English Lessons for David ;-)

Today we decided on a feature freeze. Having added extra functionality to our bug and feature tracking program we targetted all the current features at different versions and decided on a freeze for our initial 1.0 release. Our job now is not to add features but to get the existing ones up and running properly…

I've noticed (with some help from someone!) that the Plus account expiry system hasn't been running. It's probably been that way for some considerable time, at least since last time we moved servers. Which would explain why we haven't had many renewals recently – and why the budget is suffering as badly as it is!…

That moving a server means moving IP addresses. Moving IP addresses of a nameserver means dealing with Network Solutions to get the host record changed. Dealing with Network Solutions is like selling your soul to the devil only MUCH MUCH more painful. So we transferred the domains to Easyspace 🙂 However, as a result, we…

The present setup for HamiMail (and AtMail if you’re an AtomIC user) will NOT forward your e-mails to your private address at the moment. The software has a problem which means that its not properly detecting loops, so if you’ve misconfigured your account to forward to private address but had your private address set to…

I forgot to add in the last entry, if we can actually generate some guaranteed revenue to cover the costs of the site, we can actually put in place a decent affiliate program. To that extent we would also plan on implementing something like this; DiaristA tells her friend, DiaristB about DearDiary.NET (or AtomIC Systems)….

As many people will have noticed, the Top 10 read diaries is now in a random order and the number of hits no longer shown. The reason for this is quite simple and that is that the listing is there to give new people (and perhaps not so new people) an easy starting point to…