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(Book Review) Surface Detail – Iain M. Banks

amd — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 14:30:44 +0000

Surface Detail

I recently finished Surface Detail, a Culture novel from Iain M. Banks - entertaining but not up to his usual high standards.

The overall plot concept had great potential, but I think it suffered poor implementation and editing – in particular it has a couple of seemingly important characters who weren’t really explored in any detail and were mostly irrelevant to the story. Banks also did a bit of a Gemmell – wrapping everything up in the last 5 pages. The anti-hero felt bland and a bit stereotypical of the villains in Culture novels (e.g. Matter, The Player of Games).

The positive was the Culture, we got a quick but interesting look at the 3 specialist branches equivalent to Special Circumstances, and the ships were great – especially the Picket Ship Falling Outside The Normal Moral Constraints just awesome.

Overall 3/5

Solid State Drives Thoughts & Recommendations

amd — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 17:48:40 +0000

Asus U36SD-A1 with OCZ Vertex 3

I recently made the mistake of getting an OCZ Vertex 3 drive for my Asus U36SD laptop. The Vertex 3 is an incredible SSD, one of the fastest in existence. Unfortunately for me, other Vertex 3 owners, and the manufacturers OCZ, it’s also got one of the highest failure rates.

Hard Disk Drives (HDDs) have long been the biggest speed bottleneck in modern computer systems. Drive manufacturers have had their replacement, Solid State Drives (SSDs) on the consumer market since about 2006/7, but it was only from 2010 onward that they really become affordable.

SSD’s are awesome – the speed increase they can bring to a system has to be seen to be believed. It’s not like comparing a Lamborghini with a Toyota, it’s like comparing a Lamborghini with a bicycle.

I replaced the HDD in my MacBook Air 1,1 (first generation) with a RunCore SSD. The performance difference was astonishing – boot time was cut in half, and applications like iTunes, Safari and iMovie opened in 1/4 the time. The MacBook Air was given a new lease of life – transformed from an older, no longer useful machine into a very usable system.

BSOD's on OCZ Vertex 3

Unfortunately the down side to SSD is reliability - as it's a relatively new technology AND it's pushing existing technologies right to their limits (SATA) that means there can be problems. I haven't had any problems with the RunCore in the MBA, but the OCZ is a different matter as you can see from the image above - each line is a Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) where Windows crashed and needed reboot because of the SSD - and this list is only about 60% of the total (BSODs on resume from hibernate didn't write dump files).

OCZ can make the case, rightly, that the many problems with their drives are mostly not their fault - it's the SandForce controller that is causing the problem, and other SSD manufacturers using the SandForce controllers on their SSDs are suffering the same problem. They can also point to many systems where their drives are working perfectly - usually non-Asus motherboards by the way. OCZ* fans will frequently point out that they lead the charts in terms of performance - but that comes at a price.

If you're in the market for a new hard drive, I strongly recommend getting an SSD for your main operating system and applications, but steer clear of SandForce devices, especially OCZ, for the moment. There are some great SSDs available that have far greater reliability and similar performance figures - examples include the Crucial M4 and the Intel 510 series. (I'm replacing the Vertex 3 with an M4.)

* Often Causes Zealotry

Disable Facebook Picture Auto-Tagging

amd — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 14:49:35 +0000

Facebook have done it again:

Facebook sorry over face tagging launch

Facebook has apologised for the way it rolled-out a new system that recognises users’ faces.

The social network said that it should have done more to notify members about the global launch.

Its Tag Suggestions feature scans photos and automatically picks out existing friends.

Although users have the option to switch it off, some complained that they were not explicitly asked if they wanted it activated.

(Source: BBC News)

If, like me, you found it difficult to figure out how to disable this setting, here’s some help (with thanks to Chris)

In your Facebook account go to:

Account -- Account Settings -- Privacy -- Customize Settings -- Things Others Share

Disable the option "Suggest photos of me to friends."

That’s it, you have now prevented Facebook auto-tagging you in pictures

Creating a Keyboard Shortcut in Microsoft Word

amd — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 17:46:07 +0000

Here’s a quick video I did on how to create a keyboard shortcut in Microsoft Word:

Calling SF/Fantasy Fans

amd — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 12:30:37 +0000

Tor are running a poll to find the best SFF books of the decade 2000-2010*. To vote, list your favourite books of the decade in a comments section on this post, before 11:59 PM EST on Friday, January.

The comments are also worth a look if you’re searching for inspiration on what to read next!

*kinda like a trilogy with four parts.

Because of Their Perseverance and Consistency

amd — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 22:42:59 +0000

These guys have been spamming my sports blog for nigh on 10 years now, with pretty much the exact same message year in, year out. (My thanks to Askimet for nuking 99.9% of their submissions.)

I was bloody annoyed at first, but after a certain number of years, you have to admire certain spammers for their consistency and bloody-minded perseverance.

In tribute, here is their spam in full:

Dear Sir,

We introduce ourselves to you as an old, established and well-experienced manufacturers and exporters in Pakistan for the following range of Products. We have our own Tannery Unit and Production Unit and given such up-to-date manufacturing arrangements, our qualities are authentic, durable and fast-selling in an international market .

Please submit us any enquiries for the following items so that we may send you our Catalogue Pictures with best competitive export prices for your study and selection.

SUMMER MOTORBIKE GLOVES, MOTOCROSS GLOVES, CYCLING GLOVES, CROSS COUNTRY GLOVES, NEOPRENE GLOVES, FLEECE GLOVES AND LEATHER GARMENTS etc.

If you needs any thing, please feel free to contact us, we assure you that we will supply you the best quality products at extremely reasonable prices. Yours prompt reply would be highly appereciated.

Best Regards,

Maryam Ali
(Export Manager)

Submitted on 2010/02/26 at 6:32am

How to Take a Screenshot (on any system)

amd — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 14:18:59 +0000

I’ve needed to capture a screenshots on several systems recently that do not have the “Print Screen” button. Here are some handy ways to take a picture of the current screen or application if you don’t have access to them.

Windows On-Screen Keyboard:

Click Start, RUN, type “OSK”, hit Enter. You now have a floating keyboard which has a Print Screen – sometimes labeled “PSC”, “Prt Scrn” or “Print Scrn”. Tip: create a shortcut to the OnScreenKeyboard: right click on the desktop, click New Shortcut, type “OSK”, click next twice, and there you have it. Note: you will get a picture of the keyboard in your screenshots.

More about this from Microsoft.

Windows on an Apple Keyboard

I have this issue on my MacBook Air running Windows 7 and Bootcamp – there’s no printscreen button on Apple Keyboards.

Function (fn) – Shift – F11 works as printscreen on my MacBook Air.
If your Apple keyboard has an F14 button, that should work as PrintScreen in Windows, I’ve heard that F13 sometimes works.
For more information on Apple keyboards in Windows, see this article from Apple.

ScreenHunter 5 Free is a “completely free screen capture software” for you to easily take screenshots – I haven’t needed to use it but might be worth a look.

MacOSX on an Apple Keyboard

Cmd-Shift-3 takes a screenshot and saves to the desktop as an image file (Windows saves a copy to the clipboard for pasting into another program).

Hope this helps – now it’s over to you! Is there a system you don’t know how to take a screenshot on that’s not listed here? Leave a comment and I’ll do my best to find an answer for you. If you have any other suggestions, please leave them as comments too !

Book Review – The Gathering Storm

amd — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 01:19:21 +0000

Book Review – The Gathering Storm (Wheel of Time book 12)

I finished The Gathering Storm by Brandon Sanderson/Robert Jordan late last night, or more accurately around 5am this morning. The Gathering Storm is book 12 of Robert Jordan’s Wheel of Time series, who passed away before he was able to finish the series. Sanderson was chosen by Jordan’s editor, (and wife) Harriet McDougal, to finish the series based on extensive notes and conversations Jordan had had with family about the series.

I absolutely loved it. I think Sanderson did an incredible job – I’d rate it as one of the top books of the series so far, up there with books 4/5/6 which were my favourites. I’d give it an 8 or 9 out of 10.

His writing style is definitely different than Jordan’s. For me, with apologies to the hardcore Jordan fans, it’s a marked improvement. He takes 500 words to say what Jordan might have said in 1000. That’s not to say that it’s staccato or not descriptive, he paints great pictures with his words. I just didn’t find myself getting frustrated with over-wordiness and lack of progress which I got sometimes with Jordan.

In terms of the plot, it certainly made progress. This was not Crossroads of Twilight (book 10), my least favourite of the series, where almost nothing of significance occurs. (I can summarise that book in 7 words – see footnote*). Loads happens in TGS and we finally see the climax of some plotlines that we’ve been waiting tens of thousands of pages for. I don’t know how much plot Sanderson is responsible for, and how much Jordan’s notes drive what happens, but there are some great bits in there which I’ll go into in the spoiler section below.

And that’s about that for the review. I know it won’t influence your decision to buy or not to buy this book – if you’re a WOT fan and you’ve invested in reading the first 11 then you’ll buy it – if not, then you probably won’t.

If, out of well-placed fear of Jordan dying before the end, and you’ve been waiting for the end of the series before starting, then I think you’re safe enough to invest yourself now. Sanderson is definitely good enough to take over the mantel.

Get The Gathering Storm on Amazon.co.uk.

I’ll have to enter spoiler territory now – if you haven’t completely read books 1-12 including this book (The Gathering Storm), then read no further down. If you ruin it on yourself, don’t come crying to me.

