MoneySavingExpert.com, a site offering consumers tips on reducing bills and finding the best deals, has been sold by its owner Martin Lewis for a reported £87 million. The buyer is Moneysupermarket.com, which already provides the click-through links on MoneySavingExpert.com that make money for both sites. Many users of MoneySavingExpert are furious at the move, which […]
I have just switched to a new layout, which has been a work in (very slow) progress for a while now. Hopefully the new design is an improvement on the old one. For comparison (and posterity), here are the two side by side: The new layout is much wider, which means anyone with a resolution […]
Today is the first anniversary of the launch of my new website, complete with blog. Here are some stastistics for that first year: 42 posts (two of which were later removed) 124 comments on posts 35,000 spam comments automatically filtered 12,000 blog post page impressions (excluding the homepage) Most popular post UK music industry silences […]
I have now signed up with Flickr, to provide another way of sharing my photos. Later I plan to integrate my Flickr photos into the existing gallery on my website. In the meantime, I have uploaded a few new photos to my Flickr account of my trip to Diamond, and of the newly restored roof […]
Today finally sees the launch of my new website, which has been several months in the making. Most of the old features are still here, perhaps in new locations, so please have a careful look around if you followed a broken link in. Of couse, the major new feature is the tab labelled “Weblog”. I’m […]
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