Firefox 1.5

My favourite browser has just had a mega upgrade. It is probably fair to say that the every day internet user doesn't really appreciate the importance of web standards and compliance by web browsers. It's for this reason that most people blindly stick with Internet Explorer. I could go into a big long explanation of why web standards are important but it would: bore people have been said better before by others bore people Any body using Internet Explorer on this site is subject to the ugly banner. If for no other reason than to avoid the ugly banner I ... more

Sex is still a HUGE traffic driver on the internet

I've had Google Analytics installed on this site for about two weeks so I'm starting to get a feel for what content drives search engine traffic to this site. I have only three posts on this site that contain words that relate to sex in any way. The most recent probably hasn't had much time to be picked up by search engines considering the frequency this site is indexed, however the first two have been around for a while. It turns out that, the words used in the first two posts come in at numbers one and three on the ... more

Announcing Transcribble

Aidan left for his holiday in the US yesterday, and by now should be having the time of his life in California. He has setup a travel blog over at transcribble.com. Go and check it out.

Shin Dig coming up tonight!

It's been a long while since we've had a Shin Dig where all were in attendance, and I think nearly all will be there tonight. Finally, Nathan & Simon have finished university - each finishing with degrees in Business and Information Technology. They started way back in March 2001 as young inexperienced boys and grew into rowdy unruly thugs... Well something like that anyway. As well as to celebrate the end of university for me and Nathan, it is a send off for two of the members, Aidan and Ian, who are both going to the US for holidays. You ... more

Theme? What theme?

Just to continue the destruction of any kind of theme that may have once been developing on this site I feel the need to post a comment on Telstra. I read this on a forum today: I wouldn't trust Bigpond/Telstra to tie their own shoelaces unassisted. For a company that specialises in communications, they don't seem to have much of it. A friend had yes/no/can/cant responses to his single application for a phone line on a rural property. The final nod was eventually given and he dug the several hundred meter long trench from the boundary to the house. The ... more