The plot has some brilliant twists and shocks:

The Verin twist was just incredibly good, my favourite thing in the whole book. She was always one of my favourite Aes Sedai characters, and characters in general (given how annoying they are as a general rule, that’s saying a lot). I have some questions about her original action in binding herself to that movement – here’s no way she could have known before doing it it that there was a get-out clause in the Oath, and she could have been stuck unable to clear herself at the end.
I really don’t like Fortuna as a name – it sucks.
I know Rand had to eventually meet his father again at some point (we’ve been waiting *books* for that to happen). It went pretty much as I expected, sadly. But what a great job of his father standing up to the Aes Sedai bully afterwards – nicely done sir! She’s been annoying the hell out of me for ages now. As for Rand heading off to the mountain, finally he’s taken some time to think about things properly. Is Lews Therin gone now for good though by being absorbed into him? Interesting to see what happens in the next book on this!
I was disappointed in the meeting at Falme, I thought that could have worked out positively. That could have been a massive mistake on the part of Tuon. She very nearly got Ebou Dar ripped apart by Rand – so close! And I don’t think it would have been a bad thing if he had done so – he needs to consolidate force and start fighting the dark. If the Seanchan won’t come peacefully… as my favourite moronic idiot once said “You’re either with us, or against us. Now where’s that pretzel gotten to?”
I thought Rand could have done much more to help when all the food spoiled in the city – like evacuated *everyone*. Maybe just emphasising his coldness and lack of emotion, but for me it was pretty poor from the Dragon Reborn.

All in all, I think I have to give it 9/10 for both plotlines and writing style – well done all involved!

* My 7-word summary of book 10? “Egwene moves army to Tar Valon, gets captured” – you can finish book 9 and start book 11 quite comfortably there (I’m counting TV as one word, sue me).

I just love this review of CoT

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-05-17

amd — Sun, 17 May 2009 14:02:00 +0000

PrettyPrinter.de is really handy for quickly tidying up code (I’ve been using it a lot for CSS lately) #
Morning folks. Reverting to web interface while I try to get Tweetdeck working under Windows 7. #
@martharotter @iaindodsworth Cannot restore Tweetdeck on Windows 7: http://amdsoft.com/tweetdeck-on-win7/ in reply to martharotter #
@martharotter I’m liking Windows 7 so far. Vastly improved perceived performance compared to Vista. Love the native dual screen support. in reply to martharotter #
@arrington You should add a bit of context there Michael, 140 chars + irony == a lot of people going to misinterpret what you’re saying in reply to arrington #

@EvertB @swhelband Cheers guys. I’m thinking it might be dualscreen issues. @martharotter that didn’t work, but something else did… in reply to EvertB #
@iaindodsworth @martharotter Updated blog post Tweetdeck on Win7 with accidental solution: http://amdsoft.com/tweetdeck-on-win7 #
@martharotter I couldn’t test your solution (see post). 1 issue, I don’t see triangle on TaskBar by time (I’m showing all System Icons). in reply to martharotter #
Booked my flight to Swiss for Neuchatel Sevens at the end of the month. Always fun for us front row trying to play 7s rugby… #
Blair handed Lions call-up http://is.gd/yPWT #rugby #lions #
Leinster Season Ticket Holders should have got an email at this stage to say if you got a ticket for the final or not #leinster #rugby #HEC #
@amylong Unfortunately scrum-half is not my strongest position and I think they were looking for someone on the lighter side of 17 stone in reply to amylong #
@willcarling What do you think of D’arcy’s chances of getting a call up for Shanklin’s spot? #
@TheRealAmz feck that. in reply to TheRealAmz #
@yenwodt Lol, I forgot about that! @willcarling Don’t tip D’arcy, Will, please don’t! in reply to yenwodt #
@fantomaster Particularly when we’re measuring in Celsius in reply to fantomaster #
Interesting experimentation from Shaun RT@Hobo_Web:Google Will Use Any H1,H2,H3,H4,H5 & H6 Headers As Titles Snippets http://bit.ly/13BwuV #
@boagworld Typical busy Monday, nose to the grindstone, eh? in reply to boagworld #
Trying to cut down the number of jQuery includes down to at least single figures… #
Regular expressions are fun… .htaccess moreso #
WordPress sometimes does an automatical 301 redirect after a permalink format change, anyone know when it does & when it doesn’t do this? #
Custom sidebar should not close the UL, tut tut tut #
Woohoo, down to only 8 errors on validation, all 3rd party plugins. I don’t care too much about validation but it’s great for finding errors #
Some of my “WTF was I thinking” domains are expiring, why am I tempted to renew? #
@forbairt Well,I certainly thought so at the time. I need to get the Gmail Drunk Filter put on my registrar in reply to forbairt #
@WillKnott Don’t want to list them publically I had 1 about arctic mining, 20 variations on a guidebook theme, some self-help, some seo in reply to WillKnott #
My mail is delayed. Someone sent me an email in 1966 about Genuine Rolex Watches, I only got it now. Missed opportunity. #
@WillKnott one of my more silly domains was reallyexpensivesoftware.com – I used to point it at one of the large software vendors for fun in reply to WillKnott #
Question for CSS gurus: how do I define a style that applies to A HREF= but not A NAME= ? #
@ann_donnelly I don’t like the non-semantic solution but it’s a good hack. @akohli [link] means unvisited link only? An A NAME isn’t a link? #
Screw it, I’ll use classes like @ann_donnelly suggests. So, is this a bug in the CSS spec? #
I really dislike support ticketing systems that force a new email thread on every reply #
Mozilla Brings Webapps to the Desktop, Challenges AIR, Silverlight http://is.gd/yWWn << I like! #
I’m really liking http://prism.mozilla.com — got my Google Apps running in a separate process now, sandboxes nicely from browser #
@cksolutions send you DM re: QT 404s in reply to cksolutions #
@PerfectBlogger I might try Chrome again. I think I’m a *too early* adopter – when I try stuff that sucks I don’t go back to it for ages in reply to PerfectBlogger #
Lol. This may not be work safe if you’re extremely prudish http://imgur.com/K4VS.jpg #
@duggan @JoannaSchaff @Shiminay You guys should do the internet a favour by installing http://ie6update.com/ in reply to duggan #
@regi Dude, I’m serious, definitely do it! boards could get away with that, business sites can’t in reply to regi #
Tweetdeck is playing hide and seek on Windows 7 again #
How Stupidity Became a Virtue in the Land of the Free http://is.gd/z6fj #
@boagworld Twitter have removed your ability to see @replies from people you follow to people you don’t follow #fixreplies #
@not_a_real_twuser testing #fixreplies #twitterfail workarounds #
To @not_a_real_twuser testing #fixreplies #twitterfail workarounds #
@objects It appears that a single space is enough to prevent it – testing with this reply #fixreplies #twitterfail #
Workarounds for Twitter hiding replies http://is.gd/zsyF #fixreplies #twitterfail #
@objects There ya go: http://is.gd/zsyF Space doesn’t work, unfortunately #fixreplies in reply to objects #
Anyone know where I can verify what a genuine Heineken Cup Final ticket should look like? #hec #erc #rugby #
@@kitson It’s a workaround, I’m not advocating anyone else uses it but it’s a solution to restoring functionality Twitter has disabled. #
Link shortener is.gd is down (server is 500′ing). Wonder how many million links that breaks! #
My post http://bit.ly/nXZEY getting mentioned all over Twitter for #twitterfail #fixreplies. I’m updating & replying to comments. #
In the Dail canteen/waiting area (thanks @darraghdoyle), waiting for Ciaran Cuffe to come down and meet us #
RT@PreciousRings: Wanted: Logo; 8side multiling booklet; homepage mockup; bizcard; for jewellery range. 7day turnaround, €2,500 Pls RT #
WolframAlpha is pretty awesome – future of computations http://is.gd/zwQC #
@PixieVonDust @LTeeling It’s super, isn’t it? It’s kinda like the Enterprise computer in Star Trek TNG in reply to PixieVonDust #
This IPL cricket is fantastic. Edge of the seat stuff here #
@@regi It’s on Setanta, was the last 2 overs unfortunately, so it’s finished. http://tr.im/lmo4 #
@ayat Twitter’s really groaning under stress – a lot of missing followers and messages lately. Usually rights itself but they’re on the edge in reply to ayat #
Jaysus, I managed to avoid knowing the Eurovision was on til now. Head in the sand sometimes. Cmon West Indies! #
My teammate has 1 spare ticket to Heineken Cup final incl hotel room — any Leinster fan needs one @reply me and I’ll put you in touch #
RT’s on that last tweet appreciated, forgot to mention it #rugby #hec #ticket #
#followfriday #SEO: @Hobo_Web @fantomaster #biz: @smallbiztrends @MiriamAhern #rugby: @holyschmoke @TheRealAmz #geek @duggan @cksolutions #
@niamhsmith I lived with a German girl before, her mates came over with checklists & voting grids to take notes while watching it, mad. in reply to niamhsmith #
Share my … http://bit.ly/Z8OV0 #
I have nothing against God… http://tr.im/lqbJ #
@Shiminay screw the teapot, you need a drip in reply to Shiminay #
Latest version of Skype really sucks, looking through my backups for old installer #
@gregeden I don’t at all like the Skype interface changes v3->v4, plus they removed status options. I got latest v3.8.x at http://tr.im/luib in reply to gregeden #
Anyone setup Hibernate on Windows 7? #win7 #windows #
@gregeden don’t blame you in the slightest up to 3.8 is good, they jump the shark with 4.0 in reply to gregeden #
@mneylon Have a word with your hosting company, they’ve screwed something up. in reply to mneylon #
@shortword rofl @mneylon in reply to shortword #
That was a bit of a tangent… was looking for Win7 hibernate info, ended up installing self hosted OpenID server. http://tr.im/lut5 #
RT @WebsiteDoctor: Playing around with Wolfram Alpha, very cool!http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/ #
@nealwalsh Yeah, if it doesn’t work, wait a bit and give it another go in reply to nealwalsh #
I’m editing the most unacccessible, SEO unfriendly site evar. Dreamweaver template/JS menus/table layout/img buttons/more JS/duplicate code #
Even the guy “credited” with writing this mm_menu crap is disclaiming it, says it was Garry working on Netscape4. Hmmm http://is.gd/AnYm #
“The menus are huge, slow, inaccessible, un-crawlable…” His instructions to fix are good: Acquire one (1) shotgun, one (1) shovel… #
Hit mute, then watch this http://tr.im/lwgL then this http://tr.im/lwgM — cool camerawork! #
@Shiminay it’s Saturday now? in reply to Shiminay #
Heading into town to watch LI vs Leicester, probably Brogans or around there. #
@Kiowah more than welcome. It’s near the top of Dame St. You need GPS coordinates? #
C’mon Irish! #rugby #
Bad mistake by Irish not to kick last peno. I’d say 5-4 Tigers game, hopefully LI can do it. #rugby #

