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Usability rule #231

Hey Nectar; don't ask me - repeatedly, and more than once on the same screen - for a piece of information that will only cause an error every time I send it.  Dear me....

RSS over instant messaging

Web app immedi.at notifies users of updates to RSS feeds via Instant Messaging.

Yahoo! Web Services news over Atom

aka: "When you realise Yahoo! already serve their news over RSS..."

Yahoo! Web Services news over RSS

I've put together a small project that will create an dynamic RSS 2.0 feed based on the Yahoo! News Search hooks.

Despamming Shortstat

I've been using Shaun Inman's Shortstat package for a short while now as my main source of web statistics. However, it's fairly susceptible to the, er, 'innovation' known as referer spam - so here's some code that use's Jay Allen's MT-Blacklist master list to clean it up.

Lovely Bristol(s).

Armed with an A925, this post marks my first foray into the world of moblogs. If it's good enough for Jamie Oliver...

A Kiss From An Old Flame

Whilst tidying up the apartment in preparation for selling it, I came across a bundle of what can best be described as 'miscellaneous musical memorabilia.

Defensive Googlewhacking

A couple of book mentions; "Dave Gorman's Googlewhack Adventure", and 37signals' "Defensive Design for the Web".

7600-to-go

Tech Digest reports that Carphone Warehouse are reporting sales of the new Nokia 7600 between seven and ten thousand units a week.

Whiteout

It was a wee bit foggy today, to say the least.

Get your AFC on

Fatman Scoop vs. AFC Wimbledon in the house.

Internet Explorer's "Double Margin" bug

Another Internet Explorer rendering bug. This one causes margins to double in size when an element is floated left.

The Sony DSC-T1

Sony announce the launch of the world's smallest 5-megapixel camera.

Me and Greavsie

Meeting Jimmy Greaves at a book signing.