Blogging for over 25 years
I’m currently being pounded by StumbleUpon users thumbs-up’ing my geek t-shirts page, so will finally see tonight whether WordPress is capable of filling the gaps that my custom blog system left wide open. Just to be on the safe-side, I’ve installed WP Super Cache, which was the primary reason for ditching the theme switcher and… read full entry »
There’s a problem with the Ajax book finder in the current version of BellaBiblio, caused by an update on Amazon’s side of things. There is a patch which was sent over to me by Mat earlier today for those running PHP5 only, but because I’m “mid-report” for my course I’ve not had time to give… read full entry »
Fudgeybuckets, 10th May 2008 (the day we got him) at approximately 5 weeks old: Fudge last week, 5th July 2008, now approximately 14 weeks old: I am pleased with how well he’s doing, despite his awful start to life. :)
Because of popular demand — OK, one request — I’ve added a feed for my faq page.
Last week, I installed Netscape 4.79 on a virtual machine to verify my bold claims only to end up with: Netscape Navigator AOL Instant Messenger RealPlayer Winamp Netscape Messenger Netscape Composer …as well as palm top sync tools and a bunch of utilities. And people tell me Microsoft are bad for bundling software, pfft! PS…. read full entry »
When I first posted my theories on Frozen Midnight a year ago, I had no idea what kind of reaction it would get (from the company or its users). Little did I know that so many existing and ex-customers would come forward with their stories of outrageous fees and unnecessary charges. No less than 8… read full entry »
I’ve currently got an ongoing project at work, part of which entails redeveloping a website and providing a news section. Given the functionality needed (not a lot) I would normally knock something together with PHP and MySQL, give it a basic admin panel and make do. This is totally sufficient, and would normally take maybe… read full entry »
How does one back out of a verbal contract made in jest? It’s not binding, right?
I just harvested my first home-grown courgette :9
Some time in 2005 I passed comment on a website. A website that loaded so terribly in Firefox — well, any browser that wasn’t IE actually — that I was rendered speechless. I know! Me! Speechless! It’s as if pigs had learnt to fly and my cold frosty heart melted a little. OK, maybe not… read full entry »