Cannot restore Tweetdeck on Windows 7

amd — Mon, 11 May 2009 09:43:39 +0000

I’m seeing an issue where the Tweetdeck window stays minimised all the time under Windows 7 RC. Restarting Tweetdeck does not force it to appear, it seems to be permanently minimised. Right-click Pin to Taskbar has no effect.

I can see the Tweetdeck application appear on Alt-Tab (and Win-Tab). When the Tweetdeck button is selected in the Task Bar the button appears to react normally – displaying selected colour, other application windows lose focus correctly etc.

To test Air I’ve installed Twhirl, which appears to be working normally. However, one difference between Twhirl and Tweetdeck is that Twhirl is minimising to the System Tray only. It does not show a Task Bar item, nor does it appear in the Alt-Tab list.

Other info: I’m running Windows 7 RC1 (build 7100) with a dual monitor configuration.

Anyone know of a fix for this? Please leave a comment below! Update: some helpful suggestions:

@martharotter: See a triangle image in the taskbar next to the time/date? Click to expand & click on TD icon from there. That worked for me

@EvertB: I have Tweetdeck running on Windows 7 without any problems. Maybe you should select “install as XP” option on the setup file?

@swhelband: Agree, Love win 7 but I’m finding the taskbar has real issues so far with dual monitor support

Update #1: Working – by complete fluke.

Missing my multi-column Twitter goodness, I installed Seesmic Desktop (it’s a more than capable replacement).

Then, after reading the suggestions above, I decided to give some of them a try. However, Tweetdeck was visible when I loaded it. So, did installing Seesmic Desktop force an update of Adobe Air?

Update #2: Hide and Seek

Ok, the above is not a permanent fix, it’s now failing randomly (playing hide and seek) for me. Here’s when it seems to happen and when it fails:

First install of Tweetdeck (from memory): appears correctly
Next run of Tweetdeck: minimised, does not unhide.
Next run of Tweetdeck: minimised, does not unhide.
[Install and Run of Seesmic Desktop (which is an Adobe AIR app)]
Next run of Tweetdeck: appears correctly
Next run of Tweetdeck: minimised, does not unhide.
[Run then quit Seesmic Desktop (does it reset AIR?)]
Next run of Tweetdeck: appears correctly
Next run of Tweetdeck: minimised, does not unhide.
Run then don’t quit Seesmic Desktop (does it reset AIR?)
Next run of Tweetdeck: appears correctly

My conclusion is that Tweetdeck is messing up AIR status and Seesmic is resetting it to a good state.

Other info:

Dual monitors (2)
nVidea 8800GTX Windows 7 build 7100.
I’m not currently running Ultramon (it doesn’t properly support Win7 yet), wonder if that would improve the situation.

Please leave a comment with your thoughts or suggestions!

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-05-10

amd — Sun, 10 May 2009 14:02:00 +0000

In the roughhouse world of French rugby, gouging barely raises an eyebrow http://is.gd/wmDL #
Any news on Compteponi’s injury? #
Leicester deservedly get a breakaway score, 7-3 now after 24 mins. Cmon Cardiff! #
Good call from Roland not to yellow for high tackle, no intention there. #
Good defence from Cardiff there, cmon Blues #
@TheMenace I reckon we can beat either of these anyway in reply to TheMenace #
What a kick! 12-10 Blues. #
I don’t know wtf Stuart Barnes is giving out about, questioning the ref is always a stupid thing to do. #
13-12 Leicester, this game is totally up in the air. Think both teams will be happy with halftime to look at tactics. #
Leicester in control here now. Still 20 mins to go though. Cmon Blues, I want to beat you in the final #
RT @anthonymcg: Great drive from Adam Carroll as Ireland take the A1 GP championship. #a1gp << congrats all involved #
Deserved yellow card, pen Cardiff, cmon Blues #
@patmoroney Just the rugby, and the snooker. Oh, and the A1 GP, and a little bit of wendyball earlier. in reply to patmoroney #
Great try from Blues but can’t believe Ben Blair – what a legend with 2 impossible kicks to equalise #
@patmoroney I’m a sports addict, love Sundays in reply to patmoroney #
Extra time! Well done Cardiff, what a great comeback to level it at 26 all. 10 mins each way of Extra time #
Sad for Cardiff, feel sorry for Williams. Bad way to go out. Leinster can win this HEC, that’s the conclusion from today’s #rugby #
@chrismehigan Very tense. I’d much rather have had Cardiff in the final, Leicester are old hats at playing finals in reply to chrismehigan #
@yenwodt Could be. From my own experience playing rugby in Switzerland a little, the continentals, esp the French, are very tough in reply to yenwodt #
Bottle of 1856 whisky likely to sell for £20K withdrawn from auction after discovery it had been made in 1950 http://is.gd/wzXY #
I’m looking for accommodation in Edinburgh 22nd/23rd May, B&B/hotel/anything. Anyone changed their mind about going? Let me know #
Munster folks, if you could RT that last one I’d be ever so greatful (i.e. I’ll buy you a pint) #
Leinster Rugby: Ticket distribution details for Heineken Cup final will be available online from Wed morning http://is.gd/wArz #
@BookingsHotels Thanks, but “178 Hotels found, 0 Available” isn’t very useful in reply to BookingsHotels #
@splendiacares Thanks! #Edinburgh @BookingsHotels It’s showing 0 available for 22nd & 23rd, going out to 30km radius #
@BookingsHotels No worries. btw it’s not a convention, it’s the Heineken Cup Final http://www.ercrugby.com/ in reply to BookingsHotels #
Anyone else find it amusing that Shaun Murphy is sponsored by “evolution”? #
Billy Keane’s wise foresight: “let’s go easy on Leinster just in case they flay us with our own words” http://is.gd/wBGd #
Shaun Murphy not having the best match, hope he can mount a good break here #snooker #
Leinster fans via @HammerHead4Him HEC final 1 adult +1 youth tickets available for USD$150+P&P #heinekencup #ERC #
@willcarling It’s got to be Leicester, Will, you have to pick Leicester! Experience and history and all that. in reply to willcarling #
@HammerHead4Him I have no doubts, but it would be nice to have the extra bonus of @willcarling writing us off to guarantee victory in reply to HammerHead4Him #
@yenwodt @willcarling @HammerHead4Him: Dear Mr. Carling, http://is.gd/wHzd #
Oops, I’ve lost my yacht http://is.gd/xdyS #
@technological_1 hey, I thought you were the technological 1? It’s GPS coordinates for your stalking pleasure. in reply to technological_1 #
@feylya I’ve no problem paying that, but it’d be the last time I’ll ever pay for a TV licence in reply to feylya #
Anyone know when the Quinlan citing commission make a decision? #lions #rugby #
Quinlan hearing unlikely to be convened until early next week http://is.gd/xfjH #erc #rugby #lions #
Really enjoyed the @Ruggamatrix podcast with Rocky while I was having my coffee. Well done guys, great #rugby podcast you got there #
Finally got all arrangements made for Edinburgh. 4 flights – check! 4 tickets – check! 4 beds – check! Relief – check! #
Bob Dylan is rocking the Point Depot here in Dublin, I’m lovin it ™ #
@longpour yes, sadly. we’ll know next wk. #
Bob Dylan playing a lot of new stuff here. Most of it fantastic, as expected. #
Irish #rugby folks, Clontarf (my club) play Shannon in AIL final @4pm, RTE2. #
Be interested to see how Leicester do today against Bath, they’ve started very strongly. Hope London Irish get past Quins later. #
Hmm, might be good for Leinster if Leicester win today – they’d be in the Premiership final 7 days before the big one. Tiring & injuries #
Leicester miss a penalty… didn’t they get enough practice last week? #
@TheMenace Kearney will have to play at least 60 mins, but after last night I’m confident that 15 (+Rocky) can win it. in reply to TheMenace #
@TheMenace Agreed, that was what most of the folks in the STH terrace thought last night. Switching to RTE2 now, c’mon Tarf! in reply to TheMenace #
@TheRealAmz Great game, hope we can do it! #rugby in reply to TheRealAmz #
@pauloflaherty I’m loving Win7rc, great to have a decent Windows again after Vista debacle in reply to pauloflaherty #
Aww, so close! C’mon Tarf! #
@sineadailill @TheRealAmz I’m very concerned, we could lose this on the technicality of who scored 1st #rugby in reply to sineadailill #
F*)&)!£$)(_(&_*)&!$&!@ #
That’s heart breaking #
@LTeeling That sucks. Clubhouse dead? Might head in later #
@therealamz @sineadailill Missed that, what was it? Turned off for a couple of mins, pissed off #rugby in reply to TheRealAmz #
Not sure if Irish or Quins would be a match for Leicester. Irish ahead 10-0 here, #
@nell_xo @TheMenace Fair play to Catt, he deserves that, deserves a title too I think #rugby in reply to nell_xo #
@TheMenace Love if Irish could bruise some Leicester egos and bodies next weekend for us #rugby in reply to TheMenace #
Heading to Harrys for a pint with @AlMcBride. Might pop into Tarf clubhouse after, probably like a morgue tonight. #
Kimi’s car dead? #f1 #
@teester1 Well, you might say he’s “lucky” to still have a drive with Ferrari according to Eddie Jordon #F1 in reply to teester1 #
Hamilton’s team reckon he can get a points finish #f1 #
Kimi interviewing with BBC again, better be careful what he says this time #f1 #
Brawn’s Button vs Barricello is the best part of this #f1 race now. Rubens needs to push big time to get #1 #
RT @F1grid Kimi also says he couldn’t see the start lights because of the higher rear wings. #F1 #Formula1 #
Agree that Ross Brawn probably prefers Jenson to take win, Rubens 2nd. Rubens ordered to push hard by his engineer #f1 #
RT@Jamesallenonf1 #f1 isnt over yet. Rubens will take advantage when Button, Massa & Vett put hard tyre on. Watch Vettel jump Massa at stop #
Fair play to Mark Webber, looks like he’s nabbed a podium barring no incidents in last 15 laps #f1 #
@TheLensman Good for him too, better driver than he’s given credit for. Massa’s in trouble here though #f1 #
Massa’s raging; he’s short fueled. He should give up 1 position or come in immediately #f1 #
Massa managed to crawl over the line in 6th. RT @adam_macdonald: #F1 BUT, BAR, WEB, VET, ALO, MAS, HEI, ROS. #
Well done Brawn again. Button embarrassed to steal it from Rubens? Lets see how they interact here… #f1 #
Of course, Rubens a gentleman as always. Must be desperately disappointed to lose that one #f1 #

