The impossible has happened. I’ve finally moved permanently to developing websites on Ubuntu. For years I’ve been sceptical over using Linux as a development platform but now thanks to SSHFS,  GEDIT’s ability to double up as a capable..
Topics: Ramblings

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I’ve finally got around to upgrading Take More Risks to Wordpress 2.7.  Previously I was using Wordpress 2.3 I think! I was forced into the update as I changed the theme of the blog. Really getting tired of the old one so I thought I’d...
Topics: Ramblings

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2008/aug/13/privacy.civillibertiesI can’t really say anything other than we’re all fucked. Goodbye democracy. Goodbye freedom.Did I mention we’re all fucked?
Topics: 2008, democracy, freedom, fucked, goodbye, guardian, privacy, Ramblings

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A few months ago I received a letter from a debt collection agency regarding the £9 I owed 1and1.co.uk for unpaid domain registrations. I wasn’t aware at the time that 1and1 automatically set domains to renew and thus I’d been billed for a...
Topics: 1and1, agency, collection, contract, debt, Domaining, misleading, owed, registrars

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Reviving a dying static website isn’t as hard as it might initally seem. In fact the hardest part is often just encouraging the search engine spiders to come back and re-index the site. The best way to do this quickly is to write a piece of...
Topics: Ramblings

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