Improving/Rebranding tutorialtastic

Recently I had Jacky come with up with an actual logo for tutorialtastic. Something that I could work with, create a new layout around and generally identify my long-neglected tutorial site. The only problem is, while the logo is fab and exactly what I wanted, I am constantly worried about how easy it is to… read full entry »


Impressed By Dell Customer Support

After giving a grace period of a couple of days in case the issue was not hardware based, I called Dell on Thursday last week about my slightly iffy “t” key. I can’t say as I was looking forward to it — support from any company often ranges from useless to totally wank — but… read full entry »


Ninja Thanks

Mega thanks to Jacky for my new ninja :)


I Could Never Be a Designer

I’m sat in today, waiting for the plumber to come and fix the hot tap in the bathroom. Instead of doing something constructive like tackling my ridiculous to-do list I’m fiddling with a design I started last night and wondering how I ever manage to finish these things. I could never be a graphic designer…… read full entry »


400 Readers

Feedburner tells me my subscriber count hit over 400 as of today. I feel like I should post something inspirational or deep the mark the occasion but as I’m not a particularly inspirational or deep person I’ll leave you with a question or three. If you’re contributing to my subscriber count by adding my RSS… read full entry »


Hex Ate My Homework

Not really, but I couldn’t think of a creative title for the random/mixed load of waffle that this entry is going to be. Firstly, I present you with Hex dressing up/playing LOLCAT: Created for your viewing pleasure by Aisling (x3) and Hanna (x1) Next, I can confirm that my course materials have arrived complete with… read full entry »


First Post on New Laptop

After ignoring what could possibly be sound advice I decided to order the Dell Vostro 1000. It arrived today, and here I am typing away. Or rather, I’m “yping” away because I seem to have a bit of a dodgy T key. I’m not sure if it’s because it’s new and needs breaking in a… read full entry »


phpFanBase3, BellaBiblio and a Link Script

fanbase3 has been virtually ready for release for a couple of months now and I’m sick of waiting around on the beta testers who promised they’d get back to me within a couple of days (and didn’t). If you’re a long-time user of phpfanbase and want to test out an upgrade, or you’re looking for… read full entry »

Quick e-thanks

I just wanted to send out some e-thanks to a few people who’ve helped me remove some of the false exploit “warnings” over the course of the past couple of weeks.. Firstly, Fyodor of insecure.org/seclists.org who removed one of the listings from his websites. Mega thanks to str0ke of milw0rm fame (seriously, I’ve been using… read full entry »