Remember Bido spamming people on DNForum?Well they've also decided it would be a "good idea" to spam bloggers asking for a review.*sigh*I get a lot of email to both my personal and work email addresses every single day, so sometimes I don't spot an email immediately. Since it's a Saturday I decided I'd go back over some of the less important emails I'd received over the last … [Read more...] about Bido Spam Bloggers Requesting Reviews
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Cross Browser Testing Makes Sense
Trying to get sites to display identically across multiple browsers and multiple operating systems is awkward. This site probably doesn't display particularly well on all browsers, but I'm not a professional web designer / developer, so you'll have to excuse me. It's also not a corporate / business website trying to sell products or services to the public.Screenclick, however, … [Read more...] about Cross Browser Testing Makes Sense
Phones To Avoid – Nokia N96
A couple of week's back we switched the company phones over to Three Ireland and were given Nokia N96 handsets:It looks quite attractive, doesn't it?Unfortunately it's also the single worst phone I can remember owning.While it may look quite good at first glance try putting in the battery and you're hit by the first of many shortcomings. The plastic cover that Nokia used for … [Read more...] about Phones To Avoid – Nokia N96
Unlimited Hosting Is For Fairies
Image via WikipediaDo you believe in fairies?Do you think they live down the bottom of your garden?If you do, then you might believe the "unlimited hosting" offer in this month's PC Live! magazineUntil someone gets round to inventing an unlimited hard drive it is pretty much impossible to offer unlimited disk space and unlimited bandwidth and of course anyone who tries to "take … [Read more...] about Unlimited Hosting Is For Fairies
Pet Hates – Being Ignored In Shops
Sales assistants in shops seem to fall into two broad categories.They're either incredibly pushy ie. as soon as you walk in the door and before you've even had a chance to look at anything they're right beside you trying to "help" you.Or you have the complete opposite extreme that ignores you entirely. You know the type, they're too "busy" chatting with other staff to bother … [Read more...] about Pet Hates – Being Ignored In Shops