I have had New Tag Cloud installed on my blog for a while but have not go around to sorting the CSS & HTML to display it how I wanted. However, a new version has been released, 0.3, and I have upgraded and sorted out getting it set up. I also upgraded my WordPress install [...]
Well, if you were on site installing exchange on leap year day then you have my sympathy. In a series of news items, the reasons for techies everywhere having problems have been reviled, and not just for problems with Exchange.
First, the 25-year-old leap year bug infesting Microsoft Excel…
Next hit, Exchange, SQL Server 2008, Windows Small [...]
When users write content, is it of any value? Do we trust what we read? Can we trust what we read?
Let me ask you a question, do you value this? I am only a user, just like you. So does this make my words valuable or worthless, the answer is one only you know. The [...]
We have moved from a time when the web was written for us, a source for information, published by big companies and geeks. Now we are all the web, whether we are geeks or not. With the latest changes to the way people interact online being a good example. “I will put the pictures on [...]
A number of people ask me:
Where is the best place to buy office?
Do you know any good sites to get freeware and shareware?
Where can i get a free app to do…..
So here is my answer to them, they run windows, they don’t know about FOSS, they may never run Linux or even take the time [...]
I am a bit behind on postings lately, but I have been meaning to post about another iPlayer development. Its now available through a streaming service, based on flash. This helps people on non-microsoft platforms access the content. It is also quick and easy to use, if you have a quick ish connection (Its ok [...]
Merry Christmas Everyone!
I have moved hosting provider, and I have had to move the database too. Here are the commands I used to shift the database from one server to another.
To export the database:
mysqldump -h DBSERVER -u DBUSER -p DBNAME > DBNAME.sql
Substituting DBSERVER with the hosts adddress, DBUSER with your MySQL username on the current server and [...]
There is a long story behind it, but basically a few drips of water got into my server. I had left it on the bench with the lid off. A drip must have landed on the RAID card, it then dribbled down the card and into the PCI slot. This shorted the card and killed [...]
There are a number of messages working their way around social networking sites like facebook, here is an example:
“If some boy called bum_tnoo7@hotmail.com adds u don’t accept it because its a hacker!!
Tell everyone on your list because if somebody on your list adds them u get them on your list he’ll figure out Your ID [...]