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Sunday, July 20th, 20081. As part of the surveillance nation we now live in, 20,000 cars have had their number-plates scanned as they visited Bluewater shopping centre. Just in case any of them was involved in a crime. God forbid that law-abiding people should be able to go about their daily business without being subject to scrutiny such [...]
XML file too big to import
Saturday, July 12th, 2008Part of “Going self-hosted with Wordpress : A Wolfie Guide”
On one of my older posts (Going Self-Hosted with Wordpress) Lisa has asked a question about how to import a larger than 2MB XML file into her new self-hosted WordPress installation, from her existing WordPress.com blog.
The first thing to say is that this is not a [...]
Where are they now?
Tuesday, July 8th, 2008As I’ve mentioned before, I’m a little obsessed with Alexa rankings and their relevance (or lack of it) for measuring a website’s success. Taking a look at their pages for wolfshowl.com this evening, I discovered that I am not the first to own this domain name; according to Alexa’s WayBack Machine, from March 2002 to [...]
Brief notes
Wednesday, June 25th, 2008Just a quick round up of things that have caught my attention over the last few days:
1. There’s a new diet drug that’s been approved for use in the UK, despite fears that it can cause depression and an increased risk of suicide - especially for anyone already taking anti-depressants. So, when you feel down [...]
Photography challenge
Sunday, June 15th, 2008Over at Cornell Finch, Collin is writing a series of articles aimed at the beginner photographer. It’s an interesting series so far, as he tries to remove some of mystery surrounding this fascinating subject. I’ve had a camera for years and never really used it for more than point and shoot type stuff, so I’m [...]
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