According to a reports in the Guardian superthin models are not as acceptable as before. In an interesting move the Madrid fashion show banned overly thin models. … [Read more...] about Stick Insects No Longer Acceptable
Archives for September 2006
Beware of Scammers on Ebay!
Although I've had some really good experiences on eBay, one vendor's practices make me sick to the stomach. Shendenetworking market themselves as: Shende Networking Co.,Ltd, ebay ID verified powerseller, is specialized in new and sealed Cisco products, including switch, firewall, router, GBIC&SFP,WIC,software,memories,cables etc... We provide high quality products and … [Read more...] about Beware of Scammers on Ebay!
People Will Buy Anything
Remember canned Irish air? How about "genuine" New York garbage? I was half listening to Morning Ireland this morning when they interviewed Justin Gignac, who literally sells rubbish. For a "mere" $50 you can get a signed and numbered cube of NYC rubbish (garbage). The $50 includes free shipping worldwide. You can find out more on his website. … [Read more...] about People Will Buy Anything
Webmaster Forum New Logo
Peter in Edenweb is the genius behind the nice new shiny logo for the webmaster forum: I think it looks great! He even did a nice little favicon to go with it … [Read more...] about Webmaster Forum New Logo
Telling Google that pages are gone
Until recently I was under the impression that search engine spiders conformed to "sane" standards. If a page returns a HTTP status code of 404 you would have thought that the page / link would be removed from the index. Seemingly this is not the case... I've now been advised that I should try to use either a 410 status code There are some interesting differences between the … [Read more...] about Telling Google that pages are gone