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update: the sponsorship spots are now published on the tumblr log as well - twice the value.

I presently have four sponsorship spots available, for those interested in some advertising that goes beyond a simple text link or the proverbial (ugly) banner.

Each spot is custom tailored to fit with the site design, yet be vibrant enough to attract attention. Spots are rotated, to ensure each receives a slice of the action and isn’t diminished by other spots. You can advertise your product, service or simply get some extra link-juice for your blog.

If you’ve been thinking about a little advertising, yet don’t want to commit to a monthly contract, the spots can run for as little as one week. Test the waters and if it’s not for you, then you’re not throwing good money at a bad idea.

Enquiries are most welcome.

I’ve
been playing this evening. A re-design1 on the tumblr platform — holy father, doesn’t
Garamond look downright gorgeous on the mac?!

Even the sub-par Windows font rendering engine does OK at the slightly larger font sizing2 I’ve selected. If you’re a Microsoft bunny and don’t have Garmond, then you should be ashamed3 and go get […]

Shawn’s recent update on comments has a
simple yet powerful message:
“.. on a site with comments disabled there is no pressure. Once you’ve read the article that’s all. The author requires nothing of the reader but to enjoy the content. There are no awkward expectations. The article is a gift.”
A thought that is, ultimately, reflected […]

Ladies and Gents I’m currently testing the (built-in) Wordpress cache to see if it will behave in a predictable manner.
As such, I’d appreciate any visits people could make, to help flesh out some logs, statistics and give me some solid metrics to work with. I have a baseline on pre-cache performance and a bit of […]

Or how I stopped being concerned about comments and learned to love the content.
There has been a bit of blogger activity of late, primarily surrounding John Gruber’s decision a while back to roll
comment free and whether it’s actually a darn good move.
Obviously the first pay-off is an immediate cessation of needing to care about […]

Do you ‘bog’ rather than blog?
That may seem like an odd question, but it’s none-the-less highly relevant in today’s ‘instant’ world where the speed in which we require input has increased, inversely proportional to the patience required to wait.
Over the last few weeks I have taken a keen interest in where people are going when […]

This time next week, all hell breaks loose, in the form of a mass-migration of ‘geeks-and-gear’ to our new home.
Thus, updates will be pretty sparse, primarily stuff in the form of links that I think are mad-cool. I may get time to drop a full post or two, but there’s no promises, sadly.
Because one simply […]

Orange is (sort of) out, grey is in and the monolith that was the garish 60es wallpaper inspired header has been slain. Long live the king!
After quite some months of orange powered operation, the ‘foo has had a few edges smoothed and the taking-names-and-kicking-ass geekfu ninja is back. Cause Ninjas are cool. And deadly. […]

So things have been accelerating towards chaos of late.
The property we have been renting relatively peacefully for the last 18 months has been sold out from under our proverbial (and literal) feet and thus “the hunt” has commenced for new digs to hang out in.
This is happening whilst we’re [very] busy at work, whilst I […]

After some hackery and general pondering over just what sort of feed options are best, the feed options have, err.. grown.
Being as people like choice.. and choice is indeed a good thing, here’s the low-down on the new XML order, in (ironically) no particular order:

I want it all - this is the full give-me-everything deal.. […]

Just a reminder that I still have a few advertising spots free and that the April special deal will expire by the end of this month.

Sponsoring the ‘foo helps keep the fires burning and results in increased link traffic from curious visitors. If you have a product, presence or a point to get out there, I can hook you up and every $ you spend directly supports the author.. and again, if you choose to put in a request before May 1 and are after a long-term deal, US $40 will book your spot for a minimum of one year.