I’ve just moved geoffbrady.net to Media Temple and bought another domain while I was at it. I bought stephenbroughton.net and intend to use it as a site dedicated to me.
I wasn’t unhappy with eUKhost — in fact what they offer on their cheapest package would probably have sufficed for me — but there was always [...]
Tag Archives: internet
On The Move
The Web
Whoever coined the phrase "World Wide Web" probably wasn’t expecting how coy his choice of phrase would be. I’m talking particularly of the word "web". The point of a spider’s web is that it is sticky: those that get caught up in seldom escape. And that is true of the World Wide Web: those that [...]
A Change Of Seasons
Today, I started the process of changing ISP. I was with Plus Net, and I have to say, I have no problem whatsoever with them. For £14.99, you get up to 8Mbps¹, a peak-time usage limit of 40GB per month, and every conceivable online tool to check your connection. However, compare that to Sky Broadband. [...]
Eight Thousand And Counting
Once again folks we have reached a milestone - thanks everyone!
I’ve just been watching The Real Hustle. What concerned me was a piece on wireless networks. The team hired a van, stuck a laptop with a normal wireless card stuck in the back, and with some software that is freely available on the Internet, they [...]
Happy Birthday
Today is the 15th birthday of the “World Wide Web”. (It is also the birthday of the as yet unnamed niece of Shell - congratulations!) I noticed an article on the BBC News website, where a handful of panellists gave their opinions on the bad things of the Internet as it is today.
My concerns are [...]
The Cost Of Music
I was discussing with someone today about the economics of music. In short, they were using a program called Limewire to download music from the Internet for free. I’m not a copyright expert, but I believe this is illegal. Apparently the program asks you not to infringe copyright by using the program. Yet I believe [...]
Hound Of The Basketcases
You meet the weirdest people on the Internet. After all, some people have met me on the Internet! But sometimes you don’t realise what strange people are lurking around! So…
I bought the album Zenyatta Mondatta by The Police today, which completes my The Police collection. I’ve listened through it once, it doesn’t sound that special [...]