Nightwish Dark Passion Play *Hit Or Miss*

October 28th, 2007

A couple of years ago Nightwish for several reasons sacked their singer Tarja Turunen. Many believed this to be a bad move. With the release of Dark Passion Play comes the bands first full release (not including the Amaranth single) with their new singer Annette Olzon. Now we can truly judge whether it was a good move or not. Read the rest of this entry »

The Problems With Accepting Advice On Forums.

October 26th, 2007

Many people seek advice on forums. It can be easy to find the answers that you require by doing this But there is 1 problem, how can you rely on advice from strangers? Especially when you have no idea of their credentials.

I am a regular on a domain forum called Namepros and 1 thing I notice is that everyone is willing to give their $0.02. Read the rest of this entry »

Yet Another Host Hacked

October 19th, 2007

Not too long ago Layered Technologies were hacked. Unfortunately it looks like it is contagious as now Fasthosts (1 of UK’s biggest hosts) has called in the police. Read the rest of this entry »

So Uninformed

October 19th, 2007

Just been reading an article that Copy Blogger regarding marketing.

The article is talking about such things as the recent Radiohead announcement that they will be releasing their album via the internet and allowing fans to decide how much they wish to pay for it. Read the rest of this entry »

Problems Identifying Domain Characters

October 13th, 2007

Some time ago I was browsing Namepros (as I do on a daily basis) and came across a post which was mentioning about the usual fraudulent sales on eBay.

People regularly sell IDN’s on eBay but try and dress them up as premium names with a distinct rarity. Read the rest of this entry »

The Search Engine Marketing Kit Review

October 12th, 2007

Back in July or so I decided to take the plunge and spend $147 on the 2nd edition of Sitepoint’s Search Engine Marketing Kit 2nd Edition.

After a couple of months wait (the 2nd edition was not scheduled for release until q3 but they did provide a PDF of the 1st edition while we were waiting for the actual 2nd edition) and a couple of delays I finally received the kit. Read the rest of this entry »

Free Ruby On Rails Book

October 5th, 2007

EDIT **IN THE TIME SINCE THIS WAS POSTED THE OFFER HAS EXPIRED. **

Just a quick post for the time being as I have found an offer that may be of interest.

Sitepoint are currently giving away PDF copies of the “Build Your Own Ruby On Rails Web Application” written by Patrick Lenz. Read the rest of this entry »

A Word Of Warning About Addon Domains

October 1st, 2007

This is going to be somewhat of a short post.

Recently I added a domain as an addon domain to another related domain in cPanel and came across a slight SEO problem which many will probably already be aware of. Read the rest of this entry »

Got Bored So Wrote A Function

September 26th, 2007

I couldn’t sleep and was getting bored so I decided to write a function. I remember while reading a c++ book they showed you how to calculate the Fibonnaci number.

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The Importance Of A Good IDE

September 25th, 2007

Reading many forums, IRC channels and usenet’s I see many people bragging about how they can code without the use of an IDE. Although it is important for a programmer to have the ability to be able to program without such aids as an IDE to be more productive an IDE is a very important tool.

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