A reminder to always back up your servers

WebHostingTalk, probably the largest web hosting community on the web, was recently attacked by a group of malicious hackers and had their whole database (including backups) destroyed. The hacker(s) was able to destroy the offsite backup, onsite backup and the main database. It’s a stark reminder how backing up your website is important but I … Read more

Street Fighter 4 Online

One of the first things I did arriving home was purchase Street Fighter 4. I have been a Street Fighter fan since I was a kid. I first started playing Street Fighter 2 religiously with my friends at lunchtime during High School when I was about 11 or 12. It proved to be great value … Read more

Super Nintoaster

I’m a big fan of retro video games. I’m also a big fan of people who are good with electronics and have a little too much time on their hands. So I was intrigued to see that someone has put a Super Nintendo inside a toaster. It’s quite impressive that the Nintoaster actually works. Wonder … Read more

Opera Turbo

Before switching to FireFox a year or so ago, I used Opera for years. It was so much faster and practical than anything else out at the time, especially when you are working on the backend of websites all day long. The current stable release is 9.64 although you can download a preview version of … Read more

Bloggers Needed For Blogging Advice Blog

I am looking for some good writers for my blogging advice website BloggingTips.com, a 2 year old blogging blog which currently has around 4,000 daily subscribers. The bloggers will be expected to write a blog post on a specific day and time every week. Authors are allowed to post a few days in advance but … Read more

Back In Scotland

I touched down in a wet and cold Scotland yesterday at midday. After spending close to 3 months in the sun it was a bit depressing to arrive in grey, cold and wet conditions. I’m sure I will get back into the swing of things in a few days. My flight home was unfortunately at … Read more

Koh Pha Ngan

I’ve now been in Koh Pha Ngan for 8 days and as yet I have done nothing constructive. I haven’t did any day trips, I haven’t hired a bike to travel around the island and I haven’t done…..well I haven’t did anything except from drink. I didn’t want to drink much during this trip but … Read more