When drafting posts, especially those you are working on over a period of days, using the timestamp feature, to set a future date and time for the post to publish, can make a handy hedge against accidental posting. Any future date is fine, as there's nothing worse than clicking the "publish" button when you meant to click the "save" button, and posting what is a work-in-progress draft instead. These sorts of ... Read full entry

MovieStamper: bookmark/timestamp scenes from your favourite movies. Check the random quotes that display under the logo each time the page loads, and see if you can name the movie they are taken from.

Friday 11 January saw the last edition of the Sydney Morning Herald's special holiday lift-out, the aptly titled "Summer Herald" for this summer's holiday period. I've actually been buying the print edition of the SMH just to read this section these last two weeks. I guess this means the "official" end of the summer Christmas and New Year holiday period, so... what better time than to skip ... Read full entry

Bots and Bloggers Don't Get Holiday Time Off. In my opinion "pro" blogging is a little like running your own business, or being a sole proprietor. And when it comes to taking holidays the (grim) reality is things are going to slow down at your place of business for the duration. After all they don't call them holidays for nothing. My access to the net has been restricted for the ... Read full entry