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 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 [...]
December 22nd, 2007
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 one [...]
November 8th, 2007
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 a [...]
July 23rd, 2007
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. [...]
