Thu
Jan
31
2008
Of web sites and servers
Apologies in advance for the geeky topic…
For nearly four years I’ve had a web hosting account with a very large hosting company in America.
But, for a range of reason, I’ve started the process of moving my most important sites to different facilities. This is a complex and involved task that needs a lot of planning…
Sat
Dec
29
2007
Firefox Tips
The more I use Firefox as my web browser, the more I appreciate the thought and effort put into it.
On the rare occasion I have to use IE (6 or 7), I feel like I’m going back into the stone age of web browsing.
But… one of the minor frustrations with FF is how so many cool features are not really well documented. Which is why I’m always on the lookout for article like this one…
Fri
Jun
08
2007
Google Aquires Feedburner
Hmmm. Not sure what this means for us Feedburner users… apart from the fact that Google has yet another way into our lives…
Wed
Jun
07
2006
New Testament Hyper-Concordance
Via Simon, I first thought ‘how silly’. But I took a much closer look and was quietly amazed at this well executed Bible tool.
Sat
Apr
08
2006
Firefox Adblock filterset
I know many web sites depend on ads to help pay the bills. But I’m sorry, I just hate them, and I never click on them. If I really value a site or the information it offers, I’m happy to donate directly to that site.
So Adblock is one of my favourite Firefox extensions, and now Adblock has an add-on…
Thu
Mar
02
2006
Site redesign 3
I’m admitting defeat.
Having been working on and off on the new design and restructure of this blog for nearly 3 months, I’m taking a shortcut.
My basic problem is don’t know enough about CSS, and I don’t have great design skills. I can often tweak bits of other peoples CSS, but coding from near scratch has proved too much.
Wed
Feb
01
2006
Elegant web design
I am unashamedly a web design neophite.
I love the whole idea of the current focus in web design – the separation of style from content, and the increasingly powerful tools to help create web sites that are accessible and work well on a wide range of equipment.
It’s very satisfying from an athestic and geeky-coding point of view!
The site A List Apart is widely regarded as a paragon of fine web design, and for the promotion of web standards.
Sat
Jan
28
2006
Site resdesign 2
I while back I wrote that I was planning a major redesign of Westserve over the holiday period.
While to you, humble visitor, it looks like nothing has changed, things have been happening behind the scenes – albeit slower than I would have liked.
Read on for more ramblings and thoughts on the current re-make …
