Tag archive 'Shape of the World'

Silent no-www flamboyancy

Words by Daniel Aleksandersen on 2008-05-29

The whole www. or no-www. flamboywar is a bit dull. Anyhow, here is a tip that will configure Apache to inform users and search engines about the preferred location (aka. domain) of webpages.

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Reply to “Making the World Wide Web an Easier Place to Talk About”

Words by Daniel Aleksandersen on 2008-05-28

To sum up Tim Walton’s article Making the World Wide Web an Easier Place to Talk About in three words: don’t use www.

The irony is that “World Wide Web” can be said in just three syllables, yet the abbreviation WWW encounters a tongue-twisting nine! How can any abbreviation take three times the effort to speak than the very words it is an abbreviation of‽ “duh-bull-you duh-bull-you duh-bull-you”.

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PayPal: 500 Server Error

Words by Daniel Aleksandersen on 2008-05-21

These guys are handling my transactions? Greeeat.

Internal Server Error
The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable to complete your request.
Please contact the server administrator, webmaster@paypal.com and inform them of the time the error occurred, and anything you might have done that may have caused the error.
More information about this error may be available in the server error log.
Apache/1.3.33 Server at www.paypal.com Port 443

Lexico bought by Ask.com

Words by Daniel Aleksandersen on 2008-05-15

As a Dictionary.com Premium user I am a little sceptical to Ask.com’s acquisition of Lexico’s Reference.com brands. Now I enjoy high quality reference material without advertisements. But under Ask Network’s rule, I fear the days of advertisement free reference material will come to and end.

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