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-05-03

amd — Sun, 03 May 2009 14:02:00 +0000

@TheRealAmz They beat us well (maybe with their J3 team) so deserve to go on. Should beat Belvo unless they’re very good. in reply to TheRealAmz #
@Kiowah Glad it was useful to you. I occasionally tweet geek/biz stuff off @WebsiteDoctor, but keep most of it here on this a/c. in reply to Kiowah #
Delighted that my ticket for Heineken Cup semi-final arrived, looking forward to Saturday #
@trontsephore Looks great, but why didn’t you put one on Cowan too? in reply to trontsephore #
@holyschmoke I was very concerned, Leinster Branch made a complete haymes of ticketing (as usual) in reply to holyschmoke #
@seismicshed Looking forward to it. Hope Leinster do it, but I have a fiver on Munster by 8pts in reply to seismicshed #
@darraghdoyle @TIME didn’t mention Marblecake, which is more impressive than just winning http://is.gd/sCWp in reply to darraghdoyle #
@darraghdoyle 4chan can be a powerful force for good or mischief (evil would be unfair). Even made IrishTimes http://is.gd/uT9X in reply to darraghdoyle #
Oh no… RT @bbcirishrugby: Rob Kearney is ruled out of Leinster’s HC 1/4-final against Munster http://tinyurl.com/c6j7eh #
@EvertB Hey there Evert, nice to meet you tonight. in reply to EvertB #
@mrs_bopp Our intros were quite long, he started his pres 5 only mlns ago. in reply to mrs_bopp #
@mrs_bopp Lol, yeah, I love that song. @EvertB did great job explaining benefits of Twitter & Open Coffee clubs. in reply to mrs_bopp #
@sineadailill @oscarBravo Best view is sailing into Clew Bay on a sunny summer’s afternoon in reply to sineadailill #
Morning folks. Dull old day here in Dublin this morning, was lashing rain earlier. Where’d that summer weather go? #
@befuddle That @alcarlton guy is a legend – he’s probably on commission for whatever drink you buy! in reply to befuddle #
I have to quit reading Charlie Stross on a school night, his stuff is unputdownable. #
@MiriamAhern That’s why I hid down the back so you couldn’t see what I was up to in reply to MiriamAhern #
@MiriamAhern You can forget the Munster jersey idea. I might go as far as to wear a Lions jersey but there’s a limit! #linknetwork in reply to MiriamAhern #
RT@ginader: happy there’s non-panicing & well researched articles about swine flu. Thank you Guardian http://cli.gs/t4jPBe #
I see Digg has got rid of their framing Diggbar #
If I read http://is.gd/vj3y correctly, we have 7 confirmed deaths associated with swine flu, worldwide? And they’re all in Mexico. #context #
@PixieVonDust from journalists? in reply to PixieVonDust #
@NiallHarbison They not only have power socket but free wifi on loads of trains. Much better than ours in reply to NiallHarbison #
RT @marycarty: We are looking for a great ASP developer any recommendations? Thanks #
@PixieVonDust http://is.gd/vkhb (via @irlchrusty) has the answer. 7 confirmed deaths = “it may have killed as many as 159 people” in reply to PixieVonDust #
@dancryer My guess is freelance. DM me your email and I’ll send it on to her in reply to dancryer #
Skype are spending tonnes on TV advertising at the moment, I must have seen that ad 10 times in the last couple of days. #
Time required to setup WordPress: 3 minutes. Time required to setup WordPress *properly*: 3 hours. #
@amylong yeah, driving me nuts. in reply to amylong #
@PerfectBlogger Cfg options & setting up site specific plugins. Can usually automate a good bit but normally sites are not identical. in reply to PerfectBlogger #
Finally got our HCup semi-final #rugby tickets! The relief! Will be in Hogan Stand Sect. 334, on the 22. #
@bsneyd lol, true that! Unfortunately the best you can get out of the blood transfusion guys these days is a small bottle of Guinness. in reply to bsneyd #
Anyone know a good online shop for glasses that delivers to Ireland? I used glassesdirect.co.uk before but they’ve stopped delivering here. #
RT @robert_brady: 2 medalists among 6 positives in Olympic retests http://ff.im/-2rMD9 << that sucks. #
@yenwodt You’re across the 22 from us in reply to yenwodt #
I can’t believe this is being debated in Ireland in the 21st century http://is.gd/vl5e “crime of blasphemous libel”. Morons. #
I’m going to become a registered Pastafarian (http://www.venganza.org/) if that crap goes through. #
@Kiowah It’s a new religion which acknowledges the world was created by the Flying Spaghetti Monster. Based on a lot of factual evidence. in reply to Kiowah #
@thomasbrunkard The law is weird and wonderful thing, particularly defamation law. Don’t be surprised if it sails by and is upheld in reply to thomasbrunkard #
@Kiowah Glad to help educate, even my elders #
This is pretty cool, US electric grid: http://is.gd/utDm @TomRaftery: your kinda geekiness #
@theelfyone I was! There appears to be a lot of us touched by his noodly appendage recently in reply to theelfyone #
Interface question for @forbairt/@TheMenace/any other web UI folks: do you like “Type and wait to search”? I’m not feeling the love for it. #
@Riezner True. Here in Ireland we have quite a bit of wind, especially on the west coast. Have some big wind farms up but could do more. in reply to Riezner #
@121Marketing Some of my thoughts on cycling in Dublin http://is.gd/vt8x http://is.gd/vt94 #cycledublin in reply to 121Marketing #
@121Marketing Yeah I really hate the cyclelanes behind/in front of busstops in particular. Some really dangerous ones in reply to 121Marketing #
Ok, stop work time. #
@Hobo_Web Framebuster: test against infinite loop or broken back button. if (top !== self) top.location.href=self.location.href seems ok #
@fantomaster I’m not sure about that one. Often you want to credit the secondary source, or it adds value. Depends on circumstances] in reply to fantomaster #
@SelectSpecs Cheers. Good work on the twitter monitoring btw in reply to SelectSpecs #
What’s this about boards being on RTE tonight? #
Just joined a twibe. Visit http://twibes.com/boards to join boards.ie Twitter users. And they’re on RTE tonight at 7pm. #
@mattcutts Please let me nofollow H1, so you ignore it and read the *real* H1 further down the page? #
@dannyarr Thanks for the fantastic work on WD, much appreciated. #
@amylong Where does the queue start? in reply to amylong #
@darraghdoyle You’ll need to dig up to get out of this one #
RT @MiriamAhern: @AMcDermott Thanks for the help. Your advice is always spot on so I’m sure it will work << @amylong you have competition! #
Snooker World Championship has had loads of weird incidents this year. Shaun Murphy not making friends with Neal Robertson there #
RT @Tupp_Ed: Email addresses of Oireachtas members voting on blasphemy law: http://bit.ly/rbpGK #nbd via @damiengallagher #
Reggie has described my hatred of Lunster fans quite perfectly there >> RT: @ruggerbits http://is.gd/vI5J #
@TheMadderHat The Pastafarians have spaghetti & meatballs and pirate costumes.!What have the Jedi got, coloured fluorescent lightbulbs? in reply to TheMadderHat #
Facebook Manners And You http://is.gd/sz8e [VID] (production quality is superb) #
NZ gov has decided to recreate copyright law from scratch http://is.gd/vNPz #
Churchgoers more likely to support torture http://is.gd/vIlc (who’d have thought?) #
@forbairt There could be something to that. However, I have other theories in reply to forbairt #
RT @forbairt/@webcreative Even high-end fashion designers ‘steal’ designs http://tinyurl.com/c92ol3 #
Any Gravatar experts around? #
RT @darraghdoyle: Boards.ie on TV last night http://is.gd/vO9J << well impressed with drama board guys! #
@darraghdoyle @paulmcclean it definitely did work first time. Looks like RTE changed video id from 1046941 to 1046916 #
This blasphemy law stuff is crazy. Surely we must stick it on the next referendum http://is.gd/vODW #ireland #law #
Nothing like a bit of Prodigy for a Friday afternoon. Reckon I’m typing faster #
@davidsmalley Looks great. But what kind of hacker are you, reading the manual?! in reply to davidsmalley #
@Shiminay Listening to it now, tis pretty alright in reply to Shiminay #
Just been testing site in mobile – Opera’s View -> Small Screen mode is fantastic when you set user agent too #
@MiriamAhern if he’s going by how much time you spend on it, he’s dead right in reply to MiriamAhern #
Six years ago today GWB declared “Mission Accomplished” in Iraq. #
@willcarling you do those accents pretty well in reply to willcarling #
@davidmcdonagh Mulligans Guinness will taste sweet on Monday in reply to davidmcdonagh #
