There’s always a better way – Windows Fixes
It really annoys me when people say, “oh, why don’t you just re-install Windows” or “do a repair install”. Over the past few years I had numerous machines come in that plain wouldn’t boot in to Windows, and even other technical colleagues would comment that it needed Windows reinstalled or repaired. To me this is […]
HTTP Referrer Spam
My web stats for one of my larger websites is full of referrers which look to be spam… Today’s brief stats below shows the highest referral counts coming from a page titled “how to open an offshore company”… Cause I need to know how to do that… Quick search: http://underscorebleach.net/jotsheet/2005/01/referrer-spam-proposal http://chris.quietlife.net/2005/01/16/referrer-b-gone/ – BAHHH DEBIAN… need […]
My Facebook Idea
…. was implemented!!! As per pic below. I filled out the suggestion form last week asking to see a pop up box when you roll over someone’s name, showing a picture of the person, and an indication of mutual friends, and an Add Friends button if they aren’t your friend… Tonight, I jumped on Facebook, […]
S15 Update
After just over 2 long years of having my S15 off the road, it’s slowly getting closer! A few weeks ago I decided I would get stuck into it, and got everything all setup and ready to turn over. Put the key in the ignition, and nothing. Damn! I’ve been doing a bit of research […]
Cold War Reading Material
I read an article, maybe 2 years ago, regarding the Cold War, and Russia (or the USSR, whichever), having built a doomsday system. I somehow raised this in conversation the other day with one of my colleagues, and searched for the article again… I’ve started to take a bit of interest in the Cold War, […]
Mac OS X Gaming Part II
In my last post about MacOSX gaming, I mentioned I like to play Counter Strike / Left 4 Dead, and how I attempted to run it via Parallels virtually etc etc etc. Well, yesterday, Valve announced some AWESOME news for us Mac owners… I can’t wait to try this out 🙂 Valve announced today it […]
Mac OS X Speedup Bits
I decided my Mac was running a bit slower, something I would usually refer to as the “Windows downhill effect”. Turns out Mac OS X has it too! Albeit slightly less intrusive… As usual, Google delivered. I tested out a bunch of apps, and heck, even purchased my first piece of shareware, EVER. Amongst the […]
Mac OS X Gaming
Having bought a Mac, I sort of stopped playing Counter Strike, in the absence of a mouse etc. I managed to have a crack at TOCA Race Driver 3, which is still by far one of my favorite games (second only to Gran Turismo, for those at home playing along on a PlayStation). I am […]
Macintosh Performance Guide: Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard: Booting the 64-bit Kernel
I was stunned the other day when I was looking through my system info on my Snow Leopard equipped Mac Book Pro to find it was running in 32bit mode…. Turns out you have to manually configure it to run in 64bit every single time you boot up (as seen further below), or by holding […]
PHP Templating
I’ve always wanted to create a CMS system using PHP. I currently have an opportunity through my work to develop a custom form webapp for one of our clients, which I’ve been working on non-stop for the past day or so. I’ve got no idea how anyone else does templating, but I’ve devised my own […]