Top Twenty Essential WordPress Plugins
October 22nd, 2008
I was looking for an essential wordpress plugins list and found that there are many such lists. Rather than relying on one list I decided to create a composite list of my own.
October 22nd, 2008
Secure email?
October 17th, 2008
A friend has evidence that people are sending him emails that he never receives. He has asked me what he can do about it.
This is not a new problem. Email never has been a secure or certain method of delivering messages. For example in an article “Too Many Lost Emails Leave us Unconnected“, written in 2004, Ray Everett-Church laments:
On the dangers of personalising email subject lines
October 16th, 2008
Over the years I’ve use the fact that spambots don’t know who I am to help immediately identify spam. Any message that includes by email username (usually mbaker) in the subject is almost certainly spam. However today I received an email with the subject: Hi Michael Please read this document!
"Standard" Footer Items
October 16th, 2008
What is “standard” when it comes to a web page footer?
I recently wrote:
It is my contention that virtually no one will read anything at the foot of the page, but they will look for things there (but only things that they would expect to find, things like:
On Bloogling Blogmothers and Blogfathers
October 13th, 2008
While reserching something else I came across a blog that mentioned the Fairy Blogmother, and then again today researching something else I came across a comment that mentioned a Blogfather. Â This got me to wondering are there many Blogmothers and Blogfathers in the blogosphere?
Where in the world is Grim's Dyke Hotel?
September 24th, 2008
If you search for Grim’s Dyke Hotel on google maps, or any number of other map or hotel websites you are shown a location that is over a third of a mile to the south east of its true location.
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Online CV Updated
May 2nd, 2008
Dr Baker to run MSc Modules
May 1st, 2008
Dr Baker is to run three modules on the Trans-Atlantic College (TAC) MSc in Petroleum, Gas and Energy Management.
LinkedIn Profile Updated
April 25th, 2008
