things that only i could care about

you know you’ve chosen a good isp when…

…they tell you that you have a security hole that you weren’t aware of. I just received an email which said:
“It has been identified that your internet connection is acting as an open recursive DNS server. This means that your connection could contribute to a DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service) attack resulting in your [...]

things i have learnt today

In no particular order:

Although OmniGraffle 2.2 is very outdated, it makes short shrift of flow charts, especially when using Lucida Grande 9pt text and frequent use of the Align Center to Grid button
You need to have at least a 1280 x 1024 display to do sane flow charts on A4 in Omnigraffle, as there’s enough [...]

Web 2.1 server-side blink tag demonstration

Web 2.1 server-side blink tag demonstration: http://cheese.blartwendo.com/web21-demo.html
Now here’s something the mainstream fuss over AJAX has missed: real, tangible and downright useful code. No more silly browser intelligence: let the server control everything !
Roll on Web 2.5

AIRTIGHT – PostcardViewer Download

AIRTIGHT – PostcardViewer Download: http://www.airtightinteractive.com/projects/postcardviewer/
I meant to mention this a while ago when I was looking at various galleries and it’s a great non-linear way of presenting images, plus it’s free. It just got a lot better for Photoshop users though, as there’s now a script for automatically generating albums.
No, it doesn’t work in [...]

ADSL2 speed estimator

DSL ZoneUK – Common terms: http://www.dslzoneuk.net/maxspeed.php
If you’re on one of the majority of BT’s exchanges in the UK then by the 31st of March 2006 it ought to be possible to move to ADSL2 (assuming your hardware and ISP support it). If you can get access to the current attenuation and signal-to-noise figures from [...]