What Twitter is becoming
I enjoy Twitter. It's easy to update. The low character limit, rather than being a hindrance, encourages people to start using it who would never think of started
Why I would never host with Re-Invent Technologies again
A couple of years ago, I bought some web-space from a company called Re-Invent Technologies (http://www.re-invent.com/) for some ASP.Net web space with SQL Server hosting. I
Creating a daily Database backup for MySql (and self-hosted Wordpress blogs)
Most of the professional work I do is with Microsoft SQL Server and .Net platform. For my own pet projects, I prefer using MySql as a db engine. Wordpress (and
Healthy Skepticism about the net
Back in 2000, while I was working for a small dot com in Reading, someone asked me how much I bought online. As the office geek, they assumed I sat
Everyone's You-Tubing
In the past week, two friends have posted new movies on YouTube. Ted Falagan (that's what the T. stands for) my childhood friend and writer/director has made
My new profile picture
I started out this morning with the realization that I’m not ready to go to China. A visa for China requires 6 months time remaining on your passport. Mine
Plesk Upgrade messed up Mysql and PHP
My site was down for a little over a day because I upgraded Plesk to version 9 on my VPS. It caused the PHP and Mysql adaptor to stop working.