My wife was wondering why 60% of her web site traffic was showing as "direct entry" - she couldn't imagine all of these visitors were typing in her web site URL from scratch. At the same time, I was working with a client that was depending on the `referer` value for some calculations. And something wasn't adding up to them. I couldn't really find a good list of bad reasons for using referers, but I did find a whole lot of partial lists. - Phillip Barnhart

Businesses giving discounts 'cause gas is so expensive - Phillip Barnhart

This is worth following as everyone tries to break it. So far its the web equivalent to the perpetual motion machine! - Phillip Barnhart

A greate resource for small business insurance from the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) - Phillip Barnhart

"There's been a lot of marketing, a lot of hype about LifeLock," said Paul Stephens, director of policy and advocacy with the Privacy Rights Clearinghouse, a nonprofit consumer advocacy organization. "The question is, 'How much protection does it really buy you?"' - Phillip Barnhart

Absolutely accurate - Phillip Barnhart