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Re: GeekMEAT – Attending?

PeteWilliams — Fri, 09 Aug 2013 07:16:41 -0000

Cool, the 10th works better for me :)

Re: Homemade British Bangers and the Search for Rusk

PeteWilliams — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 08:29:02 -0000

A banger should NEVER be pricked! That let's all the fat out, and let's not forget - fat means flavour! A modern British sausage won't explode anyway so it's not something you need to worry about.

Re: Homemade British Bangers and the Search for Rusk

PeteWilliams — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 08:26:00 -0000

Hi, as a sausage-making Englishman I admire your quest to reach the pinacle of sausagery, however i can spot some room for improvement… I wouldn't mix your meat and seasonings by machine - it looks like it is turning it to mush. You should try and do it by hand - and gently. A good banger will be relatively course - the cross-section of yours looks over-processed. I suspect the over-enthusiastic mixing turned your meat to a paste, rather than keeping it fairly mince-like. Of course, if you're happy with your sausage then none of this matters - just thought I'd let you know how you could make it more like a proper British banger.

Pete

Re: Dear ICO, Sue Us

PeteWilliams — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 06:21:47 -0000

It's (always been) pretty clear that the ICO have no interest in prosecuting anyone over this daft law that the EU has insisted they implement. I'm sure the ICO are more annoyed about it that any of us geeks.

They've given enough winks and nudges to let us know not to worry about it but people are still getting their knickers in a twist. How exactly are they idiots?

I don't really understand your point - you seem to be annoyed that the ICO aren't suing everyone?

Re: Fixing Registration & Login Forms – Passwords : Nexus Technologies LLC Software Consulting Milwaukee, WI

PeteWilliams — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 09:37:25 -0000

I like the concept, but I'd recommend putting the checkbox before the password field, else most people will fill in the field, and then see the option. This idea is expanded on in this post: http://www.goodusability.co...

Re: Google Google Tradutor

PeteWilliams — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 15:24:00 -0000

I think he just went with the jumpsuit theory to make the artwork easier…

Re: No Precedence For Social Media – Amazon Hangs Us Out To Dry

PeteWilliams — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 10:09:25 -0000

Thanks for the reply Joshua,

I spoke to Amazon UK about this, and they say links posted on twitter DO earn commission:

"Dear Associate,

Thank you for writing to the Amazon.co.uk Associates Program.

In relation to your e-mail below, links posted on Twitter do earn commission. Any items ordered via your links will register to your Associate account and you will earn referral fees according to the Performance Fee Plan which you are currently enrolled in."

I'll send a response now and see if they have a problem with URL shorteners either.

Pete

Re: Affiliate Links in Twitter, Amazon Says No

PeteWilliams — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 10:07:16 -0000

Well I spoke to Amazon UK about this, and they don't seem to have a problem with it:

"Dear Associate,

Thank you for writing to the Amazon.co.uk Associates Program.

Pete

Re: No Precedence For Social Media – Amazon Hangs Us Out To Dry

PeteWilliams — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 17:41:16 -0000

I was wondering if this was the case as someone said they purchased through one of my links posted on twitter, but Amazon did not register it.

Seems pretty unreasonable to me, and I can't see any reason for it other than to save Amazon money.

Does anyone know if it is the URL shortners that are the problem, or just posting on sites that aren't yours? What about the twitter widget I have on my site, would clicks form this count...? I wonder how they determine it.

Also, if anyone is interested, I've just released a 1kb JavaScript file that converts any Amazon product links on your page into affiliated links to your visitor’s local Amazon store. So US visitors will get a .com link, whilst UK visitors will get a .co.uk link to the same product.
Free download at: http://petewilliams.info/bl...

Re: UI Scraps: user interface designs found by Jason Robb

PeteWilliams — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 18:41:58 -0000

I too would also tab to this field and then type to select. The problem here though, is that the length of the selectbox suggests that the field uses month names, rather than number so I'd be typing S for September and getting nowhere.

Would be interesting to see what percentage of people use mouse vs keyboard on these fields. Anyone got any data?

Re: Photo of the day: No breastfeeding

PeteWilliams — Fri, 08 May 2009 16:01:15 -0000

I'd love to know the backstory on this one! Just how breastfed teenagers did they have to put up with before putting up the sign??