Following a few recent searches on Google, I've noticed that they have to stepped up their algorithm on protecting their index from being scraped or queried automatically, incorporating a catpcha asking whether I was human or not.  The frequency of this appearing of late has definitely increased. ...

Adobe Kuler http://kuler.adobe.com/As you would expect from an Adobe App this Flash based application really comes into its own when you are creating complex colour schemes for your website.You can share themes with other designers, comment on others creations and search for different col...

Just finished putting together a little one day bank holiday day project of mine - Querybox.com - a question based search engine. Basically the gist is that it is the million dollar home page concept, reworked into questions. Ask it a question, and if a buyer has already purchased that question, wel...

I've been working furiously this week to get another web application tidied up and out the door, and I can now proudly say that our SMS Marketing System - Webdistortion:MessageMate is now launched.I decided a few months back that there must be a better way for web managers and marketers to tap i...

Just reading today, about some more investment from Google, following on from their research in the energy field started in 2007 - they are investing a further $10m in "enhanced" geothermal systems - essentially technology for tapping underground heat - which it says is one of most promising forms o...

As this is the age of blogging, and many people want to know step by step guides to setting up a blog, this two part guide shows you guys how to go about doing it. Part 1. Hosting The first step in setting up a blog, is figuring out how you are going to host it. if you didn't know already - there ...

Inspired by Damien, I've decided to start posting a few bits and bobs I've stumbled across on the web, and whilst a little off topic - Let me know if you enjoy.Design is arrogance. A great piece over at a brief message.The designer says, “I know what you want better than you. Here it is....

Just had a play around with Swurl, a great new service for aggregating your lifestream. They also allow you to create CName records to point to your own lifestream, and offer various customisation of the interface to make it fit in with the look and feel of your blog. As I was looking for a way to a...

Rss readers are one of the first port of call for both techies and bloggers when reading blogs, and really getting seriously into the blogosphere. The following post summarises the alternatives for a number of different platforms and devices. Rss for Outlook (Windows) There are a number of readers...

I've just received an email through from the FireEagle team to let me know that FireEagle is now up and running for the general public.Basically, what FireEagle does, is to set co-ordinates for a person at any one time, allowing you to update your location from multiple devices, including mobile...