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History Nexus back up
Sun, 07 Sep 2008 09:15:11 +0000
After being down for one month History Nexus is now back up.
It’s more about finding the time really to spend a couple of days looking at the code and trying to fix the problem with spam.
Actually, the solution I found won’t hold long so I’ll be looking at it again soon.
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Temporarily closing down new registrations to History Nexus
Sun, 03 Aug 2008 08:21:02 +0000
There’s some major security flaws in History Nexus that allow spammers in so I’m closing down the new registration form for a while. I need to spend some time over the next week working matters out.
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Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals Day School: Reaching New Audiences through Local Studies
Sat, 02 Aug 2008 12:13:37 +0000
I’ll be speaking at this event on October 2 in Birmingham:
Exploiting Local Studies collections to engage new audiences
Programme
9.30am Registration and coffee.
10.00am Welcome.
10.15am Local Studies: Whither or wither? David Gill, Information, Heritage and Learning Services Manager, Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council, describes how Local Studies has a key role to play in many corporate agendas but [...]
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History Carnival #67
Thu, 31 Jul 2008 23:00:26 +0000
Hello, #67 coming right at yer!
In the tradition of alternative presentations of the History Carnival I’ve grouped items into (loose!) categories and added a music video to fit each category.
Murder
Over here in Britain knife crime is seemingly out of control with a number of young people having been murdered this year. It’s a classic example [...]
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Eastside Community Heritage website relaunched
Sat, 26 Jul 2008 17:50:34 +0000
Okay, I’m blowing my own trumpet here - but I’ve have been working on this website solid for the past five weeks.
Eastside Community Heritage is a registered charity based in east London and has dealt with various projects over the years, whether based on local geographic areas or distinct identity groups such as the Chinese [...]
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Modern Marketing and Historical Amnesia: The Co-op
Fri, 25 Jul 2008 06:50:43 +0000
The Co-operative tradition has a long pedigree here in the UK. Based in the 19th century labour movement, it has evolved out of practical self-help in the form of affordable goods and banking needs for ordinary working class people.
It’s easy to forget that it’s only in recent times that banks have been inviting to everybody.
The [...]
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History carnival is a (still) comin??
Mon, 21 Jul 2008 12:36:03 +0000
Future / Retro will be hosting the History Carnival on August 1, 2008.
If there is anything of interest on your history blog or on somebody else’s then please drop me a line at editor@historynexus.net.
Also, if you tag your blog post as ‘historycarnival’ on del.ic.ious I can pick it up from there.
If you have a history [...]
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Interview with John Simkin, Spartacus Educational
Sat, 19 Jul 2008 13:17:47 +0000
Interview with John Simkin, editor and creator of Spartacus Educational history website. Covers his recent public argument with historian and journalist Don Bohning.
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Historian?s Guide to Blogging Part Three - Site Promotion and Link Building
Thu, 10 Jul 2008 09:35:12 +0000
In this post we’ll look at ways of promoting your site.
Once upon a time, say ten years ago or more, you could launch a site and it would be fairly straight forward for other internet users to find it.
Not any more. The sheer number of published websites is mind-blowing.
Over one billion people across the world [...]
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The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists: History as a Novel, The Novel as History
Fri, 04 Jul 2008 19:43:07 +0000
A recent BBC Radio 4 production of Robert Tressell’s Edwardian-period novel, The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists, has reawakened interest in this classic item of English literature.
It’s a testament to its continuing attraction that a host of high-profile (in Britain at least) working-class actors and comedians have played roles: Johnny Vegas is the ever-suffering Easton, Paul Whitehouse [...]
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