With a multitude of upgrades released every 30 seconds in the WordPress community, it’s integral that a regular back-up is taken just to be on the safe side. Although there are plugins available which do this for you, I’m a cynical old bugger and don’t trust anything or anyone. Most hosts supply phpMyAdmin. If you… read full entry »

Now that I’m back in WordPress it would be much easier for me to write and release some freebie WordPress themes. Good idea/bad idea? Addenendum: I have been playing with the WP-Supercache plugin, which has the unfortunate side effect of breaking the themeswitcher. Although this has been turned off and I’ve emptied the cache, some… read full entry »

Backstory.. I’m being insulted, and called a boy (again) because I dared criticise xoxmariah.com’s shitty excuse for a website. A few people add their tuppence worth, some of which I’m saving for another day, and then… Person A: “I know! Jem thinks she’s a smart ass know it all. She is a meany! I know… read full entry »

If you have a DeviantART account, it would be great if you could ‘fave’ this article. Art theft is lame :(

A few years ago there was a teacher strike at Karl’s school and I made a few comments on it, inadvertently being quoted on the local newspaper front page. I thought I’d blogged about it but I can’t find the entry so it was probably lost in one of my many DB breakages. Anyway, the… read full entry »

You know you need a looong break from the Internet when you look at the TV listings, see: …and the first thing that springs to mind is an insecure script. Totally off topic… if someone pisses you off beyond belief, on levels that it is not possible to talk about without resorting to copious swearwords… read full entry »

New theme added… ‘A blue cloudy mess’

Since converting back to WordPress I’ve been having some difficulties with my site. It’s not the fault of WordPress per se (I just liked the sound of the title) but rather my inefficient system, and my impatience. In my haste to get the live WP install up and running, I temporarily dropped some of the… read full entry »

Alexa have updated their ranking system.. time to do another ‘Manipulating Alexa’ post?

Although I’m a self-confessed geek, it’s never really been about the gadgets for me. I don’t need the latest and greatest mobile phone (my ancient Nokia 3310 still works); the MacBook Air is still a poncy piece of kit (a classic example of a sub-standard spec machine trying to be something it isn’t); and I… read full entry »