Mark's Blog

• How do the press dream some of this shite about Coyle leaving up eh #BurnleyFC #Clarets #
• It's been a while since I was in the @phpbb support forums… always good to go back #
• Trying to sort out my inbox… ~1400 messages and it should be 0 #
• Wooo, inbox clear. Hopefully I'll be able to keep it that way #
• @vvondra Yeah, most of my usual mail just gets filtered into the correct folder but I need to get better at doing that for irregular stuff #
• Mass hysteria on Clarets Mad as it appears Coyle is going to Bolton. I'm concerned. #BurnleyFC #Clarets #
• @Kayako No update on pricing for v4 I assume? Really interested in giving the app for a spin when it's released #
• Arsenal ran rings around West Ham in that last 20/30 minutes. Outclassed. Hopefully we can get Wiltshire on loan as well #
• Draw coming up shortly… #facup #BurnleyFC #Clarets #
• Reading or Liverpool v Burnley #BurnleyFC #facup #Clarets #
• Surely we all want Reading for more of "Paterson gone for goal" and "Thompson takes a swing" a la Play Off Semi FInal #BurnleyFC #Clarets #
• http://bit.ly/7xi3be If he's gone it's the biggest mistake he'll ever make. Idiot. #BurnleyFC #Clarets #
• http://bit.ly/4EZiLi Sounds like a done deal unless Kilby is planning a last ditch attempt to get him to reconsider #BurnleyFC #Clarets #
• And if he does go I'll be very disappointed. I expected better from him to be honest. #BurnleyFC #Clarets #OwenCoyle #
• Yay, RMA request processed. Thanks @Ebuyerdotcom #
• @claretsgirl Don't think so, but no doubt we'll probably get a statement to that effect tomorrow after his meeting with Kilby in reply to claretsgirl #
• Don't suppose anybody has any news on how the meeting with OC and Kilby went tonight? #OwenCoyle #BurnleyFC #Clarets #
• @JosephRedmond "If we can't have him then nobody else can" I like it, good work in reply to JosephRedmond #
• "My source has just told me Kilby has put the Capital Punishment DVD on for them all to watch now" Comedy gold from #Clarets Mad #BurnleyFC #
• http://bit.ly/66WQiU Victory from the jaws of defeat? Who knows, we continue to wait and see #BurnleyFC #Clarets #OwenCoyle #
• http://bit.ly/7wCGIm He's a prized plank #BurnleyFC #Clarets #OwenCoyle #
• @claretsgirl Indeed. He's making a huge mistake IMO, especially after saying that he was all about completing the job that he started in reply to claretsgirl #
• PO30 6/10 #uksnow #
• Come on Stevie Davis, lets show Coyle what he's walked away from #BurnleyFC #Clarets #OwenCoyle #
• Every single school on the Isle of Wight closed – funny how snow causes so much chaos #uksnow #isleofwight #
• Sounds like Bolton can't afford the compo so Coyle might be on gardening leave for a while longer yet… hah #BurnleyFC #Clarets #OwenCoyle #
• http://bit.ly/5ZdtMr I have a feeling it'll get called off – good so we can sort everything out in time for Utd away #BurnleyFC #Clarets #
• http://bit.ly/7nevji A good read about Coyle #BurnleyFC #Clarets #OwenCoyle #
• It's certainly pretty cold out there… http://bit.ly/5YKUSG #uksnow #
• Yay, static IP block finally set up #
• Compo agreed, Coyle has finished tending his garden and is in charge of Bolton. Have fun in the fizzy pop league next season Owen #clarets #
• How come Wanky Wanderers don't have a press conference with Coyle yet? Interested to see if he's got a conscience for us #BurnleyFC #Clarets #
• @danwalkerbbc If you do come I'm sure we'll give you a warm welcome Lancashire style in reply to danwalkerbbc #
• http://bit.ly/8pWyFu This is absolutely brilliant #BurnleyFC #Clarets #OwenCoyle #

Well, I wasn’t expecting to write that title a couple of weeks ago but alas the individual formerly known as ‘God’ has decided that he stands a better chance of staying in the Premier League with Bolton.

Bolton? Seriously?

