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The evilness that is Monday morning
At every stage throughout my life, I’ve grown to hate Mondays with a passion. But particularly Monday mornings. Whether I’ve been at school or work, whether it was before or after I got into IT, whether I’ve been in the UK or Australia, no matter where I’ve been, I think the only time I’ve ever [...]
Mid-year resolutions, 2010
OK, so it’s not exactly the middle of the year, but it seems like a good opportunity to set some mid-year resolutions for the remainder of 2010. I think it’s good to set resolutions all year round, instead of only when the New Year rolls around. Especially as, in a probably alcohol-fuelled state of madness, [...]
Thanks to Akismet, WordPress isn’t quite as free as it used to be
Update: It looks like Akismet has always offered pricing options, but the terms are now more obvious than they were before. Read the comments for a full explanation provided by Alex from Automattic. WordPress is the target of endless gushing praise, reason #1 usually being “omg it’s free!” Don’t tell anyone, there are other free [...]
A decent site is not made overnight
How’s your memory? The neverending stream of lifestyle tips
Every time a newspaper or news website tells us something about living a healthy life, it’s like they’re teasing us with clues to a lifelong riddle. Yes, you should eat this, but not that; oh, but it might be OK if you eat a certain amount, though perhaps not in combination with this, or this, [...]
Whose idea was it to stop using page numbers?
Back in 2005, I wasn’t really doing much online. I had a blog that hardly anyone was reading, a CMS that hardly anyone was using, and some music that hardly anyone was hearing. Not much has changed since then, except for getting 5 years older, and perhaps too many years more cynical than my chronological [...]