Fair play to Mark Allen there, great session of snooker, did really well to keep his head up despite Higgins’ form & his own bad luck #
@nell_xo He had incredibly bad luck so often, twas like the Gods were against him! I don’t like Robertson, too arrogant -typical Aussie? in reply to nell_xo #
@nell_xo Mind you, it’s really disconcerting when Shaun Murphy sits in his seat smiling in reply to nell_xo #
@andrewburnett @wiieb Fair play both of yis. Moving is something I like to do as little as possible. in reply to andrewburnett #
@mneylon Funny you say that, but I’m actually doing exactly the same. Thankfully the latter are not mine! in reply to mneylon #
Err, I mean the former. Lol #
@patmoroney @holyschmoke It’s a disaster waiting to happen. Super Rob has the skills, Girvan the reliability, Nacewa the … inconsistency? in reply to patmoroney #
@andrewburnett Ah, nearly as bad – just as much effort in reply to andrewburnett #
Comparing Leinster v Munster to State of Origin (great comparison IMO) http://is.gd/vYE4 (via @patmoroney) #
Browser >Extension< Wars! Noscript includes obfuscated code which breaks AdBlock Plus http://is.gd/vYJt #
btw I’m a big fan of http://adblockplus.org – I whitelist sites that I want to support or might find interesting (like boards.ie etc) #
Thanks for #followfriday recommendation @mrelihan @patmoroney @robert_brady @MiriamAhern @forbairt @dvdlpz @ruggerbits y’all are my pick #
RT @Brian_Howes: Petition to help stop the Howes being extradited without evidence. Please Sign & RT http://bit.ly/BfQL6 #
Tip for twitter spammers: dont all use the same pic of a cute girl. Also 100:1 follower ratio and no updates are kind of a giveaway #
@fantomaster We should start some sort of self-help group for these spammy marketers with no clue in reply to fantomaster #
@Brian_Howes More than welcome. Crazy to think someone can be extradited without evidence, nevermind parents. Best of luck with it. #
@fantomaster “Somebody set up us the feathers. For great justice!” just doesn’t really do it for me… in reply to fantomaster #
@astewart You might be able to access it at http://x.x.x.x/wp-admin Alternatively your host might have an “instant alias” #wordpress in reply to astewart #
@fantomaster Yep. Gets em all in one room. Then nuke the entire site from high orbit. It’s the only way to be sure. in reply to fantomaster #
Looks like that NoScript issue http://is.gd/vYJt has angered the Reddit gods, getting tonnes of 1/5 ratings on Moz.org #
@JoelDrapper @boagworld Twitter Tools from Alex King is probably the one you’re looking for http://is.gd/atI #
Anyone recommend me new scifi to read? I’m all out of Charlie Stross (hence messed up body clock) #sciencefiction #sf #
@JoelDrapper Hmm I think I may have sent you wrong there. TT is on the sidebar http://is.gd/jn9h has some but I don’t see the 1 you refer to in reply to JoelDrapper #
@duggan I’ve read *everything* by Peter F. Hamilton. Waiting for latest to come out. He’s in my top 5 for sure. in reply to duggan #
@fantomaster One problem is a lot of legimate stuff like high quality info products gets associated with MMO spammers. Real pity. in reply to fantomaster #
@duggan Check. Check. Also Reynolds (who can be a tad hard sometimes). in reply to duggan #
@JoelDrapper Got it! It’s this one http://is.gd/vZwc and maybe @boagworld can tell us exactly how he configured setup in reply to JoelDrapper #
@Thaedydal @duggan I may have to turn to fantasy. Robin Hobb was good but latest series went a bit pearshaped. Loved previous stuff in reply to Thaedydal #
@JoelDrapper It seems to be this: http://is.gd/vZwc plus this: http://is.gd/vZxs to get Twitter references showing in WP comments #
@Thaedydal I can be generous – the first Assassins series was awesome so giving her a bit of leeway. Hopefully next series is better. in reply to Thaedydal #
Fantastic interruption of press conference, pretty cool exit too http://is.gd/vZA0 #
@duggan Ah, I see he co-wrote the latest Dune ones. They were -ok- (better than Franks later ones). I’ll check his stuff out in reply to duggan #
@JoannaSchaff Read pretty much all of Asimov/Clarke/Heinlein/Bear/Bradbury/Aldiss/Card/Adams/Baxter/Benford/Bova. Oh, and Harrison in reply to JoannaSchaff #
@JoannaSchaff When everyone else was studying for Leaving Cert, I was quietly failing because of mountains of sf/f in reply to JoannaSchaff #
@JoannaSchaff Stop. I’m up to date, sigh. And I even read all of Goodkind SOT series :/ in reply to JoannaSchaff #
@JoannaSchaff Ah true enough. First 5 WOT are alright, good page turners when all else fails in reply to JoannaSchaff #
@JoannaSchaff I loved Magician and some of Feist’s spin off series but they got too many for me, quality dropped around Princes, Merchan … in reply to JoannaSchaff #
@JoannaSchaff I refuse to read Brooks and don’t like Eddings. Goodkind is almost there with them though in reply to JoannaSchaff #
We all have superb taste in sf&f *Mutual back clapping* #
@JoannaSchaff I don’t grok that? (when I said “pretty much all of XYZ”, I wasn’t joking ) in reply to JoannaSchaff #
In hindsight, the secondhand bookshop that opened within walking distance of my school really didn’t help my exam results. #
Mind you, they also decided to hold the Rugby World Cup right when I was doing exams too. Fatal combination really. #
Ok, time to head to Croker, hope to see Leinster do it, but feel it’s unlikely #
Croker jammed. Lot of Munsterfans around. I’m concerned about catching flu from the swine #
Croker wont show replay, fair yellow? I though he was committed #
Disaster #
Happy enough with 5pt lead at 1/2time. I’d prefer if 50% of our team wasn’t broken #
Voice gone. Incredible performance by Leinster #
Just home. Voice completely gone from shouting at the game. What an incredible performance by Leinster. Pics uploading. #
RT @TheMenace 15:05: Right, off for a pint before heading to Croker. ALLEZ LES BLUES << and that was the last we heard of Ken. #
RT @fantomaster: RT @daveredfly: Every day I wish more and more that Google had a viable competitor. << Ditto #
@holyschmoke Just trying to sort them, they got out of order somehow in reply to holyschmoke #
Pictures from Munster v Leinster #HEC #ERC #rugby semi-final http://is.gd/wd9H #
@MiriamAhern Looks like we’ll be wearing the blue jersey after all. I’m still in shock #
I also have some nice video of “the best fans in the world” leaving early, that’ll go on YouTube at some point #
Munster fans, I won’t apologies for that, you know you’re overbearing about that so take it on the chin #
Looking at the pics, I see the way they cross-checkered the Leinster & Munster fans. It’s pretty cool but I’d prefer they didn’t do that #
@holyschmoke I was full sure Munster would win, just unsure by how much. I keep repeating “incredible” but only way to describe Leinster. in reply to holyschmoke #
@willcarling said “Munster by 21″ << I thought he might be right, especially when our backline was destroyed by injury. #
@holyschmoke Putting my Ireland jersey on, I’m very concerned that some of our Lions have done serious damage to their rep today. Not good. in reply to holyschmoke #
@holyschmoke I think he realises he’s in trouble. A 26 week ban is norm for deliberate eye-gouging. I didn’t see incident enough to judge. in reply to holyschmoke #
I watched videos of the Quinlan incident. I think it will get him the minimum eyegouging 12 wk ban. Deserved. Unfortunate timing for Lions. #
@cgallagher @holyschmoke It was stupid. I want him on the Lions, but that incident must deserve a ban. Positive: maybe Jennings gets called! in reply to cgallagher #
@cgallagher @holyschmoke I don’t wish it on him, but he MUST get cited for it. Nasty incident. Potential 12-26 wk ban means out of Lions. in reply to cgallagher #
@DesireeScales My notes on Outliers: http://is.gd/web1 #fb in reply to DesireeScales #
@LTeeling Best got 18wks for this even though accidental http://is.gd/wmds Here’s Quinlan one: http://is.gd/wmdW #rugby in reply to LTeeling #
@TheRealAmz That bad, eh? I don’t go on it much anymore. in reply to TheRealAmz #
Good start to snooker final for John Higgins. He’s in serious form this year, will be tough for Murphy to beat him. #
Ok, settling down to watch Cardiff-Leicester. Would prefer to meet Cardiff in the final. #

New reading materials (sf and f)

amd — Sat, 02 May 2009 01:16:17 +0000

I was just complaining on Twitter that I’m all out of Charlie Stross and I need some new scifi to read. I am a pretty avid scifi reader (to say the least: it’s like crack cocaine to me).

