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Having a look over my last couple of posts I realised that it's time to add some consistency.  If you're a reader of my blog then you'll realise that most of my posts are personal with a smidge of web development and subtext. I obviously also promote a past time for the love of dance music with my funky house podcast, which will be diving into some trance soon and uplifting euro.  By this I mean I will be releasing a couple of mixes i listen to while I am at the gym which helps get through the brick wall that's...

Previously I posted the following item : Sharing the love - Make it easy for your users. While the concept of this "widget" was fantastic it seemed that on certain browsers javascript errors were being thrown and that it interfered with lightbox. Today a comment from a friend of mine Andy Kemp found an alternative that didn't cause conflicts or errors, www.addthis.com.  I have added the new widget below my posts and have yet to customise it, check it out :) For subtext users it's really the same as before Sign up, enter details, copy generated code, open <your skin directory>\controls\Sharethispost.asxc Select everything in...

I was very surprised that it took a day for someone to notice an obvious typo on my latest podcast post. Yes it's 2008 not 2007 ;) It's with great pleasure to announce that Tom Bradford is the lucky winner of a Flickr Pro account.  His pro account is now in place and you can see his pictures here. There are still 3 prizes up for grabs, for more information please see my competition post. It's all about taking part and mainly having some fun doing it. If you are using the subtext blogging engine and would like to add "the flickr...

I know I am not very consistent when it comes to posting podcasts but the next one, number six will come with a difference.  I am going to use 2 tracks that I have used in my previous podcasts of which the listing will just show a "?".  Here is the plan.  If you contact me with the correct Artist and song title your name will be put in a hat of which 2 winners will be announced 2 weeks on Sunday. If you just fancy a years flickr pro account and aren't able to guess the tracks  then just post an...

Update : http://www.siphilp.co.uk/archive/2008/04/03/sharing-the-love---update.aspx A week ago I wrote a post about using your statistics for post ideas and two things that have emerged since then are the "share this" aspect of my blog and just how bad my comments look.  This post is going to cover the process of making it easier for users to submit my posts to numerous social websites. I am trying not to change alot on my current skin as I am focusing on my subtext skin articles and my new upcoming skin however, I thought this topic was perfect for a quick post as it's...

Time hasn't been on my side lately when it comes to writing posts for my site however, I have had "brainstorming" sessions that resulted in producing nearly 4 pages of possible topics. This has started from thinking about something on the train or at work that has spiraled out.  In the past I have hit brick walls when it comes to writing posts but I think this was due to the narrow verge I was in back then.  Life itself can open water gates making you think about subjects in a totally different way. Today a new water...