Amit's Tech Blog

April 22nd, 2009 by Sarah King

It’s always interesting for one tech blogger to check out another… in this case Amit’s Tech Blog. There’s the whole definition of tech to consider: how strictly does the blog stick to the subject matter? Just what type of tech articles are covered.
One of Amit’s most recent posts relates to the Indian elections – off [...]

Adding Grease to vBulletin

April 13th, 2009 by Sarah King

Any power user of vBulletin knows that it’s one of the best forum scripts out there – and the best forums tend to use it too.
However once you start using it alot even vBulletin comes up short.

Global Internet Index – now there’s a lofty goal!

April 8th, 2009 by Sarah King

I’ve been a bit slack of directory submissions so it’s great to have the opportunity to review and catch up! The Global Internet Index doesn’t come cheap at $25 a listing and that will no doubt deter alot of submissions. On the plus side, if you’ve paid then there is less chance that your site [...]

“Get off Google or I’ll sue”

December 23rd, 2008 by Sarah King

My NBO post has been the source of some attention lately, not the least by one woman who is unhappy to be mentioned there. We’ve spoken on the phone and as far as I can gather all the information is accurate – the only problem that exists is that her ex-employer still uses her details [...]

Checking out Google Friend Connect

December 18th, 2008 by Sarah King

I missed the launch of Googles foray into social networking tools – they’ve launched a collection of Facebook like tools to be added to your own site giving friends, a wall, rating tools etc. It’s pretty good and I couldn’t get over how quick and easy it was to add it to 5nz.com.
I’ll add it [...]

Fruity Directory

November 29th, 2008 by Sarah King

I’ve been a bit quiet on the directory front lately so its good to get in and review one. Fruity Directory embraces it’s offbeat theme by focussing on the health industry and sticking to it’s niche. It has a bright and cheerful skin which I thought would annoy me no end (I’m no fan of [...]

Portugal – it’s about the horses!

November 8th, 2008 by Sarah King

In the very distant past I was lucky enough to spend a bit of time in Northern Portugal – a ghost town with fabulous homes lying empty after the drug barons were closed down. My memories are of amazing night clubs and even better mountain biking.
What I didn’t get to do was horse riding – [...]

Akismet learns Russian?

November 5th, 2008 by Sarah King

In the first real test of Akismet’s flexibility it now needs to learn Russian. For the last few days the flow of spam has been consistent – and uncaught.
It’s hard to imagine that many Russians are reading this blog but the link back to the site is worth something and there must be naive webmasters [...]