Comments
With Web 2.0. underway at a cost of nearly $3000 per ticket, I wouldn't be the first to wonder how the hands-on web designers and developers are participating. As Nick of Threadwatch wrote, "After seeing that price tag, i hope [...] that people really interested in the web2.0 movement do take it back from the [...]
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Spammers Hacking Comment Forms
September 6th, 2005 · 4 Comments
Not exactly marketing news but lets face it – we all manage web sites, even if it is just our personal ones. There seems to be a surge in automated attack being carried out on web site contact forms. Reports started flying in yesterday from our clients but soon newsgroup posts sprang up on the same subject.
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Time/Tiny Computers go bust
July 27th, 2005 · 1 Comment
The BBC has just announced that the Time Group, manufacturers of the Tiny and Time computer systems has gone into administration. Many customers have yet to receive goods that were paid for. Staff have not received their wages at the 80 shops across the UK. All of these shops have now been closed.
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Useful Web Developer Cheat Sheets
July 11th, 2005 · No Comments
Dave Child, of IloveJackDaniels fame, has taken the time to put together several web development cheat sheets which are well worth downloading. Thanks Dave, the mod_rewrite one has already come in handy!
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Ian Turner Found!
July 2nd, 2005 · No Comments
Webmasterworld Moderator Ian Turner has been found alive and well in Atlanta. Ian had not returned home after the SEO conference held in New Orleans last week, causing great concern to his wife and everyone who knew him within the SEO community. This resulted in a widespread appeal across the internet for help.
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Ian Turner: Appeal for information
July 1st, 2005 · 1 Comment
“Ian has been missing since Sunday(26th June). He was due to fly back from New Orleans (wmw show) and has not been seen since. His wife and family are all very worried about him, and so are we.
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CNET Banning Adware? Tucows did that 6 years ago!
May 11th, 2005 · No Comments
Having recently read Download.com’s announcement on excluding adware from their catalogue, I was surprised to see no one mentioning that Tucows have been banning both adware and spyware for the last 6 years.
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