Today, Google released the “Google Page Creator“, a simple way of creating small websites with a yourname.googlepages.com URI. There are a number of templates you can choose from, which you can change on a whim, and basic styling tools when you’re editing or creating pages. You can opt for one, two or three column versions [...]

WWI Postcard Transcription
I have recently introduced a friend and colleague, Kevin Ritchie, to the world of blogs. He caught on straight away and is doing some interesting things with his blog, namely scanning and transcribing his family’s collection of World War One postcards. Here’s an extract: Dear Wife Just a line to thank you for this card. [...]
PastThinking.com
Past Thinking has moved! Update your bookmarks! Past Thinking can now be found at http://www.pastthinking.com/ The newsfeed http://feeds.feedburner.com/pastthinking remains the same, so there’s no need to resubscribe (all 15 of you!). With the move, a few things might have gone awry, such as broken images or strange plugin behaviours. If you notice anything, please leave [...]

Website Hosting
Over the last few years, I’ve been swapping hosting companies, looking for the perfect one. I’ve always used UK based hosts, since I felt it was best if I ever needed to phone them for support. I’ve always used Windows hosting, because I’ve used various bits of ASP in my online projects. Over the last [...]

Visitors and Moving
It looks as if Past Thinking is becoming rather well visited. In January, this site received over 10,000 visits, which to me is rather impressive. Thank you to all who come here to read my occasional missives! Ironically, the rest of this post is really only of interest to people who know us. I haven’t [...]
