Sitting watching a World Cup special edition of Celebrity Come Dine With Me (yes Jen and Karen, that reference was thrown in for the both of you, I know how much you love it!) with my football crazy husband, I groaned audibly when one World Cup themed advert was swiftly followed by a second, then…
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How to write a community post
After the now infamous wish-list and cry for help video, lots of lovely people have been offering to write posts for Give A Brick. The idea to include lots of different voices was first introduced a couple of months back and despite that, it’s only now that I’ve gotten round to putting some ramblings about…
This is why I love my job! (And you make it possible)
Just four days ago, the GAB trustees agreed a mechanism for finding our next project. (If you haven’t read about that yet, you really should. It’s going to be a lot of fun!) In short, it would mean people and projects who needed help putting together a video application about all that they hope to…
How to procrastinate
Nearly three months ago I left the relative rural solitude of South Wales to visit the big lights of London town. Ever the country bumpkin, the cars were faster, lights were brighter and everything bigger. I had a wonderful time both in college (the real reason for my trip) and later going sight-seeing with my…
Is Akismet Worth It’s Weight in Gold?
A couple of weeks ago I was heard singing the praises of your favourite anti-spam provider. I have no idea how it does it’s stuff but it has to be acknowledged that Akismet is very effective. However, after a passing comment from Ryan Hanzel about how he’d written a couple of comments on the site which hadn’t shown up, I decided to investigate
Spam … and not the tinned variety!
I had 13 comments awaiting moderation on the blog today – and all 13 of them were spam! If you’re someone with techie knowledge of these things, do you know if