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Posted on March 3, 2009 by Chris

I’ve been running my blog since late 2005 as such my archives had been getting a little bit unwieldy in the sidebar and stretching the page to extraordinary heights. I’ve reduced this clutter with some very small changes. First I … Continue reading →

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Three Years Old

Posted on December 7, 2008 by Chris

I know I started this blog in December 2005 but I wasn’t quite sure when, so I took a nose and it turns out it was December 7th which means this blog is three years old today. In three years … Continue reading →

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New Home

Posted on November 30, 2008 by Chris

My blog has a new home on a VPS hosted by Host Europe shared between me and a friend. It has a nice lean installation of Debian Lenny, running a variety of low profile or tuned applications to provide various … Continue reading →

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WordPress Upgrade

Posted on March 30, 2008 by Chris

I am currently enjoying the visual refresh WordPress has been given in version 2.5. Its quite cool.

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Christmas

Posted on December 25, 2007 by Chris

Merry humbug to everyone who believes that some bloke called Jesus was born 2007 years ago today, Merry Christmas to others who joins in the madness just because its ‘easier’ that way. Christmas is overly commercialised nowadays and has lost … Continue reading →

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Upgraded

Posted on October 20, 2007 by Chris

I just upgraded this blog using a Subversion patch, seems to be working ok, will keep and eye out for any 404s see if I missed any new files and the like. I also started to burn my feed.

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Disabled Akismet, comments held for moderation.

Posted on September 25, 2007 by Chris

I have made the decision to disable Akismet, after reading some hype about the new WordPress 2.3′s plugin version check API, which turned out to be negative but reveals something interesting with regards to Akismet. The following code is taken … Continue reading →

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WordPress Upgraded

Posted on August 19, 2007 by Chris

I have upgraded to WordPress 2.2.2, again using a patch. I have put together a page on patches for the benefit of others.

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AWOL

Posted on August 19, 2007 by Chris

I have been away from my blog for quite a while, general laziness on my behalf. I’ve been fairly ‘busy’ by my own standards working part time, doing some project work, playing games, sleeping and socialising. My summer is panning … Continue reading →

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Another Painless Upgrade

Posted on June 24, 2007 by Chris

I don’t get people who moan about upgrading web software, I suspect these are all fairly dumb people who do not have or know how to use terminal access to their server. I just upgraded WordPress from 2.2 to 2.2.1 … Continue reading →

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