Ross, Janet and Joanna had some great suggestions and we had a good chat about various options. This blog post is mainly a Note to Self for me on what they suggested so I can fill up my shopping cart next time I’m book shopping.

Here’s suggestions of stuff (that I haven’t read only) so far:

Cowl by Neal Asher
Grass by Sherri S Tepper
Simon R Green (both fantasy and scifi were good esp Deathstalker and Hawk & Fisher)
The End of Mr Y by Scarlett Thomas (some comments on that: “most perplexing book I have read in a while” and “@JoannaSchaff oh dear Jo that’s just cruel, I know it’s Alister but still, actually given that it is him it’s worse” – hmmmmmm

Ok, give me more.

How To Stop Skype Changing Your Website Design

amd — Fri, 01 May 2009 14:43:50 +0000

If visitors to your website have Skype installed, it may reformat what it thinks are phone numbers on your website. This can be very annoying if you’re a web designer and you get an angry phone call from a client asking why the design is broken (and worse, you can’t see the problem because you’ve disabled Skype in your own browser)!

The image here shows the contact page of one of my websites, WebsiteDoctor.com. Note the phone numbers at the top of the image, and the one in the middle of the text. Before I fixed this, Skype was reformatting all numbers, which severely affected the balance of the banner design (see the site to see why).

What I needed to do to prevent it is include a Skype specific meta tag in the header of my webpages to tell it not to reformat numbers by default (so it doesn’t change the top number). Then I added some more code to tell Skype that it is allowed reformat the 2nd instance of the number only (the one you see with the Irish flag in the picture). Here’s the code to do that.

First, add this META tag to the section of your webpage or CMS (putting this in header.php somewhere before the tag will work in most WordPress themes):

At this stage, Skype will not reformat ANY numbers. If you just want to remove all Skype formatting, you’re finished now!

To tell Skype that you are allowing it to format a number you need to wrap the number with the following html comments. Note you can also specify “File As:” text for the Skype application:

01 4404 342

I hope this helps you out. If it does, or if you need any further help, please leave a comment below.

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-04-26

amd — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 14:02:00 +0000

@Cubikmusik Cyclelogical (on the Quays) and Cycleways (Parnell St, more expensive) are good places to look. Haggle *lots* over price. in reply to Cubikmusik #
Morning folks. Good weekend all? #
@TomRaftery Any politician who has an Asimov quote front and centre on their site gets kudos from me Fair play @sendboyle! in reply to TomRaftery #
@JoannaSchaff Good wkend but got less done than I hoped. I guess that’s what weekdays are for! You been to Dracula Museum? http://is.gd/tpuz in reply to JoannaSchaff #
RT @donncha: Just added a “Don’t cache for logged in users” to wp-super-cache. << now you’re suckin diesel, fair play Donncha #
@donncha any intention to get this rolled into the main WP release at some point? in reply to donncha #
Wow, quickest sales call ever “we’re offering an exciting new discount of blah”, me: “I won’t be taking that up”, them: “ok, thanks, bye!” #
@ginader Sounds a bit extreme, school certs for a travel visa? in reply to ginader #
@ginader you moving over there? in reply to ginader #
@ginader I certainly did! Best of luck with all the docs and that, US immigration can be fun in reply to ginader #
@davidmcdonagh Yeah I guess it makes up for some of the stuff they’ve done that’s really pissed me off in the past – I’m neutral about em in reply to davidmcdonagh #
@TheLensman Archery, cool, who didn’t want to be Robin Hood when they were 10? btw I love your username in reply to TheLensman #
I wonder if Hugo Chávez has an Amazon affiliate account. http://bit.ly/q8bNj #
Sad day for Sun Microsystems. #
@irlchrusty Any news what’s gonna happen to Solaris? #
@TheLensman @gregeden Oracle buys Sun Microsystems http://bit.ly/fEMuT #
@littlequiz That monkey fella looks familar, where have I seen him before? #
One of my favourite authors is Piers Anthony. I must rebuild collection: Xanth, Tyrant, Adept & Mode series were brilliant http://is.gd/tv7F #
@cufa I only read the first 2 books in Mode, couldn’t get the rest of ‘em back before the internet existed. Tyrant/Adapt also superb. in reply to cufa #
@MichaelHyatt I think @littlequiz mentioned some issues earlier today with Following. Also check you have Javascript on http://is.gd/tvj4 in reply to MichaelHyatt #
@stepforth Interesting, they’re on #ppcrockstars for the interview. I agree with Guy Kawasaki critics, he seems an unrepentent spammer. in reply to stepforth #
@jamesdickey Nevermind MySQL, they’ll find somewhere for it in a DB company or it’ll get forked by original coders. But what about Solaris? in reply to jamesdickey #
Heading down to Clontarf, playing Terenure tonight in a cup semi. Hope to make the final, we have a good team. #
@feylya @hullaballoo84 sorry been offline most of today, catch you guys later! in reply to feylya #
@denisefay @TheRealAmz Thanks guys, appreciated! Tell you around 9.30 how we did in reply to denisefay #
Delicious makes me re-login too often. #
#smbiz folks, hello from Dublin, Ireland. #
@DrFernKazlow @SternalMrktg Thanks guys. For more intro I run an internet marketing company, see http://is.gd/tLO5 http://is.gd/tLO8 #smbiz in reply to DrFernKazlow #
Hello #sbbuzz folks ! I’m going to stick with the #smbiz channel tonight only cos it’s late here in Dublin (1am) and I’m tired #
Q2: the whole point of social n/w’ing (real or online) is to make friends and get to know ppl. LI makes it easy to help people #smbiz #
@deniseoberry I don’t have enough time to spend much on groups/ans Q’s myself, but I do find people more credible when they do it #smbiz in reply to deniseoberry #
I had potential customer call me on Friday morning who got my number from LinkedIn – used it as Yellow Pages #smbiz #
Q3: I prefer personal name vs biz name. Build a personal rep, associate it with biz, you keep it if you sell /get job #smbiz #
@amylong lol, you been out tonight? in reply to amylong #
Q4 The “who” of your network is always more important than the “how many”, whether it’s LinkedIn, Twitter, FB, etc #smbiz #
@amylong Tut tut tut, and on a school night as well! Ah well, have to admit I had a pint in the club after the match this evening too. in reply to amylong #
@amylong life is tough! Then you’re auld and decrepit! There’s immediate onset when you hit 25 you know. Sigh… in reply to amylong #
Q5: Stay professional on LinkedIn. I mix personal/prof on Twitter under my name, keep business strictly on @WebsiteDoctor #smbiz #
Q6: Don’t forget, with all this online social NW’ing, to go and meet people in person. The power of S/N is *the intro*. #smbiz #
@andrewburnett I’m not an úbergeek? in reply to andrewburnett #
Q7 I’m not crazy about LI apps or FB apps. Tis main reason I prefer Twitter: simplicity. #smbiz #
@andrewburnett Been there (many times), bought the t-shirts, not worth it. Find a good base theme instead. #WordPress in reply to andrewburnett #
@karatcopy Defintely link all your social network profiles off your About & Contact pages. If you have bios, there too #smbiz in reply to karatcopy #
@TheRealAmz I’m on Earth, can I help? in reply to TheRealAmz #
@andrewburnett Shhhh, my designer wants to rip my limbs off for that. New design coming soon, honest! in reply to andrewburnett #
@andrewburnett http://is.gd/tM6w is a decent WP theme we’ve done. See main site http://is.gd/tM6W for comparison. in reply to andrewburnett #
@andrewburnett You play rugby? I’ll be in Neuchatel for the 7s tournament on Mai 29/30th in reply to andrewburnett #
Q10 A huge amount is just common sense & not being a spammer. Treat others as you want to be treated #smbiz #
@Hobo_Web G’Mornin’ Shaun. #
@andrewburnett HEC Final is Sat, 23 May – we’ll be over on Friday afternoon 22nd in reply to andrewburnett #
@therealamz Just finished evening down the club, not a woman in sight all night I’m afraid. Come over Fri b4 town? in reply to TheRealAmz #
G’night #smbiz folks. I’m at http://is.gd/tMfw – please connect. Cheers! #
@therealamz k/o around 7pm at Clontarf, hope to be in town by 10ish (you can drag me in earlier if you like). in reply to TheRealAmz #
@Hobo_Web Really? Might watch it at the wkend. Not a big movie buff. in reply to Hobo_Web #
Ok, t’th’that’s all folks! G’night all. #
Mornin’ folks, glorious day here in Dublin #
@MiriamAhern Not the best I’m afraid, we played well but were soundly beaten by a better side. in reply to MiriamAhern #
Off to meetings, back later. In the meantime, eyecandy: http://is.gd/tF2W #
Apple: would adding an extra mouse button and doing proper maximise really hurt that much? #
Support from some Irish hosting companies is absolutely atrocious. (Digiweb & Blacknight being very pleasant exceptions) #
Must add that Stephen from H365 was quick to respond on Twitter last week too. #
@Shiminay With the multi-touch mousepad it’s not too bad (2 finger touch is right-click). The maximise thing affects me more. in reply to Shiminay #
@topgold I hit about 25% of that last year, 5k is a lot of roaming! in reply to topgold #
Someone visiting a site of mine using IE 5.5, how 1999 is that?! #
@pageoneresults I’m HTTP 500′ing on URIvalet, it don’t like me at the moment. Nice site though #
@steveweber I gave up on aweber, too much of a PITA. in reply to steveweber #
@steveweber http://www.campaignmonitor.com is fantastic. in reply to steveweber #
@TheRealAmz A lot of clubs play informal tip rugby (no tags/refs/scorekeeping). We play in St Annes Park when the club closes for summer. in reply to TheRealAmz #
@therealamz Tip rugby’s a lot safer and less competitive. Check out if your club(s) do it – you’d definitely be welcome in St. Annes anyway in reply to TheRealAmz #
I missed this yesterday, very cool: Google release API for Google Analytics http://short.ie/aw95n0 #
@alanorourke I have a rugby match at 7pm Fri, will head into town for 9.30/10ish in reply to alanorourke #
I’m really loving these (end of season) weekday evening games, much better than Saturday games #
@patmoroney Yep, I play with Clontarf. Socially only, J4/J5 level. Been there about 4-5 years now. in reply to patmoroney #
@burkonsconsult “Technical writer with some/a lot/extensive Oracle experience”? in reply to burkonsconsult #
@VodafoneIreland any news on release date for Android 2? #
@alanorourke Check out where @Shiminay is heading out to – think it’s his b’day, that right Dav? in reply to alanorourke #
@tdaniel39 What exactly are you trying to do? Save a PDF as html (make a webpage from it)? http://is.gd/tViZ in reply to tdaniel39 #
@tdaniel39 If you have the PDF on your web server you can just link to it like http://www.xyz.com/docs/somedocument.pdf in reply to tdaniel39 #
@nell_xo Kinsale 7s is May 1st/2nd. http://is.gd/tVkz And I’m going to the Neuchatel 7s in Switzerland May 30th http://is.gd/tVlv in reply to nell_xo #
This is really cool, converts loads of different file types into others: http://short.ie/fileconv @tdaniel39 might help you out #
@DustyReagan App programmers could code that 10s delay into tweet submission pretty easy. Very similar to Gmail “undo send” feature. in reply to DustyReagan #
Off-site meeting with some joint-venture partners. Have spent hours brainstorming names, finally think we got it. #
@daveredfly Out your neck of the woods, am in St. Columbas, Swords (near Cronans where I went to school actually!) in reply to daveredfly #
@patmoroney Big match on Sat – 1sts are playing Cork Con in AIL semi, it’s televised in reply to patmoroney #
Architecting software security. It’s fun but there are a lot of different combinations of user circumstances in this product. #
@holyschmoke I got a text from club that it’ll be on big screen in clubhouse so assuming live. in reply to holyschmoke #
@holyschmoke yeah, I play for the J4s Hooker, tighthead or loosehead (in that order). Played all 3 positions on Tuesday evening in reply to holyschmoke #
Finished a very productive day of meetings re: cool software product development. Very positive. Nasty rain for a rugby match tonight :-/ #
@seismicshed lol, yeah, actually I discovered I’m same weight as prop 6″ taller than me (109kg) in reply to seismicshed #
@mneylon tis a strange one. btw I just reread the email I send your presales, it’s TLA hell, didn’t realise how bad it was at the time in reply to mneylon #
@mneylon I see the prob. After MIME-Version you add 4 headers, but inject blank lines between. Client sees 1st, parses it as end of header. in reply to mneylon #
@ruggerbits @nell_xo @myma1313 @nealschaffer @patmoroney @crusaderz4life Thanks for the #followfriday recommendation guys! in reply to ruggerbits #
Really must head to club for match, k/o 7pm and I’m running behind. Laters. #
RT @TomRaftery/@fkoehn/@leeprovoost Thousands of Indian farmers commit suicide cos of Monsanto’s GM crops http://bit.ly/BzH9O #
Great win for Clontarf down in Cork Con, will be playing Shannon in AIL final afaik #
Very sorry for O’Leary, fractured ankle means he misses Lions tour. Will Stringer make it? #
@DIYMarketers cool, will be around if I’m still up at that hour in reply to DIYMarketers #
@DIYMarketers Only 5 ahead of east coast. I may be out Mon for a pint, have late meeting til 9pm in reply to DIYMarketers #
@RuggieBear sweet, see you around Mary Macs or so, 6ish? in reply to RuggieBear #
@RuggieBear k, I’ll be in Macs around 6.15 or so, meet you guys around then in reply to RuggieBear #

