According to the Wordpress download counter close to 400,000 downloads have been recorded of the 1.5* release. So how many installs are there? If you take into consideration the number of blogging platforms based on WP or MU the number grows exponentially and this is without even considering the number of hosting providers offering it preinstalled. … [Read more...] about How many installs of WordPress?
Harry Potter Fever
With only 3 days left until publication Harry Potter fever is about to strike! The nice people at Amazon are promising delivery to UK addresses if you order by midnight tonight: … [Read more...] about Harry Potter Fever
SPF to IP translation
Spamcop has a handy little tool to convert SPF record entries to IP address and/or ranges. Simply feed it a domain name and it will read in the SPF record if it exists and convert it to IPs. If no SPF is present then it will use the MX record. I suppose you *could* use this to check your own SPF records .... … [Read more...] about SPF to IP translation
Ebay to enter China
According to reports Ebay is to enter the Chinese market later this year. Considering the attitude the Chinese authorities have towards the "digital world" I doubt if this will be an easy market conquest for them, but only time will tell... … [Read more...] about Ebay to enter China
Why cheap domain registrars fail to deliver
Over the course of the last few years I have dealt with a wide range of ICANN registrars and their resellers. Some experiences have been good, some fantastic and some excruciatingly painful.Which ones stick out? The bad ones of course!It is a well known fact that people remember bad service and, more importantly, talk about it more than they do about good service. About a year … [Read more...] about Why cheap domain registrars fail to deliver