Bouncing Hedgehog

Archive for July, 2009

It’s been a little while, so my apologies for that. I’ve been playing with a new pet project. For those of you who know me, you will not be surprised to learn that I now have a quotes web site (www.quoteyquotes.com), which I have been building over the last few weeks.

Why a quotes site? Well, I have always been interested in pertinent quotes and have been collecting them for years. And there are a few web sites out there already which aren’t too bad. But they all have their flaws. I’m very particular about the way quotes are categorized. It always ticks me off when I go to a section and find quotes in there that really don’t belong. I also dislike sloppy punctuation and spelling. You’d be surprised how many of these sites must simply copy and paste each other’s content. So many have the same spelling mistake(s)! Read the rest of this entry »

A small history lesson in Fascism for all my readers today!

Back in 1919 in Italy the fascist paramilitary group the Blackshirts came into being and were not disbanded until the end of World War II. The Blackshirts were organized by Benito Mussolini as the military tool of his political movement. Their “methods” became harsher as Mussolini’s power grew and violence and intimidation against his opponents became commonplace.

The concept behind the Blackshirts was copied by others who shared Mussolini’s ideas and brand of fascism. Sir Oswald Mosley in the United Kingdom had his group of Blackshirts too. In the United States they became the Silver Shirts, in Mexico the Golden Shirts, in Brazil Green Shirts and blue became very popular in the Irish Free state, Canada and Spain. Read the rest of this entry »

It never ceases to amaze me how many web sites I visit make use of pop-up or pop-under windows. It used to be just the really skanky sites that used these all the time, but I have noticed a trend recently in some far more mainstream web sites that have started utilizing them.

I have about twelve web sites at the last count and not one of them has ever used this technique. Nor will they ever. Pop-ups (or unders) are annoying and iniquitous. No visitor likes them. And for all you web masters out there that think pop-ups are the greatest thing since sliced bread try conducting a survey and see what results you get. I did years ago and the results showed that an overwhelming 98% “hated” them. And the other 2% “didn’t care.” Nobody voted in favor of them. Read the rest of this entry »