Hey, why is my PageRank minus 3?

I just went to check the PageRank of my homepage. Look what I found. Yes, underneath the rank it does say “the page rank value is 3″ but the little hyphen did worry me a bit.

The non-announcement post: A preview without substance

For the last few weeks, I’ve been sitting on some news that I really want to announce, but it’s not quite ready to be shared yet. Mind you, I’ve still told a few friends and family. I just haven’t formally announced it yet. And then, a second bit of news came along. Guess what – [...]

Wow, I did write a lot of posts in July

31, to be precise. Sure, it’s not all about quantity. But some of those posts were really good! Well, a few were. Some were a bit daft, but I did have fun writing them. How many posts have you written in a month? Edit: Wow, I did mess up the title of this post. I [...]

Announcing my first .co domain: Writing by Ben Barden

Does anyone else think that “.co” looks wrong? Either someone forgot the “m”, or they forgot the “.uk”. Needless to say, I’ve ignored the almost-typo in the “hottest” (i.e. newest) domain suffix on the web, as I’ve already registered a few domains. Anyway, the fruits of my work can now be seen with a brand [...]

Time is the enemy. It is also of the essence.

There’s never enough time. If you’re really busy, it’s wise to make the most of the spare time you do have. Otherwise, you’ll just get frustrated and burn out. Sound familiar?

Guess what happened just after I relaunched my blog?

One of the guys from work said to me: Do you really type with two fingers? This was in reference to “TDD in the real world”, which turned out to be the final post I wrote before wiping the old blog and starting over. It’s not a long comment, but it just goes to show [...]

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, [...]