Recent events with a number of my websites currently being hosted with my very first webhost has prompted me to reevaluate what I look for in a hosting provider.
I’ve been a long way and used a good number of hosts since then, so I’m confident in the list below. But remember, these are only my personal experiences with these hosts, so your mileage may vary. (more…)
While cruising the blogosphere, I came across an interesting post about Coco-Cola’s new promotional efforts.
They’ve launched a new blog called The Zero Movement. This move may seem normal as more and more corporations start to harness the power of blogs, but there are more than a few problems with Coke’s execution.
As noted at AdRants, the blog appears to start in June 2005 and to be written by a couple average Joe Blows, but the whois records reveal it was only registered in late November 2005 and is owned by Coco-Cola.
Take a few moments to read the blog, you may discover that the content is really nothing more than one long subliminal advertisement.
Hint: count the number of times you see the word ‘zero’ mentioned on the website. Sure, it’s a good idea to mention your website’s title or main theme every so often, but there is a limit.
I’ve been musing on what I believe would make the perfect desktop blogging client. I’ve used a number of different blog clients and taking inspiration from each of them, decided what would make the perfect blogging client for me. (more…)
It seems there is an overzealous spammer (or spammers) out there and a lot of webmasters are going through a lot of grief as a result.
A few weeks ago, I started to receive weird messages in my website contact form. The email address the sender used was an address on my domain that didn’t exist and the body was filled with what appeared to be gibberish. (more…)
I’m making another WordPress theme publicly available (wow, another one…).
The name of this template is Right Justified because, if you haven’t guessed yet, the layout is aligned right (although the text is aligned left). I started this template a while ago, but it sat on the back burner as I found myself too busy to work on it, but I decided I’d finish the coding and release it to the general public. (more…)