Archive for the 'General' Category



Taking out the trash

Published on 5 October, 2010

I’ve decided that the time has finally come for me to stop procrastinating and go ahead and archive this blog. I’ve been keeping this blog for over 5 years now, and I think the time has come for it to get a completely fresh facelift and redesign. I’ll probably keep most of what I consider [...]


Making a better Mouse

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I picked up an Apple Magic Mouse last night after finally getting fed up with the scroll ball in the ‘Mighty Mouse’ getting clogged and not working. The Magic Mouse is a gorgeous minimalistic piece of wireless hardware that features a touch-sensitive surface, allowing you to perform the actions of the scroll ball or a [...]


The iPad: two weeks on

Published on 14 June, 2010

A little over two weeks ago, I bought an iPad. I wasn’t really excited about the device and I did wonder if it really was a necessary purchase. So, after two weeks am I still using it? Well, yes! I still maintain that it is a luxury item – it’s not something you necessarily need, [...]


Hacked off

Published on 9 June, 2010

Last Saturday my Blog was hacked with the ZettaPetta hack. basically all my PHP files had some malicious code injected somehow. Information about how this happened is quite cagey – various people on the internet have commented that it is across a lot of sites, and not necessarily just WordPress sites. Apologies if you’ve visited [...]


Delayed Repay

Published on 27 May, 2009

It’s been a while since I’ve blogged. Mainly because I wanted to try and get away from the usual whingeing, complaining, moaning tone that I seem to have adopted in my posts. Unfortunately, I’ve not been able to write anything positive, so I’ll carry on whingeing. Some time last year, I became aware that the [...]