Archive for posts dated '2006'
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March 2006
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ReadySteadyBook – All the hard work starting to pay off?
Firstly, congratulations to Mark and ReadySteadyBook on getting an honorable mention in The Observer’s Top 50 Players in the World of Books. Judging by the order of names, Mark is in fact the 51st Most Important Person in Publishing! Mark Thwaite, founder and editor of www.readysteadybook.com, the UK’s largest independent literary website. A librarian by trade, Thwaite writes a regular blog attracting up to 3,000 visitors per day. There is still a lot of work…
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April 2006
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Mirror Man
Finally got around to uploading one of my short films to YouTube.com. Mirror Man was filmed about 2 years ago and has been shown at the FACT Centre, Liverpool… Now you can watch it online! Hope you enjoy it!
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June 2006
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404 Oddities
I’ve been noticing a lot of strange requests in the web logs for ReadySteadyBook, (which result in 404 errors). Never really thought much of them, but I came across Roger Johansson’s blog posting about 404 oddities. So I thought I’d share some of the one’s I found on RSB. A few of them are the same as Roger found: /robotsxx.txt, /MSOffice/cltreq.asp, /_vti_bin/owssvr.dll But some of the others seem more like hacker attempts: /cgi-bin/prxjdg.cgi : Google…
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October 2006
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Another Me?
Will the real Lee Kelleher please stand up? I was doing some ego-surfing on Google…. and found another me! I wish he’d learn how to spell! :roll:
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Manchester Blog Awards
It’s the Manchester Blog Awards tonight! It’s been a great year for ReadySteadyBook… so fingers-crossed!
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Manchester Blog Awards: Results
Well, we didn’t win at the Manchester Blog Awards, (congrats to Yer Mam! for winning the best arts and culture blog!)
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Purple Aki is back
I always thought that Purple Aki was an urban legend… but he’s not, and he’s just been release from jail! [via the BBC]
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SimplePie 1.0 Beta 3
SimplePie 1.0 Beta 3 gets released later today… which means I’ll be one step closer to the BLB relaunch!
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November 2006
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Google Reader
It has taken me a long time to actually get around to using RSS feeds properly – I’ve known about them (and developed them for other sites) for several years – but I never could get into the habit of opening a feed-reader everyday… well, the other day I thought I’d give Google’s Reader another go (I wasn’t impressed previously) – it’s only been 3 days and I’m hooked! When I eventually get around to…
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Yahoo and MSN will use Google’s Sitemap Protocol
Yahoo and MSN are uniting with Google to provide support for the Sitemap Protocol! (more info here – sitemaps.org)
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December 2006
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Yob Map of England
The National Audit Office have compiled a “yob map” of England. Corby appears to be the worst – and Bristol was the place where people were least concerned about bad behaviour. (Looks like my choice to moving to Bristol wasn’t a bad one!)
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