Archive for the ‘Site Updates’ Category

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Another New Beginning

…Or another end.
As this is my personal website, I tend to try things out here first. Like this design… I am unsure about the colours, but I like this layout and it only took me a weekend to put together. I’m calling the theme Bubblegum temporarily, and its written specifically for wordpress. That said, lots [...]

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Away again? Buying a house, and Spam

Again, I have to apologise for being away from my site for a while. But buying a house is by far the most stressful, time consuming, and irritating “project” that I’ve ever attempted. From structural surveys to getting mortgage protection, each task gets you one step closer to the end goal, but also can trip you up [...]

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A few changes – Gallery, Spam, etc.

Over the last few days, I’ve been making some changes to this site. I mentioned recently that I was getting a ridiculous amount of SPAM for a site that gets very few people reading it… so I decided that I was spending too much moderating comments. Off I went looking for an automatic moderation method [...]

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A Minor Milestone.. in Spam!

Well today, apart from the big news from the US about Barack Obama becoming the president elect of the USA, I hit a bit of a milestone. This wordpress blog hit its 100th SPAM comment this morning. Well I was excited.
It also got me thinking about my comment system and why my tiny blog is [...]

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I’ve been away for so long..

As it says in the title… I haven’t had much time to be on around here. As I work in the finincial sector as an IT administrator and with the current volatility – I am a very busy man. When the accountants are under pressure, we’re under pressure! Not that I’m really complaining because I’ve [...]

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