Monster hailstones in Auckland - 25 Jun 07
Last Friday was a pretty miserable day, and it was raining yet again.
Then the hail started, then shortly after the neighbours started
throwing rocks at my house.
I stick my head out the window to see what's going on, and it's
raining gigantic hailstones (not the neighbours after all).
This may be a normal sized hailstone in many parts of the world, but
it's by far the biggest on I have...
A day of blog silence? - 23 Apr 07
People have been suggesting that bloggers take a day of silence in
respect of the shootings at Virginia recently. Well, my deeply
respectful blog has taken many weeks of silence, but somehow this is
not the reason.
So I'm going to share my thoughts on the whole issue.
GUN CONTROL
Over here in New Zealand, where we have actual gun control laws, it's
somewhat difficult for the average joe to...
PHP Warnings on or off? - 11 Apr 07
I managed to break a website yesterday without realising it. This
sounds really bad, but in this case breaking things is the first step
on the road to fixing things. Let me explain.
What was unusual about this particular incident was that I didn't
actually break the site - I just turned on the...
PHP Tutor - 14 Feb 07
PHP Tutor is a collection of PHP tutorials[1] and articles, covering
topics such as security, how-to guides and the like.
The homepage states the site is a place to get started with PHP, and
the site offers PHP tutorials, links to PHP discussion forums and
information on PHP security.
PHP...
Local Moa - 21 Dec 06
Today's post takes a look at Local Moa - a fairly new local search[1]
service for finding stuff near you. Local Moa is a New Zealand search
facility that brings up the results on a map.
/Above: Local Moa - a local search engine with map-based results. And
lots of lime green./
Potentially this...
Environmental NZ - 19 Dec 06
I launched a new website for Environmental NZ[1] yesterday. This site
serves as a forum for New Zealand environmental engineers, and is
owned and operated by a mate of mine.
Yes, I will sometimes design a website for a couple of bottles of
wine if you push me long and hard enough :)
It's...
Sirius Sports - 9 Jul 06
I launched the re-designed Sirius Sports site on the weekend. The new
site takes some great existing content and packages it into a CMS
(content management system) with a new design.
This removes the frames and javascript from the old site, and makes
managing the content very straightforward.
...
Wine Photo Shop - Welcome back - 5 May 06
I have been working on a redesign of an existing site for WINE PHOTO
SHOP, a small image library site for Kerr Fram Vineyard in Kumeu. The
site serves as a place to display local photography for Kerr Farm
owner, Jaison Kerr.
The new Wine Photo Shop design is simple, clean and functional. All...
How not to steal content - 7 Feb 06
Stolen content is probably more prevalent on the internet than most
people think. It's so easy to steal content by right clicking and
"view source" compared with the task of creating your own... Except
when someone steals YOUR content....
With the internet being the vast place that it is, and...
Road slicks better than expected - 3 Feb 06
I have been riding the bike into work the past few weeks for a bit of
exercise and it's all going well so far. I have borrowed a mountain
bike, and are using that until I can get my road bike operational
again - this may never happen as it needs 2 new wheels which may well
cost more than a new...
Ph33r the Kidney Stone - 1 Feb 06
Right at the top of the list of things you don't want to get has to be
Kidney Stones. I managed to get one of these little pirates on Monday.
It all started with a bike ride. All going well...
A good start to the campaign - 27 Jan 06
As mentioned in this article, I'm now telling all telemarketers to
"please hold" whenever they phone me at home. Then leave them hanging
on indefinitely while they decide how long they should stay...
Big Schlong - 26 Jan 06
Whilst taking a look through the visitor logs today, I noticed some
odd keywords showing up. In particular, I seem to be getting more
visitors for the phrase "big schlong" than I do for web...
Search Engine Optimisation - 19 Jan 06
SEARCH ENGINE OPTIMISATION is the process of engineering your site to
achieve better search engine positions. Search engine optimisation can
be done in many different ways, this article covers the...
Content Management Systems - 19 Jan 06
A content management system, or cms is a web application for managing
websites. The content management system will provide you with a login
which you can use to change part of the content on the...
Tips for handling Telemarketers - 18 Jan 06
After a particularly busy day of answering cellphone calls, playing
phone message hockey with people etc, I wasn't really in the mood for
Telemarketers. I just happened to get 2 calls from them...
Preventing Duplicate Content - 20 Nov 05
Duplicate content is a problem with many websites, and most webmasters
don't realise they are doing anything wrong.
Most search engines want to provide relevant results for their users,
it's how...
Automatic META Keywords - 10 Nov 05
Quite often after you SEO a client's website, they will right-click
their new site and have a gander at the META keywords to see if you
have done a good job or not. Because SEO is all about META...
Javascript bug not IE's fault - 7 Nov 05
So here I am at 8:00 at night coding away, adding some Javascript to
an existing page to save on those frustrating page reloads. The
purpose of this script is to preload the values of a form with...
Great Microsoft opportunity - 4 Nov 05
I love getting these emails. This one was so good I thought I should
share it. I like looking through the list of emails to see who has
been fool enough to forward it on to all their friends.
...
Avoiding Email Spam - 13 Oct 05
Lulu's website launched - 9 Oct 05
UFO crash landing - 23 Sep 05
Google Bombing Explained - 23 Sep 05
Photo Library site launched - 15 Sep 05
sIFR Font Replacement - 11 Sep 05
Back on the Bus - 6 Sep 05
Nothing for Fathers day - 4 Sep 05
10 days in, all ok - 28 Jul 05
Welcoming Louisa Kane - 19 Jul 05
Hard Labour - 18 Jul 05
More baby scans, no baby - 14 Jul 05
Baby = this week - 2 Jul 05
Looks like I'll take the bus then - 23 Jun 05
Lol @ this guys comment - 21 Jun 05
Battle of the household cleaners - 12 Jun 05
The baby room - 8 Jun 05
First Baby Photos - 28 Mar 05
The buggy - 28 Mar 05
