Shadow Footprints

Wanderings in Virtu and Verity

Category: Virtu

  • 7 Things You Have to Do to Write Unforgettable Articles

    7 Things You Have to Do to Write Unforgettable Articles

    Write to Done has an excellent checklist to improve your writing.

  • Trying again

    I’m going to try again to move my blog to my host’s new server and IP address. This may have problems, and shadowfoot.com may be temporarily unavailable. I’ve put in the request confirming that everything is ready and asked them to copy everything over. When I get confirmation, I will update the DNS information and…

  • Improvised apology

    Go here to listen to an improvised Irish folk song offered up as an apology.

  • Search engine madness

    So who was it who found my site with the following searches? An interesting selection, using search phrases that won’t be happily resolved here.

  • Page problems

    Last week I created a static page on my blog. This had the effect of being presented to viewers and my later posts were hidden. I have one person ask me if I was okay as I hadn’t made any updates for nearly a week. As you can see, service has been resumed. Updated: Damn…

  • NetGuide Web Awards 2004

    The NetGuide Web Awards are soon. If you read any NZ sites regularly, then they must be good enough to be worthy of your vote. There is a section for blogs. If you are a Kiwi then voting could win you prizes.

  • How to get an incredible photo

    Sam of topleftpixel has a tutorial of how he post-processed an incredible photo.

  • RSS Readers

    Jenny Levine at The Shifted Librarian asks What kind of RSS reader are you? Like Jenny, I’m in the first category. I use Bloglines to keep track of my feeds.

  • Make me laugh

    I got this message on nzdating.com from a 22-year-old. It made me laugh. hey bro u sound like awesome guy to meet and hang out with … u got a pic of ur chest though first for me? He has a nice picture on his profile. What am I missing out on?

  • The Morning News – Tricks of the Trade

    Matthew Baldwin reveals many Tricks of the Trade Technical Support When helping someone fix their computer over the phone, and you want them to see if all the cables are plugged in correctly, don’t ask, “Have you checked to see if the cable is plugged in?” because the customer will always say, “Of course I…