Simon Buckle’s Weblog

I have just noticed that all of the posts to my blog so far this month have been on odd numbered days. How odd!

A few days ago I wrote about how we currently subscribe to RSS feeds. Now Microsoft are also asking about what is the best way of allowing users to subscribe to a feed. One guy left an interesting comment (I have only included the interesting bit):

Yahoo just released a report saying that a painfully small […]

Spam filters have been around for a while now. Most of them do a reasonable job of detecting if an email is spam or not. There is, however, another problem with email that is potentially more sinister. Occasionally I receive emails from acquaintances, some are in my contact list, that say something along the lines […]

A while ago I mentioned that I had been playing around with Google maps. I have now put my mapping tool on my website which you can find at http://maps.simonbuckle.com. Let’s call it a beta version for now.
It would also be nice if Google would grant full access to their maps API. What do I […]

OK. So how do you subscribe to my site? Or any other site that has an RSS feed? Why you just click on the little orange button with the white text that says XML. Obvious isn’t it? Well, actually, I don’t think it is. It may be obvious to those who maintain their own websites, […]

Google confirms its plans to offer free WiFi access across the whole of San Francisco.
How long before it starts deploying such networks across other major US cities? Kind of turns the ISP model of charging for Internet access on its head. Sure, there will be a market for those who want higher bandwidth but […]