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-04-19

amd — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 14:02:00 +0000

Think I’ll have to watch a replay of that Quins v Stade game sometime, looked incredible in those conditions #
RT @alanorourke: We give thanks to the real meaning of Easter & the man who gave his life so we can share choc eggs. Thanks mr Easter bunny. #
@TheMenace A bit like some folks on Twitter …. Cheika doesn’t inspire my confidence in those interviews #
Tag for Irish side of Leinster v Harlequins? #LeiHar ? #LeinQuin ? #hcup #rugby #
@TheMenace we’ve never done that before – standard has been to have the Irish side first regardless of location in reply to TheMenace #
@yenwodt well he might, he’s a bit of an EOS or a Pillar Caffrey I think – good, but not great in reply to yenwodt #
@TheMenace I’d love if we could bring back David Knox, the completely obnoxious, arrogant, thoroughly dislikable genius in reply to TheMenace #
@yenwodt Ah sorry, ex-manager of Dublin GAA – he brought them to a consistent Leinster Championship standard but never to Sam Maguire in reply to yenwodt #
#lenhar hashtag for Irish side of Leinster-Quins, please RT #
C’mon Leinster now! #lenhar #
Big missed peno from Quins there. Very tight game so far, this one could go either way. #lenhar #
Dr. Phil has his kicking head on today, thank god for that #lenhar #
@TheMenace rofl. True, he’s been very poor whereever he’s been played. Cheiki moves him every week though #lenhar in reply to TheMenace #
@TheMenace Plenty of negatives, but one positive is Quins aren’t as good as I thought they might be #lenhar in reply to TheMenace #
Great defense by Leinster – good man Rocky go go #
@TheMenace Don’t agree, think they’ve been half-decent, defense has been incredible at times. Rocky, BOD playing great. Deserve 6-0 lead in reply to TheMenace #
@damienmulley What do you mean exactly? You could use the AdWords editor, something like that? in reply to damienmulley #
@TheMenace Need to see stats but I think we have a chance to win it (didn’t really believe it before the game). Kicking’s been dire though in reply to TheMenace #
@TheMenace I think we can take this. Here’s to hoping. #lenhar in reply to TheMenace #
Miss the conv, miss the conv…. Cmon Leinster #
Dean Richards is going to have to put on a jersey and go on himself soon. CMON LEINSTER #lenhar #
RT @aarons: Leinster fans are a credit to the province, great noise and colour << 100% agreed #
You fuckin beauty #
What a game #
@TheMenace Well, that sets us up nicely for the semi in reply to TheMenace #
@TheMenace Massive sour grapes from Dean Richards there, poor form. Have great respect for the rest of the Quins though, gave everything in reply to TheMenace #
@wiieb Manflu is not to be taken lightly! in reply to wiieb #
Going to meet @davidmcdonagh for a Guinness & chat to him about his Twitter application #
Looking for a WM6 app that does 2-way sync to GCal #
@oscarBravo @fintanmurphy Thanks for the suggestions guys #
Been out of it last few days with nasty dose of manflu. Clearing up now. Amazing how I feel productive at 2am even when I’m sick. #
@daveredfly @cksolutions “I want some soup… and to watch CBBC.” That sums it up perfectly #
@daveredfly How many are doing it that you’ve found? Name and shame em, that’s not on. in reply to daveredfly #
Looking at some slides from #tnw via search & twitpic: http://tinyurl.com/dltayb #
@Shiminay http://www.themespress.com/ aint bad at all but does need some tweaking afterwards. Depends on how simple your code started out. in reply to Shiminay #
@Shiminay It’s not free, but hopefully $10 won’t break the bank in reply to Shiminay #
@Shiminay lol, fair enough, but it might save you a tonne of effort in reply to Shiminay #
Paleo lineup this year: Placebo, The Prodigy, Francis Cabrel, Franz Ferdinand, Moby, NTM, Tracy Chapman, Amy Macdonald http://www.paleo.ch/ #
It’s lashing rain, but I have to go into town. Where’d all that sunshine from the weekend go to? #
http://is.gd/sKVO #
Leinster and Munster tickets to be re-issued http://is.gd/sL02 “it took just 30 seconds for the 5,000 tickets on general sale to sell out” #
Ok, time to quit procrastinating… off into town. Hopefully get a break in the rain. #
Got rugby training, hopefully the rain holds off for next couple hours. #
Looking at a site selling SEO, with identical titles (company name) on every page of the site. #
@davidmcdonagh Oh dear. Best of luck with that, hope you manage to fight it off! in reply to davidmcdonagh #
@davidmcdonagh The timing is completely coincidental, I’m sure in reply to davidmcdonagh #
This is pretty cool, though questionable ethically (they didn’t know they were being filmed) http://www.howtonailaninterview.com/ #
@forbairt That’s mad isn’t it? I can’t believe it, she basically offered herself to him straight up like that! Desperate for a job, eh? in reply to forbairt #
@EamonLeonard You gonna open source that Zaytoon API? Can think of some nice plugins! #
My favourite article on writing (un)maintainable code. http://is.gd/sUGJ (rescue from IA, latest version is unreadable – ironic, eh?) #
@EamonLeonard I think you’re on a winner. Over the wire Kebab-As-A-Service. in reply to EamonLeonard #
RT @brokep According to leaked information from the court we lost (got the news last night). << was right http://is.gd/sUIF #
RT @bsneyd: Check out this Asda prank call http://tinyurl.com/2yxnrj << classic. #
What is it about Friday afternoon? Phone ringing off the hook today! #
@Shiminay hmmm. Is that micronuked? in reply to Shiminay #
Phone call number 12 of the day #
Many unaware of alcohol calories http://is.gd/sU8l — I, unfortunately, am all too aware. #
@Shiminay sounds rather good actually! Surprising! @forbairt Yep, it’s one of the best ways to do it (d’oh!) in reply to Shiminay #
Seeing as it’s Spring, we’re going to be doing some significant Spring Cleaning around http://www.logon.ie and http://www.websitedoctor.com soon #
@amylong You’re light as a feather! (Unlike that big ass Kenealy fella.) in reply to amylong #
I don’t watch TV, especially talent shows, but this has got nearly 20M views on YouTube now: http://is.gd/rYqS (Susan Boyle). Class. #
RT @sineadailill: @AMcDermott “I don’t watch TV” so rugby, ice hockey, gaa, wendyball, basketball, cricket, f1 << Sport isn’t tv! #
@regi @feylya If you haven’t seen these WTF’s check them out: http://is.gd/oJgW http://is.gd/3rkn #
How to distract a geek for several hours: http://is.gd/sXV5 #
@walter Tell ‘em “Go away, or I will replace you with 3 lines of perl”. That should sort it. in reply to walter #
@TheChrisD You should spend some time meditating and talking to your Inner Geek. One day you too will know. in reply to TheChrisD #
Olbermann on Obama refusal to prosecute Bush CIA torture http://is.gd/sZiv #
Journos on twitter: http://muckrack.com/sources.html #
Heading to see if I can find the Edinburgh v Leinster match on tv. #
@MiriamAhern Have semi tickets, yep. And final tickets in reply to MiriamAhern #
