WoW – how to do a Dire Maul: Tribute run!
This is a how-to on doing a Dire Maul:Tribute run. Part of my Warcraft Tips series – hope it’s of some use to you! For druid tanks it’s all about getting the Unyielding Maul which is a weapon almost as...
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T minus 790 days and counting…
This fantastic add-on for Firefox counts down the number of days remaining in the world’s favourite cretin’s presidential term. Fantastic! Or should I cry – more than 2 years! Get Firefox add-on:...
View ArticleYouTube and 2.0 subculture
I didn’t fully comprehend the scale of the changes to culture on the web these days. I’ve been a geek forever and yet I missed the whole Web 2.0 thing. The web has become the realm of normal people...
View ArticleMicrosoft getting hip with Zune and MTB
Over at Yahoo!s Spotlight! On! Technology!! there’s an article! (ok, I’ll stop now) about Microsoft’s Zune project manager and how he’s a cool and hip downhill mountain biker. It’s an interesting...
View ArticleFor Sale: Dell Inspiron 9300
[update: this machine is no longer available – this was posted in December 2006] I’m selling my laptop because I’m moving to a desktop system. This Dell Inspiron 9300 is a powerful desktop replacement...
View ArticleI hope you are havening a Happy New Year
Some humour to get you through the first day back at work ! This is one from way back when… used to keep me entertained every day: Link: The Chronicles of George. Did you read Good ol’ George back in...
View ArticleDirty spammers use my domain as From address
If you recently received a spam mail from amdsoft.com, well you didn’t. Some dirty, stinking scumbag email spammer configured his bulk-mailer to use this domain in the From: address. But you can quit...
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Screw you, comments spammers
Thanks to [tag]Spam Karma[/tag] 2 and [tag]Askimet[/tag], my various [tag]Wordpress[/tag] blogs’ comments are 100% spam free from [tag]automated spam[/tag]. So [tag]comment spam[/tag]mers, piss off and...
View ArticleWhat’s a meme?
I was asked yesterday “just what the hell is a ‘[tag]meme[/tag]’ anyway?”. Quite simply it’s one of those geeky terms that bloggers love to use because they sound complicated and techie, but in reality...
View ArticleTwo minute WordPress upgrade!
If you host your own [tag]Wordpress[/tag] then take note – there’s a [tag]php exploit[/tag] on the loose that’s taken out several well known SEO blogs. Advice is to update to [tag]Wordpress 2.0.7[/tag]...
View ArticleTop keywords at amdsoft.com
A friend was asking me why I was still posting about WoW after I quit :) If you make money from this come back and let me know. druid 479 12.4 % wow 309 8 % feral 306 7.9 % gear 300 7.7 % tanking 136...
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Macbook Air running Vista benchmark
I put Windows Vista on my MBA because I need to be operational for business and I don’t have time to learn how to use a new operating system (and find replacement applications for those I normally...
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23 Inch Full HD Widescreen for 186 EUR delivered
Friend of mine just pointed out this deal to me: Dell S2309W 23-Inch Full HD Widescreen Flat Panel Monitor – Black...
View ArticleEmbedding FLV movie directly on your site
This is a brief description of how to embed an FLV movie on your site. This works for videos you have uploaded to your website and embeds it directly i.e. does not link to the video hosting site like...
View ArticleRemoving date from WordPress permalink: .htaccess 301
I just updated my permalinks structure on amdsoft.com to remove the dates from the URL. This is slightly better for SEO, and is nicer looking also. So now we get URLs like...
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Testing a Spambot Blocker
I’m testing a spambot blocker courtesy of Augusto over at Spanish SEO. So if you can’t read this blog post, please let me know asap :) It displays a nice big STOLEN sign, as seen on the right here, to...
View ArticleDear Google, Please Index…
Dear Google, Please add the following sites to your almighty index: Croagh Patrick Heritage Trail Alastair’s new site Thank you!
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How To Stop Skype Changing Your Website Design
If visitors to your website have Skype installed, it may reformat what it thinks are phone numbers on your website. This can be very annoying if you’re a web designer and you get an angry phone call...
View ArticleNew reading materials (sf and f)
I was just complaining on Twitter that I’m all out of Charlie Stross and I need some new scifi to read. I am a pretty avid scifi reader (to say the least: it’s like crack cocaine to me). Ross, Janet...
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How to Take Screenshots on iOS, Android, Windows and MacOSX
I’ve needed to capture a screenshot – a picture of what’s on screen – on several systems recently. Normally I hit the “Print Screen” key – sometimes marked “PrtScr” – to copy the screenshot to the...
View ArticleBecause of Their Perseverance and Consistency
These guys have been spamming my sports blog for nigh on 10 years now, with pretty much the exact same message year in, year out. (My thanks to Askimet for nuking 99.9% of their submissions.) I was...
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Solid State Drives Thoughts & Recommendations
Asus U36SD-A1 with OCZ Vertex 3 SSD I recently made the mistake of getting an OCZ Vertex 3 drive for my Asus U36SD laptop. The Vertex 3 is an incredible SSD, one of the fastest in existence....
View ArticleiPhone DCIM empty in Windows
Here’s what I recently thought was a technical problem: I was using my iPhone to record video and transferring it to my PC using the USB connector, when suddenly the DCIM folder was empty. I checked...
View ArticleUseful Software for Windows
Updated Aug 2013 This list was created for my own reference to keep all the links in one handy location. It might be useful for ideas for you too when you’re installing a new Windows PC or laptop. Not...
View ArticleQuick backup script with WP-CLI
Quick backup script for WP-CLI users. This just grabs the DB, active theme, a list of plugins and the wp-config file. This isn’t meant to replace a daily backup of all DBs and changed files, but it is...
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Fix for WordPress unable to create uploads directory or not writable by server
This is a note to future self as much as anything, but hopefully useful for someone out there. Situation: uploads are failing with “Unable to create directory uploads. Is its parent directory writable...
View ArticleUpdated WP-CLI backup script
Here’s a new version of the wp-cli backup script mentioned previously. This adds a check that it’s running as a user, and backs up the upload directory too. You need to have wp-cli installed and run...
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Chinese Androids: A Cautionary Tale
Considering buying a Chinese Android phone like a Xiaomi, Vernee, Elephone, Huawei, Honor, etc? They seem to be incredible value for high specification devices, about half the price of a premium brand...
View ArticleDangers of Freelancing on Upwork
Interesting post about the dangers of freelancing on Upwork. They eventually sorted this situation out, but I suspect only because of the huge social media coverage. ∞
View ArticleAre you using FreeAgent with Bank of Ireland?
Are you using FreeAgent with Bank of Ireland (BOI Banking 365 or Business Online)? I want to talk to other folks who are integrating their BOI bank feed with FreeAgent – if you’re up for it, can you...
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