This post is just a reference point for another post, a Subversion client is needed for downloading Crowbar, so I downloaded TortoiseSVN available here. A quick install with the default options and I was away. I created a new folder on my desktop called Crowbar, went into it and did a right click (TortoiseSVN is an explorer extension so there’s no program to run directly!). Alpha Dog release TortoiseSVN -> Export Then pasted in the trunk from the Crowbar instructions page.

The In-Laws download I don’t particularly like my current Permalink structure, has anybody had any success with Dean Lee’s Permalink Migration Plugin?

I apologise now if I put off some of the more general readers with this post, but I’ve struck upon a bit a problem! I have some automated code that I wrote using PHP and Curl, that retrieves a mountain of information from a website, does some statistical analysis on it and then presents me with a nice little report (having inserted the data into a MySQL database). It’s wonderful – to do the process manually would take maybe 2-3 hours every day, as it is I wake up to a nice report sat in my inbox everyday with all the information in it. Now I have a problem, the website that I crawl to get this information is converting… Continue reading »

I really need to play with Photoshop/The Gimp more, as I’ve got tonnes of photos that would probably look loads better with a little editing. But a must read recently has become PsD Photoshop Disasters. A couple of brilliant reflection posts recently have been: Pitch Black full movie Take a look it’s well worth subscribing to!

The most ridiculous computer error I’ve seen in some time (on my PC I hasten to add!): And Then There Were None divx

I was reading John’s blog today and spotted a link to Mozilla Labs. I’ve always liked some of the Google Labs projects and an avid fan of both Firefox and Thunderbird – so what better way to see some of the things that Mozilla have got on their minds. I’ve only read about one project before I’ve started typing, but already it strikes me a something remarkably simple but such a good idea! Prism notes that: Personal computing is currently in a state of transition. While traditionally users have interacted mostly with desktop applications, more and more of them are using web applications. But the latter often fit awkwardly into the document-centric interface of web browsers. And they are surrounded… Continue reading »

It’s not sycin’! It’s passed on! This router is no more! It has ceased to be! It’s expired and gone to meet it’s maker! It’s a doorstop! Bereft of life, it rests in peace! If you hadn’t nailed it to the shelf it’d be propping open the door! It’s routing tables are now ‘istory! It’s a chunk of metal! It’s kicked the bucket, it’s shuffled off ‘is mortal coil, run down the curtain and joined the bleedin’ choir invisibile!! THIS IS AN EX-ROUTER!! Ahh… I feel so much better! What am I talking about? – My router that’s what! My Netgear DG834Gv2 has faithfully served myself and the business for many years (it’s quite a mature router), never so much… Continue reading »