@RedDave14 @czajkowski @niallok Tis dire stuff from Leinster so far. Last Thomand game was bad, but this is awful in reply to RedDave14 #
@czajkowski It’s not too bad when it doesn’t matter in reply to czajkowski #
@ruggerbits I think it’s safe to take a trip to the offie. And the supermarket. And the park. #magners in reply to ruggerbits #
I started writing a 3 line blog post and now it’s half a page. Ah well. Match got somewhat interesting again, good comeback here. #
@sineadailill Edi 27 – 16 Lei, 68 mins gone. Doubtful we’ll steal it. #magners in reply to sineadailill #
Just posted amdsoft.com/fixing-twitter-security-issues/ which shows how to fix Mikeyy etc (http://is.gd/t10c ) #
@smallbiztrends: Wrote that for you: amdsoft.com/fixing-twitter-security-issues/ #
@sineadailill Sweet, enjoy Johnnys. Might crack open a beer here now, that first half was bad enough to drive me to drink. in reply to sineadailill #
You’re in good hands with whoever designed this: http://ingoodhands.com/ #
RT @antgalvin: Watching cecilia ahern interview on Russia Today. Not much on obviously << Curling’s on Eurosport if you’re that desperate #
Holy mother of f… http://now.sprint.com/widget/ is just *incredible*. They win the internet. #
Ohh, adidas coming in a close 2nd here: http://www.adidas.com/jp/homepage.asp #
@Thaedydal http://ingoodhands.com get bonus points for having Dennis Haysbert on the page, and the clackulator is fun to try use in reply to Thaedydal #
All these full screen flash websites are getting too much for me, it’s about time I had that beer (I was good and didn’t have earlier). nn #
RT @dannysullivan: sons had lockdown drill @ school 2day, hide in case of crazed killer. << WTF?! Now that’s just nuts. #
@TheMenace @yenwodt Shocked by Cardiff here, putting some serious pressure on in this 1st half #rugby in reply to TheMenace #
@willcarling Could you do Leinster a favour and say Munster is a shoe-in for the HEC semi? #
I missed the throwing teacups reference – what’s that all about? #rugby #
Blues out of sight! Leicester might be getting a bit nervous watching this #EDF_rugby #rugby #
Are Gloucester making Cardiff look good, or have they really improved this much? #rugby #
@TheMenace It’s a fair point, but it is a cup final. Wow, another won, what a hammering! 50pts?! #rugby in reply to TheMenace #
Gotta get outside while it’s still nice; on me bike out to Howth. #
I really like http://ie6update.com but there are some ethical questions. Great benefit vs misleading folks. What do you guys think? #
@sintaxasn Agreed, it’s totally misleading. However, it helps rid the web of IE6, which is a blight on developers everywhere. in reply to sintaxasn #
@bsneyd It updates to IE8, or at least that’s where they link it to in reply to bsneyd #
It’s a very beneficial thing for most users, particularly home/SOHO users. The only issue is enterprise… who should move off IE6 anyway. #
@ShaneKilcoyne Hey there! I’m watching Munster Connacht, going ok actually here in reply to ShaneKilcoyne #
@sintaxasn Somewhat agree with you. However, those companies should have moved off an insecure browser that is over 8 years old. in reply to sintaxasn #
London police terrorising tourists http://is.gd/sKbJ #
Nice try from Munster, now leading 10-3 against Connacht #magners #rugby #
@ShaneKilcoyne hey, you need to put up a picture on your account now in reply to ShaneKilcoyne #
@sintaxasn Correct, that’s 1 fact. *Another* fact is that companies are spending^W wasting millions supporting this POS. Not clear cut. in reply to sintaxasn #
Munster starting to open it up now, I think Connacht are in serious trouble here now. #magners #rugby #muncon #
@sintaxasn Ah well. I think #ie6update is going to do plenty of good, and also some harm to unfortunate co.’s who are behind the times. in reply to sintaxasn #
Poor old Connacht… 20-3 down at the break. Don’t see a comeback on the cards #magners #rugby #muncon #
@heavensgame Score was a great shocker, that. Reckon Leicester might be a bit concerned going into their semi against Cardiff now. in reply to heavensgame #
Well now! Try Connacht! 20-10 down now, after successful conversion #muncon #rugby #
Happy enough for Connacht, did well in the 2nd half, great to prevent Munster’s BP. #
@TheMenace Thanks for reminder to hit the offie before 10pm, always gets me in reply to TheMenace #
Nice article from @MethodDan about The Pirate Bay http://is.gd/tc1A “Don’t Believe The Hype” #
@MethodDan You’re welcome, twas a better commentary than the rest I’ve read on the issue. in reply to MethodDan #
@MethodDan Jack Riley wasn’t bad in the Indo: http://is.gd/t74t “This trial has only made torrent sites much stronger” in reply to MethodDan #
@MiriamAhern Getting up early for the F1, Miriam? in reply to MiriamAhern #
@MiriamAhern Same. Used to love it too, disappointed when Jordan sold: no Irish interest now. Always fantastic to go to though in reply to MiriamAhern #
Go 1990′s web design! http://is.gd/tcDT #
I love the guys who do the Big Picture at Boston Globe, consistently brilliant. Here’s latest: http://is.gd/sZa2 #
Unreal Tournament 3 is taking an age to download #

Fixing Mikeyy and Other Twitter Security Holes

amd — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 20:18:43 +0000

If your twitter account starts sending messages by itself, or has weird stuff that you didn’t enter in your profile like text that reads “Mikeyy” or other names, then it’s highly likely that your account has been taken over via security hole (specifically a “cross-scripting bug”).

How It Happened

Your account was probably infected when you viewed the profile of somebody else infected in your web browser. Often these are hidden behind tinyurl and other URL shorteners – bear that in mind.

Fixing The Problem

To fix it, the first thing you should do is turn off JavaScript.
Go to your Twitter Account Settings (You may need to get your password reset via email before you can log in.)
Update your Name, Username, More info URL, One Line Bio. Press ‘Save‘!
Click the Password tab and change your password. Click ‘Change‘.
You should now be able to turn back on JavaScript.

Update: One other place I’ve heard there might be security issues is the background colours page of your profile design, so go and reset the colours in the design section. You need to have JavaScript on to do this – avoid visiting any other twitter profiles while fixing your design settings.

Preventing it Happening Again

To avoid problems with this in future, I recommend you use a secure browser (I recommend Firefox instead of Internet Explorer). You should either browse with Javascript turned off (which kinda sucks) or use a plugin like NoScript for Firefox which allows you pick and choose what you allow to run.

Did this help?

If this helped you out, follow me on twitter and send me a message. I get the warm fuzzies when I find out that these posts helped someone, somewhere.

If it didn’t help, then send me a message on Twitter or leave a comment below with your question – I might be able to help out with the issue!

Regards, Alastair.