I'm on a large number of mailing lists that cover a wide range of topics including open source software, web technologies, spam filtering, dns, networking and a range of other topics. Nearly all of the lists show who the message poster is and allow them to include their own email signature. Only very rarely does any of the list content get "out of hand". Unfortunately not all … [Read more...] about Anonymous Mailing Lists Aren’t Good
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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
Ripe Policy Change Proposals
Ripe is proposing a further two policy changes with regard to IPv4 allocations. One is in relation to the allocation periods, while the other is in relation to the number and way blocks of IPs are allocated … [Read more...] about Ripe Policy Change Proposals
iWorld Rock!
I've bought two gadgets from iWorld in the last couple of months and I have to say I am really impressed. Their site and service simply works. There are no silly delays. You get nice informative tracking emails and best of all your order arrives nice and quickly (courtesy of DHL) I just got my latest toy - I can't wait to play with it this afternoon / evening :) … [Read more...] about iWorld Rock!
Blogs and Forums Converging
If you spend much time on blogs and forums you may have noticed that the admins are bringing them closer together. Tagging forum posts or viewing "tag clouds" may have been a dream (or nightmare) a year ago, but now it is becoming increasingly popular. Over the past couple of months I've been working on the Irish Webmaster Forum and have been playing with a number of mods. One … [Read more...] about Blogs and Forums Converging