I’ve moved the British Surnames website to a new domain: www.britishsurnames.co.uk (kind of obvious, really). It’s also had a bit of a redesign, and a few new and somewhat funky features added.
1 June 2007
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Category Archives: Internet
9 May 2007
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09-f9-11-02-9d-74-e3-5b-d8-41-56-c5-63-56-88-c0
I’m just wondering if I’ll get a call from the lawyers because of this. In case anyone isn’t aware of the significance of these numbers and letters, this is the infamous AACS key which sparked a huge storm at Digg.
13 April 2007
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Would you trust an advertiser who can’t spell?
Especially if it’s a major financial institution. This appeared in the Google ads on one of my sites this morning: Repeat after me – “I before E except after C…” The above is a screenshot (obviously). If you go to … Continue reading
1 March 2007
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Dogs on a skateboard
Today’s website of the day is the utterly pointless and yet bizarrely charming Tyson the Skateboarding Bulldog. About which I will say nothing more – you just have to visit the site to get the full effect.
1 March 2007
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I’m sort of famous
I’ve got my name mentioned in the Backbytes section of Computing magazine. For some reason, I am disproportionately pleased about this.
27 February 2007
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Posterize it
It’s been a long break, but we’ve actually got a website of the day again today! Today’s site is a rather nifty online application that takes images on your computer and blows them up to giant size, then creates a … Continue reading
26 January 2007
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Stupid Ts&Cs
There’s a page on this website which says that “You may not create a link to this website from another website or document without Marshalls plc’s prior written consent.”. That’s stupid enough in itself (after all, I’ve just broken it, … Continue reading
10 January 2007
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Here lies the east: doth not the day break here?
Want to know what time the sun will rise where you are? Or when it will set? If so, there’s a website just for you. The handily named www.SunriseSunset.com will give you sunrise and sunset times (as well as other … Continue reading
9 January 2007
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How motorways work
Today’s site is the inimitable www.HowMotorwaysWork.co.uk – and if you think that’s a boring topic, look again. All the lowdown on middle-laners, white van men, repmobiles and all the other drivers that just don’t seem to get it. On the … Continue reading
21 December 2006
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The last WOTD before Christmas….
is a meta-site linking to lots of other sites giving useful information about the history and traditions of Christmas. Essential reading. It’s all there at Christmas in Cyberspace.