Today marked the launch of Nominet’s new domain space without the middle bit. We celebrated by registering bizz.uk.
Simply.UK
QwikSites makes its mark!
5pm on a Friday is when my email inbox goes wild. It feels like everybody on the planet is trying to complete their week’s actions by passing them on to me!
Heartbleed Sorted!
The internet’s biggest vulnerability in a decade was made public this week affecting web, mail and other servers around the world. An error in a widely used security library would enable an attacker to gain access to a small part of memory. This could include sensitive information such as passwords. More information here: http://heartbleed.com/
1-2-3 Reg Rip Off
The Register reports Nominet Domain Registra 1-2-3 has introduced a stealth charge on customers wishing to transfer out their uk domains (changing the IPS TAG).
Domain Fatigue
This year I have been receiving a sledgeload of spam emails urging me to register the new TLDs. Todays lot includes the riveting: .directory .technology .contractors .construction .land .today .kitchen
Wasted by WordPress 3.8
Blind panic this week when our upgrade from 3.7 to 3.8 left our clients unable to log in. A bit fundamental that.
More than one way of skinning … a forum
We have run a number of phpBB forums for around ten years. It was the standard, it was free and it was great. However since version 3.0.3 very little has happened. It was … SOCIAL MEDIA. No more, the rise
Google Map Serfdom
According to my good friend and slavedriver TOGGL my largest slab of time last week was spent on upgrading Google Maps API version 2 to API version 3.
In praise of … Toggl
I was shocked a few weeks ago to look at my own productivity. It was dire. All the long extra hours was but poor compensation for that problem at my and my family’s expense.
Sydenham and beyond
We did set up a website for the Forest Hill & Sydenham Rotary Club and when that folded we devoted the domain sydenham.org.uk as the foundation for pro bono community site.