Changing your website hosting setup is rarely an enjoyable experience; particularly if you adopt a hands-on approach and deal with it all yourself. The other day I explained my disappointment with VaultPress. I had used the VaultPress backup service since it launched in 2010 and their one-click restore feature should have meant my blog’s migration … Read more
VaultPress is a premium backup and security service from Automattic. It was not the first backup solution for WordPress, but for me it was the first one that got things right with hourly backups and one-click restores. When it comes to backups, I do not take any chances. Any website owner will tell you that … Read more
VideoProc is a video editing and processing solution that YouTubers, Twitch users, and other video producers, will find useful. It’s hard to fit the application into any one category as the software does a lot of things. It does video editing, video processing, video file conversion, DVD backups, and screen recording and webcam recording. It … Read more
Every week I face a different set of challenges when producing videos for my YouTube channels. There is always new things to research and test for reviews, however sometimes the technical side of recording uses up more time than you would like. One of the problems I recently had to face was archiving my old … Read more
How many times have you logged off or closed a website that was loading or reacting too slowly for you? Why should you waste time perusing a website that isn’t even optimized for speed? Or a website that doesn’t appreciate how much loading and interfacing speed is a convenience to users? Slow loading websites are … Read more
A few days ago I published a reflection post of my progress in 2018. I spoke about me spending time working on my YouTube channels, working on this blog, and more. I encourage you to check it out. One area which I did not delve too deep in that article is my involvement in cryptocurrency. … Read more
Where does the time go? OK. I sound like an old man starting an article with a statement like that, but it’s the best way to summarise what I’m thinking. We’re approaching mid October already and I am struggling to work out where the time went. It has admittedly been a while since I’ve had … Read more
ConveyThis Translate is a WordPress plugin that lets you translate the content on your website into over 100 languages. The plugin works with all WordPress plugins and themes and has been optimised for search engines. One of its selling points is that it does not redirect users to another page using an external service. The … Read more
Over the last few years I have moved away from affiliate marketing. I do still generate a few hundred dollars in affiliate commissions every month from previous reviews and through linking to shops such as Amazon from my YouTube channels; however, it is not something I devote a lot of time to anymore. Yes, I … Read more
When I first started blogging daily in the mid 2000s, comments were everything. They were a big indicator of a blog’s success and, from my point of view, it was always rewarding to hear from the people who read my articles. Back then, bloggers dictated the discussion point, but readers utilised the comment area to … Read more