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Humpf

Published on 26 April 2008 in ,

I can't be the only one to be sad at the news that the wonderful Humphrey Lyttelton has sadly died.

So long beeb.net

Published on 20 April 2008 in , , , ,

Launched in 1999 as freebeeb.net, and later renamed beeb.net, BBC Worldwide's ISP slowly and quietly kept chugging along. By 2001 it had entered profitability with 140,000 users. And it's been around ever since. But this year will be its last - on the 30 June 2008, Beeb will close down and be no more.

Who is G and what did he do to my ADSL?

Published on 16 April 2008 in , ,

One of the reasons I quite like Plus.net as an ISP is that they're pretty open and honest with you. For example, for those of us on a capped broadband package, they provide a simple online tool that tells you how much you've used in a month. Very simple but you'd be amazed at how many ISPs don't do this.

When you move house, you tell people where you’re moving to. Now why don’t websites do the same?

Published on 7 April 2008 in , , , , , ,

One of the wonders of having XML feeds is that you can keep up to date with what's going on quite nicely from one place instead of having to go through hundreds of different bookmarks, remembering what you've seen and what you've not. And it's something more and more sites are now realising that they should provide, and which will bring them traffic.

Comment Spam of the Day

Published on 3 April 2008 in ,

Most of the time, the comment spam I get from my blog is pretty ordinary junk - sex sites, MP3s, etc. Then there's the "posting almost-geniune looking comments but with a hidden agenda to promote a commercial web URL" - which seem to have a strange focus on buying houses, double glazing and, for some reason, a lingerie blog.

Penguins everywhere

Published on 1 April 2008 in , ,

First I find out that Linux Format is available in Greek and Russian, but now the BBC tell me that there are penguins that fly!