Our main domain (www.webdistortion.com). Is currently redirecting here as we've been hit by a server side virus that our host (Fasthosts) takes no responsibility for. The default file continues to insert particularly annoying javascript that results in serious site issues (multiple popups) for inter...

Picked up an interesting / innovative use of SMS over on Yahoo News. A bull elephant named "Kimani" in Kenya has been fitted with a mobile SMS chip which broadcasts an SMS text message when it approaches a specially designed "GeoFence", developed using a global positioning system that mirro...

For those of you not already aware tommorow (edit. oops -I got my dates wrong - its not for another 10 days - September 20th). is international software freedom day, an initiative to promote the use of free software in business, home and education. Objectives of Software Freedom Day to celebrat...

For those ASP.NET developers amongst you who don't know what log4net is, it is the best logging platforms for code monkey's there is. It uses various appender structures to send log messages to different protocols, e.g. you can send your log messages to email, or to any TCP port, or to a file or t...

If you have been living under a rock for the past year or so, you wont be aware that on the web, one of the best ways of generating new, direct traffic to your website or blog is via Social Media marketing. The blogosphere and twitter trail is all a buzz with the term, which can seem dauntingly new...

The uses for RSS (really simple syndication) stretch far and wide, and its good to see a number of sites now publishing feeds, which makes it great for all you mashup monkey's out there who create brilliant stuff with the results. There are a number of feeds I have thrown in here for personal refere...

I did promise a bit of a review a while back of SpyFu. Unfortunately getting access to the system took a bit of hoop jumping, and thanks to a bit of a dodgy credit card voucher validatation on the site I'm only getting round to getting a look at the interface for myself. I've now happily bagged a fr...

Looking for a room in Belfast? Sorry if I'm a bit off topic today guys, but on the off chance that there are some house hunters in Belfast out there, I'm looking for a new single room house mate. Would suit a student needing accomodation in Belfast, or a single professional. I have one room in a...

1and1 internet the hosting company from hell. Please God whatever you do, don't invest your hard earned cash with these jokers. *Apparently* on an old expired domain, I signed up for a 24 month contract (complete rubbish), and I'm now (having been referred to a credit agency to have my credit rat...

Spyfu Uk is due for its launch this week (24th of June), and luckily we have been priviledged enough to get a link into the UK version of the service direct from the Spyfu Team. Early this week I got a nice little email from them, asking if we'd take a look around the free version of the UK syste...