Author: Kimball

Kimball is a website designer and developer in Pembroke, NH.

Why TrailsNH Now Uses an llms.txt File — And Why Your Website Might Need One Too

The web is changing fast. Search engines aren’t the only systems crawling websites anymore—AI models, retrieval engines, and “answer bots” now index public content to power their responses. For a site like TrailsNH, which publishes curated, geo‑tagged, real‑time hiking information, this shift matters. To protect that work while still allowing responsible AI access, TrailsNH now … Continue reading Why TrailsNH Now Uses an llms.txt File — And Why Your Website Might Need One Too

Cloudways Review: My First (and Probably Last) Attempt at Using Their Platform

This week I decided to give Cloudways a test drive. On the surface, the platform looks modern and polished. It gives you the impression of a clean, efficient hosting environment. But once I got into the actual workflow, things went sideways. Between the fragmented navigation and a WordPress migration tool that failed repeatedly, the experience … Continue reading Cloudways Review: My First (and Probably Last) Attempt at Using Their Platform

Spam: Thomas Walker jmailservice.com

This email form thomas.walker@jmailservice.com is almost certainly not legit. The email domain jmailservice.com is also widely used for mass‑marketing and low‑reputation outreach. Combined with the generic sales pitch and no referer to my site, this fits the pattern of automated lead‑gen spam. Below is a breakdown of my assessment. Why This Contact Form Submission Looks … Continue reading Spam: Thomas Walker jmailservice.com

Is zen.tekroc.com Really ADmantX? My Experience with a Suspicious Bot

On TrailsNH, I prioritize real hikers and human visitors— so I built a suite of verification systems to defend our server resources from bots and automated traffic. So when a supposed ADmantX crawler started hitting our site over 900 times per day, something didn’t add up. What I See How TrailsNH is Blocking It I’m … Continue reading Is zen.tekroc.com Really ADmantX? My Experience with a Suspicious Bot

2025 River Edition Sticker

Sticker #3: Flow State The third sticker in the Up a Mountain, Down a Beer – TrailsNH Sticker Series shifts the pace—celebrating the calm that flows between climbs. It’s a nod to the quiet bends in the trail and the first sip by the brook at golden hour. For this design, I used Copilot to … Continue reading 2025 River Edition Sticker

Book Project? Chronicle, a boutique publishing firm out of Texas

I have received this email twice now from “Taylor with Chronicle, a boutique publishing firm out of Texas.” The email raises several red flags that makes me think this could be a scam. If you have worked with or know anything about Taylor R. or Chronicle publishing out of Texas please leave a comment below. … Continue reading Book Project? Chronicle, a boutique publishing firm out of Texas

Styles Available in Microsoft Copilot, DALL·E Image Generator

In the world of AI-driven creativity, Microsoft Copilot harnesses the power of DALL·E, a cutting-edge AI model developed by OpenAI, to generate unique images based on text descriptions. This means users can bring their ideas to life visually—whether it’s an imaginative landscape, a stylized portrait, or an artistic rendering of a real-world scene. What Is … Continue reading Styles Available in Microsoft Copilot, DALL·E Image Generator

Legend of the Woolly Bear Caterpillars Predicting Winter Weather

As far back as American colonial times, a popular belief in New England was Woolly Bear Caterpillars could forecast the severity of the upcoming winter. People would observe the width of the orange or brown band on their bodies to predict the severity of the upcoming winter. According to the folklore: In 1948 Dr. C. H. Curran, curator of insects at the American Museum … Continue reading Legend of the Woolly Bear Caterpillars Predicting Winter Weather

New Hampshire Association Of Criminal Defense Lawyers

The New Hampshire Association Of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NHACDL) is a voluntary professional association that has represented the criminal defense bar in New Hampshire since 1988. It is the state’s largest independent organization dedicated to criminal defense, with members practicing in every courthouse, handling various criminal cases. Its members include solo practitioners, large firm attorneys, … Continue reading New Hampshire Association Of Criminal Defense Lawyers

Use Custom Field to Generate meta robots noindex,nofollow tag

Want to ask search engines not index or follow one of your pages or posts? It’s really pretty simple. Here’s how I do it. Insert Code For Your Header Edit your templates header.php file and locate the meta viewport tag. After the meta viewport tag, insert this script to generate the meta robots noindex,nofollow tag: … Continue reading Use Custom Field to Generate meta robots noindex,nofollow tag

NH Rental Property Owners Association Website

A Seacoast NH group for residential rental owners and managers covers Seabrook to Concord to Kittery. They are your resource for how to screen tenants, market your listings, write leases, and protect your business. A member-based non-profit educational group dedicated for sharing an understanding of property ownership and landlord/tenant relations since 2008. For this project … Continue reading NH Rental Property Owners Association Website

2024 Shimmering Lake Sticker

Sticker #2: Sunset Pour The second entry in the Up a Mountain, Down a Beer – TrailsNH Sticker Series captures that unbeatable post-hike moment when the sun dips low and a cold one goes down easy. This circular design features a pint glass filled with a vivid sunset scene—molten orange skies melting into shadowed peaks, … Continue reading 2024 Shimmering Lake Sticker

Innovative Timber Harvesting – Website

Established in 2021, Innovative Timber Harvesting is owned by Nathan Cole and Michael Sharp. ITH is a fully mechanized timber harvesting operation serving New Hampshire and surrounding New England States. I built Nate and Mike a small WordPress powered website to help promote their business. I made some cute graphics to use on the site, based on … Continue reading Innovative Timber Harvesting – Website

503 Service Unavailable: forecast.weather.gov/MapClick

Starting today, when I fetch the MapClick.php from forecast.weather.gov with file_get_contents() the service returns http response header 505. Example URL: https://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lat=43.02&lon=-71.6&FcstType=dwml HTTP Response Header: Array( [0] => HTTP/1.0 503 Service Unavailable [1] => Server: AkamaiGHost [2] => Mime-Version: 1.0 [3] => Content-Type: text/html [4] => Content-Length: 177 [5] => Expires: Thu, 11 Jan 2024 15:12:32 … Continue reading 503 Service Unavailable: forecast.weather.gov/MapClick

Website: ImmigrantTransformed.com

I built ImmigrantTransformed.com for Ammini Moorthy to help promote her new memoir. Immigrant Transformeda memoir by Ammini Moorthy, PHD, Grantham NH. Available on Amazon and in local stores Here Is What Ammini Was Lookin For Ammini picked out this inspiration website as an example of what she wanted. That’s a beautiful website, but to build … Continue reading Website: ImmigrantTransformed.com

SCAM: Hey Dear Subscriber, Payment for your Payment ID 56357550 was collected from associated bank account

Did you get an email like this with a Geek Squad Total Protection Subscription Renewal attached as a PDF file? The email is not from Geek Squad. Don’t fall for it, it’s a scam! What Should You Do About It? Here Is A Copy Of The Scam I Received By Email: Screen Capture of Email: … Continue reading SCAM: Hey Dear Subscriber, Payment for your Payment ID 56357550 was collected from associated bank account