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. [...]

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 [...]

My name is Neil and I have not had much experience of ceiling fans. There, I’ve said it, it’s out there. Let’s all hold hands and sing a comforting song. The fact is I’ve not had contact with more than two or three ceiling fans – ever. On holiday in Malta this year, we had [...]

There’s a golden fleece in the podcasting world which has been eluding pretty much everyone : monetising the vast majority of shows which have smaller audiences and less focused niche. If your show is pulling half a million media requests/downloads or more a month, securing some sponsorship or advertising is pretty straightforward. Those numbers are [...]

With the aim to produce some saleable originals, it’s tough these days to decide whether a drawing ends up on a sheet of acid free cartridge paper, or in my Moleskine sketchbook. As it’s turning out, the criteria for the sketchbook inclusion is that the underlying concept has a strong personal resonance, or current relevance. [...]