In an unusual outage, this site was down for about six hours this morning. Normal service has now resumed. In other news …

Russell Beattie has some interesting conversation going on currently regarding Google Adsense. It appears that Google are pulling the rug from under the feet of many honest users, in tactics reminiscent of PayPal. Even more interesting is the discussion of RSS-Data, but be prepared to get yourself into a pretty geeky mindset to fully appreciate it.

Jason Kottke asks you to get your docks out for the lads.

This weekend I’m slaving to finish off a chapter for the an update of the popular Dynamic Dreamweaver MX. Writing for books is a lot like cross-country running. It seems like a fun idea before you start, is absolute hell as you’re doing it, and its immensely satisfying once you’ve finished. I still wouldn’t recommend it, however.