Simon Cox
Simon Cox
Simon Cox
Hello – this is my personal website. I bring you a smattering of articles to read, images to soak in while you wander about the web and a few thoughts to ponder on while you drink your tea in the short articles section.
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This has been quite a journey and as professional Technical SEO, quite the challenge. I have been using Bing Webmaster Tools for many years, mostly as a confirmation tool when comparing issues with Google Search Console. As Bing tends to...
Why did I want a bookmarks page? A thing that has been on my ideas list for quite some time is to create a links type page from the Toots I bookmark on Mastodon. The mastodon bookmarks are really handy for items that I want to go back...
Winchelsea Beach We have decided to get out a bit more this year and go and see places we have not been to before or for a while. I plotted a route through the Kent and East Sussex back lanes down to Winchelsea Beach, along the coast...
Many years ago when I was working for a global financial services organisation I came up with a strategy which I called Marketing URLs. I developed this as a workaround for the obligatory CMS paths we were forced to use in the server set...
I was tagged by Bob Monsour to answer the challenge. I accepted. The challenge was started here Ava's Bear Blog Challenge Why Did You Start Blogging In The First Place? In those heady early days of the web we built sites for the fun of...
Just read Git Commit Messages by Angie Herrera who has started organising Git Commit Messages "in a way that keeps things organized and makes future me a bit happier and less stressed". What a great idea! I decided I am going to do the...
Table of ContentsFirst Building - Sennan Cove cottageBrick booking office and goods hallStone Office with adjoining open canopy and platformCompletion of the Goods Shed and Ticket Office The original plans Reinier drew included a...
I upgraded the image plugin for 11ty on a small site which had an unintended chain of issues! I noticed that the Source control had node elements in it, even though I have node_modules in my gitignore file. After some investigation and...
I read a short post on Mastodon from Pierre Carrier saying that his blog had a newspaper mode - and it looks great! Pierre has his site on 11ty, as my site currently is, so I thought I would have a quick go at building a newspaper...
A week ago I started having issues with my home network, a network that I had built up and improved over the years. The first step in this was when we moved to this house and BT provided us with a couple of Powerline networking sockets....
That's odd I though - does Mousehole actually have cobbled streets? As lovely as it is with Stargazy pie, traditionally eaten on Tom Bawcock's Eve, and the last person to speak Cornish as their first language to live there, Dolly...
I signed up for the Modelu. Patreon plan last year and pay a small amount each month and in return I receive a zip file of five or six figures on a theme for the month. These files are the .stl files for 3D printing. The downloads are...
Whilst most of the Whitesands Quay layout has been planned for many years the details don't actually get sorted out until I turn my attention to them. An example is the area behind the Customs House. It is in the curved corner on the...
Table of ContentsHow to build a bin storeMaterials and PlanningConstruction ProcessBin Store Under Construction – Without RoofBin Store Under Construction – With RoofExtra FeaturesBlock of Wood to Hold Bin Lids OpenFinishing...
We had a Nordpeis Duo 2 wood burning stove installed some years ago and it looks fab! We use it to keep warm on those days when it is a touch cold but not cold enough to turn the heating on. Of course it gives out a tonne of hygge as...