If you blog or run a website with a comment function I am sure you’ll be familiar with the concept of comment spam. Most people presume these ever-so-personal (not) messages are generated by some kind of script and submitted by robotic means but believe it or not they are mostly posted by people. This is […]
Tag: tech
Good service – praise where it is due
On the off-chance, I emailed the supplier in China first mentioning the problems I had encountered with the original ‘phone. To my – pleasant – surprise they offered to replace it. I had told them how long ago I had bought it and they were fine with that. They asked me to post it to them by regular airmail – which saved me quite a bit (it only cost £7) – and then to email them a proof of posting. I did this and they duly dispatched a replacement unit which arrived today and is now charging on my desk.
Announcing the social media survival kit
Instead of closing my Twitter account. I kept it open but I did walk away for a short time. It did me the power of good and while I was away I did a lot of thinking about social media and whether I should return and if so under what form. I came up with a plan which I have no called a social media survival kit.
Indenting a single line in WordPress
Wordpress allows for indented paragraphs within it’s usual editor but not for a single line. The trick is to wrap a small bit of html code around the line you want to indent