July 15th, 2008
It is always a pleasure to discover those little gems of industrial design sense built into Apple’s products.
I have one of those loverly, minimalist keyboards - the bluetooth, cordless style - and It is one of my top purchases in recent times. It’s not a product for everyone, but perfect for me.
With all the words [...]
July 7th, 2008
It’s a new month, so a brief update on confirmed valid GoDaddy coupon codes (you know you want them).
MTECH2 - 20% off any purchase over £25 / ~$50
MTECH1 - 10% off any order
EMMA3 - a .com domain for $6.95
Need more coupon codes? Pop over to my Big Fat GoDaddy coupon list for a whole bunch [...]
June 27th, 2008
I’ve updated my GoDaddy coupon code list page with a bunch more coupons covering pretty much anything you want from GoDaddy.
But in more important news…
GoDaddy has just announced that it has now handled over 30 million domain registrations. Bob Parsons, GoDaddy.com’s CEO said:
“These numbers really demonstrate how the Internet is alive and well, even in [...]
June 24th, 2008
Logging in to check progress of a recent sale on ebay this morning I got this interesting message. On the surface it looks like a good way for ebay to have confidence it is indeed you that is placing products for sale in their listings. But this may be more about appearance than real security.
Confirming [...]
June 14th, 2008
I’m always on the lookout for cool domain names. I have to admit that I still have to battle my urge to buy a name just because it is interesting, fun or just plain cool. But these days practicality tends to win the fight as domain property speculation is not what it used to be.
As [...]
June 13th, 2008
Britcaster.com - the original home of the Uk’s podcaster community - still ticks over in a lazy backwater of the internet receiving a handful of new show registrations each week. It also receives twice as many spammer registrations - but not any longer.
Spammers use any and all online forms in an attempt to create a [...]
June 2nd, 2008
Anyone who is a user of twitter, the microblogging service, will know that in recent weeks it has been providing a less than stable and predictable service.
Like many, I use a desktop client application (Twitterific in my case) to send and receive to and from twitter. You can also have the twitter messages (tweets) sent [...]
June 2nd, 2008
Long the domain of spammers, scrapers and splogs, the .info domain has suffered at the hands of less reputable websites. But is that on the change?
Surfers take the domain less seriously, and there has been much talk about the search engines thinking similarly, de-ranking .info domains when returning search results on the premise that [...]