Google Caffeine – faster but at what price?

Google Caffeine – faster but at what price?

Google Caffeine promises faster, more time relevant search results. But how will that affect your own search results?


The temptation of social networks

The temptation of social networks

What do you do when you come across a list of literary agents and publishers on twitter? That’s right, spam the lot of them!
I now follow a number of literary agents who use twitter, thanks to a recently distributed list. It has turned out to be quite an education. Amongst the personal messages and posts [...]


Easy OSX hosts file editing with GasMask

Easy OSX hosts file editing with GasMask

It’s not often I come across a new utility that combines simplicity with easing a regular point of pain.


Jamming the scraper signals

Jamming the scraper signals

Many bloggers have experienced their content being legitimately syndicated onto other sites and permit it to happen as part of their promotion. But many have also experienced the scrapers: sites that illegally duplicate entire blog contents, replicating new and old posts in order to populate their sites with content. A Wordpres plugin helps us fight back.