After many a moon wandering about and doing other stuff, I’ve decided to try and use this blog a bit more ;-) Famous last words I know, but I need somewhere to put some of my ideas which are not related to work.
I know not a lot of people will be reading this as of yet, but you have to start somewhere – so expect some more of my poster work, a load of my videos and special effects work, musings about life and some tutorials.
After a very long hiatus - I'm back online with the site upgraded to MovableType 4.1.
It's been a bit of an ordeal to swap the templates to the new version - overwrite upgrade my bottom! - but the site it back up and running, so now I can restyle it and find out what customisations I can do.
But less about me and on with the blogging.
I've been busy with real world stuff for a while now - and should be telling you all about what I do on occasion.
Mainly I've been looking into Internet Marketing for various clients - and on my researches, came across this site which has a load of videos for free - not a bad thing!
12 Hours Of Marketing Coaching For FREE - Click Here
Some of it is a bit old, but still useful, especially if you're starting out.
Just read a brilliantly simple article about why Paris Hilton is the person that she is:
The most valuable commodity today is attention. And there are many ways to get it. From sex videos to stupid pet tricks to talking bad about Muslims. The real trick is what you do with it once you have it.
...and why every webdesigner should pay attention to her! (Which is what she wants in the long run...)
After yet another round with the spam bots and spammers - I've lost the plot slightly. So when someone I know just forwarded on yet another email hoax, I wrote following letter and BCC'd it to everyone he'd sent it to - since their address was for all and sundry to see.
Why your email address is about to compromised!
Who am I? I'm the guy who just received your email address from Steve, after he forwarded yet another chain email - this one was about a dying baby.
Rachel Arlington
Claim: AOL and ZDNet are donating 32¢ to the care of Rachel Arlington, a child with brain cancer in need of an operation her parents can't afford, for every e-mail forwarded.
Status: False.
Example: [Collected on the Internet, 2000]
The URL for this page is http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/medical/arlington.asp>
Pretty old baby by now!
Now, I'm all for passing on a joke or two - but poorly thought out chain letters really get up my nose. And especially when they are just cc'd on, with everyone else's email address still embedded in the original letter from the dozen or so other forwardings from gullible Internet users - which in the long run will be harvested by those naughty spammers who for some reason think I've got a small member and need some help in my sex life, or that I really want a Rolex watch, or any of the other types of spam.
That's if we're lucky - there are still those miscreants who think they're funny by spreading virus's about via collected emails, which if you're lucky will just install porn links onto your computer - if you're really unlucky can actually physically destroy your computer.
So, do you forward the email on now?
If you receive a chain looking email, do a quick bit of research in Google and Snopes.com - you'll see they're hoaxes, and should be consigned to the bin, to eventually die away.
A quick fact - with the sheer volume of email being sent - 80% of which is spam - it's starting to get more expensive to send than a normal letter with a stamp through British Mail - and the ISP's are thinking of charging for you to send an email, buying stamps effectively.
So what now? You've received a funny email, and I've hopefully scared you enough to think twice about forwarding, well do think, email etiquette is something that is as relevant as etiquette in real life, follow the steps listed below and make your friends smile and keep them safe from spam:
More info' at http://www.emailreplies.com/
- Check it's not a spam, chain letter.
- Think about who would appreciate the message.
- Edit the title - remove the FW RE FW FW:
- Delete any email addresses from previous senders.
- Put people that you're sending to in the BCC - otherwise don't send it, CC should be used sparingly.
- Tidy out the >'s it's not easy to read a message broken up with those marks.
- Think again before hitting send!
And if you receive an email you really don't want, then email them back to this site for a polite message:
http://www.thanksno.com/
Hopefully this will be taken in the spirit of education and not as an attack, the Internet is getting to be a dangerous place - trust me, I've seen a lot of it. Now BCC this onto several thousand people and win a Bugatti Veyron!
Tim Knight
Caxton Theatre Webmaster
Was just typing in one of those lovely 20 billion things you didn't know about me questionaires for my MySpace account - when up pops the Mozilla Quality Feedback panel for no good reason - which then promptly crashed Firefox!
Hmmmm? I think they should look into this and possible correct it?
Currently I'm helping set up a new blog / cms for a local businessman, who in his retirement decided to create a help site for people who are getting older.
Being There is using the Wordpress 2.0 blog engine, as was requested by the site owner - it's the first time I've really had a stab at using WP since I first started blogging a year and a half ago - back the it was WP1.5 or so, and I didn't get on with it as well as I did MovableType - it has come a long way since then, and in some respects it's easier to use than MT - especially with the dynamic php method it uses to display pages, which stops that ever so slightly boring wait encurred with MT's static web page creation method.
But in the long run, I think I prefer MT - probably due to me getting my head around the templating system more and not liking the fragility of WP when it's Dugg too much.
But I think I'll start exploring WP properely now and begin on some new tutorials on how to use it for first time bloggers.
Well, as was expected, the new MT3.31 has killed a few of my plugins - especially the ones from www.movalog.com - so it's worth popping over and getting the upgrades!
Well the new version of MT has slowly been eeked out - I've held back a touch to avoid the bugs, but have just this minute upgraded this sites engine to 3.31.
The backend has changed a touch, with a few new tweaks - and the inclusion of a widget template tag. I'll have to have a look around in the manuals and find out how to implement this without trashing my templates as they are.
Well, after a hiatus doing personal things - I've come back to the site and begun again on writing up some new articles.
Also while away, I wondered how the site was fairing after not updating it's design in six months and how it fairs in the world wide web.
A really useful tool I found is Sitescore by Silktide, pretty useful for general SEO techniques, general checking of your site for compatibility and for how it ranks in search engines. This site fairs pretty well, though I need to get more links from other places, which means getting my finger out and writing up some good articles and tutorials for you all. It also came in useful for another site I run Lincolnshire Wolds Railway's, as I had not thought about a few simple tweaks that should improve it's search engine placement which Sitescore pointed out for me.
Meniscus is an independent film festival in its sixth year of existence. The festival is organised by a dedicated team of volunteers, no one is paid for any of their work or assistance in organising the festival. The event is made possible by the good will and participation of independent filmmakers and a little sponsorship money from some very, very kind-hearted individuals and organisations.
The Meniscus Film Festival is currently taking films for its annual 5 min film competition. Films are all submitted based on a single title idea, that varies each year. This years title is ‘TIMING IS EVERYTHING’. You may also add you own title.
Dyne:bolic is shaped on the needs of media activists and artists to promote free speech.
A GNU/Linux is a live bootable cd, containing a whole operating system that works straight from boot, without the need to install or change anything on the hard disk.
I'm downloading it now for use in my VJ lifestyle!
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