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Cool tips with Curl: hacking http 29 Jul 2013 | 09:19 pm
Looking for a tool to test a website? Curl is the often the first tool in my toolbox and these handy Curl tips you can diagnose many webserver issues. When testing and diagnosing problems with web se...
House for sale in Romney Marsh 29 Jul 2013 | 08:16 pm
As mentioned elsewhere on this website, for a while I lived in beautiful Romney Marsh, in SE Kent. Having recently moved away from the area I’m now selling my house there. The property is listed on G...
Found: The shortest URL creator 2 Jun 2013 | 09:59 pm
Whether you’re sending a link to a friend, sharing on social media or book marking a website for the future URL shorteners are incredibly useful. And just recently I came across a URL shortener that p...
Six Steps to Effective, Powerful, Delegation 10 May 2013 | 09:47 pm
Done correctly delegation is a force multiplier, allows you to focus your energies where you can be most effective and a powerful tool in helping the development of your team and keeping key members c...
Marsh Myths, Legends and Local Tales 29 Apr 2013 | 06:08 pm
With a history dating back at least 1000 years, close affilation to nature and sea and atmosphere the Romney Marshes have more than their fair share of myths, legends and stories. St Crispin and Cri...
Akamai should support edns-client-subnet 26 Apr 2013 | 09:48 pm
Revealing article on CDN Planet about the support of edns-client-subnet information by CDN providers and in particular those don’t do anycast for HTTP or support edns-client-subnet, eg: Akamai, CDNet...
On-line tools to measure website peformance 17 Feb 2013 | 10:00 pm
As a geek, I’ve always wanted my websites to load as fast as possible – geek pride if you like – but in the last few years page load time has become even more important. The time it takes to load we....
Handy Cufflinks for engineers 30 Nov 2012 | 03:51 pm
There are some things any sys engineer should always carry with them. Amongst them are USB drives, but if like me you keep losing them, these USB cufflinks are just the thing these usb flash drive cu...
SMUSH-IT Alternatives 9 Oct 2012 | 09:18 pm
Just before the excellent Web Perf Day in London (5th October ’12) my favourite online image optimiser smush-it vanished into the ether of the Internet. In the end, thanks a pointer...
Seven Guides to SEO Success 29 Sep 2012 | 03:55 pm
Search engine optimization, getting to that critical top spot in Google, is in many respects the snake-oil industry of the modern era. Little understood, the Internet is rife with so called experts i...
