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Monthly Archives: March 2003

March 31, 2003
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Great PR Move

“You will probably have received our mail today, and may have wondered why it mentioned stuff about ‘the world awaits the Bush dynasty’s latest oil sorties…’ and ‘london is gridlocked’”
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March 31, 2003
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Enlightening Errors

After reading the article on 410 errors that I found last night, I decided to create some more friendly error pages. I had already done so in the past, but these were lost in the transition to 3050, so they … Continue reading →

March 30, 2003
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Lost and found

I’ve uploaded a revised copy of the monster .htaccess file that should now point everyone in the right direction – the old one had a few errors and omissions, whereas this one should (fingers crossed) be accurate, thanks to the … Continue reading →

March 30, 2003
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Don’t Say That

I’ve created a new blog: Don’t Say That. It’s inspired partially by a column from Zoe Williams that used to be in the Guardian Weekend – ‘Words that should be banned’, but written in a weblog style, like Don’t Link … Continue reading →

March 30, 2003
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Speed Restrictions

Jason recently praised a tool called PHP Accelerator, saying that it boosted BlogRolling.com’s speed by 100% (ie it was twice as fast). So I thought I’d check it out. But did I install it? Errr, no. It turns out that … Continue reading →