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No, I don’t want my choice in a secret ballot used for publicity purposes

Joe — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 17:12:13 +0000

Thanks for asking anyway.

Dylan and co in Liverpool – then and now

Joe — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 10:53:26 +0000

I love this composite. The picture on the left was taken in May 1966. It shows Bob Dylan in Liverpool with some local urchins, and was taken by Barry Feinstein. The shot was recreated in 2007 by Ged Murray, minus … Continue reading →

I hate LinkedIn and wish they’d stop spamming me with invitation emails

Joe — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 10:19:49 +0000

To: abuse@linkedin.com Subject: Spam invitations from LinkedIn - why no opt-out facility? Dear LinkedIn, I receive unsolicited emails increasingly regularly from your site, encouraging me to sign up to your service. There seems to be no way to opt...

The Times: they aren’t a-changing

Joe — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 10:36:57 +0000

So Times columnist Giles Coren has been abused in public for working for News International, as the phone hacking scandal rumbles on. "Wow. Abused to my face in the butcher's for working for a (great) paper that is owned by … Continue reading...

LG customer service is hopeless

Joe — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 13:47:18 +0000

If you're a big multinational company and you have a feedback/contact form on your website, it makes sense that the form will work and will send messages to helpful people. Customer service, right? Shouldn't be that difficult, especially with simple...

Words and phrases: reform

Joe — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 13:10:02 +0000

This is quite a simple one, but so often misused. The word reform means to improve or remove fault, as any good dictionary will tell you. It is not a synonym for change. Yet it is far too often used … Continue reading →

“Your mobile phone bill is £1.03″

Joe — Fri, 18 Feb 2011 13:23:15 +0000

I have a general dislike of using the phone. I rarely make any calls - most of them are to my wife. I have a mobile, landline at home and a fixed line on my office desk. My mobile phone … Continue reading →

Words and phrases: skillset

Joe — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 13:06:01 +0000

As an English grad, trained journalist and writer, I have an enduring love of words. A well-crafted sentence is a thing of beauty; a deft use of an unexpected word can lift a hitherto mundane phrase from the page. Language … Continue reading...

A simple WordPress audio player

Joe — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 10:47:35 +0000

Continuing my efforts to reduce plugin usage, I was looking for a way to present audio in WordPress posts and pages without too much unnecessary code. I had been using the Audio Player plugin. However, like far too many WP … Continue reading...

Create a WordPress contact form without a plugin

Joe — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 14:46:23 +0000

I've recently been doing some behind-the-scenes work on The Beatles Bible, specifically attempting to reduce the number of plugins I was using. Too many plugins can slow down page load time, particularly if they come with a load of unnecessary...