YouTube Flash Problem
Tuesday, February 26th, 2008 Posted in YouTube | 8 Comments »I seem to be having a problem with YouTube today: it keeps on saying Hello, you either have JavaScript turned off or an old version of Adobe's Flash Player. That is not true. Moreover, when I view embedded YouTube videos on ...
New Look HotchSpot
Tuesday, February 26th, 2008 Posted in Blogging, General, Google, News, Rob's Pulpit, Webmaster Chat | 1 Comment »The HotchSpot site has changed, and now sports a sleek new look. OK, so it is largely similar, simplified and contains more ads, but you know it looks better, right? Its also the first black site we've made in ages, though ...
England beat France 24-13 - RBS Six Nations Rugby Union
Saturday, February 23rd, 2008 Posted in Rugby, Sport | No Comments »England have this evening completed a 24-13 victory over France in Paris to prove that last year's Rugby Union World Cup Quarter Final was no fluke, and re-alight their RBS Six Nations campaign after a hugely disappointing opening defeat to ...
Cool Optical Illusion
Saturday, February 23rd, 2008 Posted in General, Jokes, Offbeat News, Photos, Pictures, THAT's Funny! | 1 Comment »Watch this great optical illusion! This is a good example of how weird our brains are. If you follow the pink moving dot around with your eyes, all the dots stay pink. But, if you stare at the cross in the middle, ...
Blocking and Banning IP Ranges - Bad Bots
Thursday, February 21st, 2008 Posted in Blogging, General, Web Search (SEO), Webmaster Chat | No Comments »Until we started running our own servers, and generally having many more pages (over 250,000 at the last count), it wasn't really that important if our little old blog or website was hit by a few extra hits from rogues ...
Top 5 Most Gruesome Forms of Capital Punishment
Thursday, February 21st, 2008 Posted in General, Offbeat News, Rob's Pulpit, Rob's Soapbox | 2 Comments »During the past few days, for various reasons, I have been researching and reading with interest some accounts of various forms of capital punishment which have taken place over the years since man became civilised... As a result, below is an ...
Kilmainham Gaol -How to get there
Thursday, February 21st, 2008 Posted in Europe, Linda's Travels | No Comments »Further to our piece on Kilmainham Gaol and the wonderful social history offered by the guides there, here is a small map of its location in relation to the rest of the city of Dublin and an image of the ...
Leaplings and Leaping Ladies
Thursday, February 21st, 2008 Posted in General, Offbeat News | No Comments »February the 29th only comes around every four years and there are traditions around the world which hold that a woman may only propose to a man on February 29th. People born on 29th February may be called leaplings. In ...
The World’s Greatest Blog Recognises Kosovan Independence
Wednesday, February 20th, 2008 Posted in Current Affairs, Europe, News, Politics | 3 Comments »The World's Greatest Blog has today announced that it will recognise the newly independent state of Kosovo. Countries such as Spain are opposed to recognising this self-declared sovereign state for fears of encouraging domestic secession. However, The World's Greatest Blog ...
Gifts For Valentine’s Day - Online
Monday, February 11th, 2008 Posted in General | 1 Comment »If you're like most of us, you leave buying gifts, even for those you love the most, until the very last minute. With a lot of people, admittedly, (until I started in online retail) myself included, the worry when buying online ...