This post is admittedly a little late up so apologies! Once again on 20th April I was off to Microsoft HQ, as one of the lucky ones to be invited to the UK Imagine Cup Finals at Microsoft’s UK HQ in Reading. So before I start talking about how awesome the day was, let’s first…
Why Webhosting.uk.com Sucks–Part 2
This is a continuation from Why Webhosting.uk.com Sucks – Part 1 In this post I will be discussing and reviewing my biggest grievance with Webhosting UK Com Ltd. When it came to cancelling my services with them I put in a request to cancel it and expected to have the remaining time (25 days out…
Why Webhosting.uk.com sucks – Part 1
I am not a fan of mindlessly bashing companies, but as those who have known me for more than a few minutes will know I can rant. A lot. And when it comes to companies or people not playing fair, or providing abysmal service it really winds me up. [ad name=”postsqrRight”]I was a loyal customer…
WordPress 3.1 with Disqus Plugin Errors for Comment Count in Admin
I noticed a while ago when I upgraded all the blogs I manage to WordPress 3.1 that there is a small problem with using the Disqus plugin in that it causes a horrible error when viewing posts page in the Admin interface. Instead of showing the post count it instead shows: Warning: number_format() expects parameter…
The Best New Laptops and Desktops for Gaming
As Sandy Bridge takes over as the top processor more desktop computers are coming out packing these, one of the latest and most powerful is the Palicomp Phoenix Hydro-X, a big beast aimed squarely at the hard-core gamer. The magic begins with its overclocked i7-2600K, which has been taken from 3.4 GHz up to a…
Twitter is growing up, Happy 5th Birthday!
[ad name=”postsqrRight”] Twitter has become a huge part of millions of peoples everyday lives, and has embedded into almost every aspect of our society. From News and TV shows reminding you to “follow us on Twitter” and use the hash tag to bus companies keeping users updated on their routes. In just 5 years the…
Veebeam HD – Watching HD Streams just got easy
In recent years, and even the last few months streaming HD content has become so much easier, with the introduction of 40, 50 and soon even 100Mbit home Broadband connections streaming full 1080p HD is easy. However, we are – for the most part – it’s awkward or just not as enjoyable to watch that…
BT Chat for Change
So Comic Relief is coming up soon and as usual BT are doing their part, this seems like a nice idea on their part – basically for every call you make on the 18th Feb, they give comic relief 1p. Which doesn’t sound like much but I am sure the levels of calls BT normally…
Google Weddings
[ad name=”postsqrRight”]Google launched Google.com/Weddings today which shows how their tools such as Google Sites, Docs and Picasa Web Albums can all be used to plan and organise your big day. This seems like a brilliant spark of genius from someone at Google, I am sure even if you haven’t planned one yourself, most can appreciate…
Embedding Tweets with Blackbird Pie
[ad name=”postsqrRight”]Many blogs will often reference and embed tweets within their articles. Often they do this by simply taking a screenshot of the tweet. However there are some cool tools for embedding the tweets in good old HTML, which brings with it some good benefits; such as maintaining the links and references, enabling visitors to…