It’s been a goodly while since I had a proper rant. Talk of programming and websites can grate upon one occasionally, and I have found my website a rather effective form of stress relief, and somewhat less migraine inducing than my other stress relief technique of banging my head rhythmically upon a hard surface. The […]
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Higher Sites have just launch a new website for Blake Training - specialists in food hygiene and arboriculture training. It may seem like an odd mix, but these guys know their training. The new website gives Blake Training a smart new front end to their business and gives potential customers all the information they need […]
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I had this problem the other day: two websites using identical code to collect RSS news feeds from identical sources. Website A loads its pages in about a second, whereas Website B takes up to 10 seconds. Go figure.
After I had thought about the problem for a while, and checked the codebase was identical, I […]
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It’s about time I had another rant about eBay. It still amazes me that people put up with their crap, and here’s my latest experience:
I’ve been looking to buy a motorcycle. I found something local and perfect for my needs on eBay. I messaged the seller, looked at the merchandise, made my bid. The auction […]
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