He’s burnt, knocked down and destroyed a lot of bridges with the fans after continually speaking about loyalty towards the football club and supporters; who knows if he ever realised how much the football club meant to its fans. Reading between the lines it seems that he has gone due to a lack of budget at Burnley, something he would have known before signing a contract extension last year. We don’t live beyond our means and are doing fine by not over-stretching ourselves so I don’t see the need to do this just because a manager wants to get the chequebook out.

He’s already said to our chairman that he “would only leave Burnley for Celtic or Bolton” – how true that is I have no idea but it seemed that he had the opportunity to leave for Celtic earlier but didn’t because he wanted to continue the experience with Burnley – how times change.

I think it’s safe to say that almost every fan is bitterly disappointed with the move and him personally for the way in which he’s gone about it, including me. After all that he’s said previously I would have thought he had a little more respect for both the club and the fans than to deny that he wanted the job on Thursday, to miss a press conference on Saturday and then affirm he wanted to leave on Monday.

It’s a shame Owen that you have gone about it in this way; you could have left Burnley a hero but instead you’ve rather tainted your own image. Thank you for the good times but I hope that we move onto bigger and better things without you.

Always worth remembering that no man is ever bigger than the football club and Burnley will live on to fight more and bigger battles than this; and will win them too.

• Bloody hell… lost again #
• @Ebuyerdotcom dispatching early on the 5 Working Days shipping option – good service #
• Setting up an AdWords campaign, forgot how stupidly complex it is to do #
• I know I've tweeted about this before but how stupid are Parcelforce for not having Windows 7 down as an acceptable OS #
• Replacement drive in, array rebuilding. Still no word from @Ebuyerdotcom returns about the dead one though #
• Woo, car test passed. Still prefer the bike though #
• Happy New Year to one and all… hope 2010 is a good one for everyone #
• Just looking at @kayako v4 desktop application, looks fantastic http://bit.ly/6NzH2s #
• Plesk is a pain in the arse #

Shameless plug on its way for my own services but this is my blog so ho hum

I’ve recently been working on a few bits and pieces under the Island Geek brand; namely setting up Blesta to put on sale some of the phpBB services that I currently offer.

As you will see it is the usual affair of phpBB installation/configuration options as well as MOD installations. For the more enterprising customer there is also the option of a dedicated support contract, something that I know has been highlighted to me as something that people who run fairly large boards are interested in. If you aren’t that comfortable getting involved with the nuts and bolts of the software then having somebody who can is reassuring.

Now, this may be a plug but I’m here to give you an offer as well. The coupon markblog09 will get you 10% off anything you order – think of it as a late Christmas present. For something like our hosting product where buying 12 months already gets you 2 free this is a considerable saving on top. The code is valid until the end of January ‘10 so feel free to pass it among your friends who you think may be interested.

Just a quick note to say that this blog has been upgraded to WordPress 2.9. If any of you out there are running WordPress blogs I’d encourage you to do the same, if only for safety and security’s sake.

• Meh. RAID array degraded due to drive failure… let's hope @Ebuyerdotcom 's return policy is sensible and good #
• Christmas carol concert here we come… #
• … I've even found out a Christmas tie to feel that I've made an effort #
• @Ebuyerdotcom picking up broken HDD tomorrow… sounds like something has gone pop inside – telltale rattle so something has broken #
• Anybody got a link to something like Adblock for Google Chrome? #googlechrome #adblock #
• Hmm, found Adblock for Chrome but doesn't seem to be as good as the FF version… shame #
• HDD on its way back to @Ebuyerdotcom #
• Cheers to @acronis for the Christmas offers – picked up TrueImage 2010 with a 50% discount #
• Merry Christmas! #
• Queen's Christmas Message at 3pm, it's like the law in the UK #
• Christmas dinner and a bottle of wine, what could be better #
• Washing up finished, just polishing off the wine and watching a bit of Christmas TV #
• Well, it's almost over for another year… #

Hello all,

Just a quick update to wish all readers a very merry Christmas and prosperous New Year for you, your families and friends. 2010 here we come!

• Hope Olly wins purely because the winners song was obviously chosen for Joe – ever so slightly unfair #
• http://bit.ly/6TrcUp Everybody buy Killing in the Name to stop the X Factor getting the #1 spot #
• http://twitpic.com/tox19 Together we can do it; if you know somebody who hasn't bought it yet annoy them until they do. No X Factor No 1 #
• http://bit.ly/5SgygB Hah! They continually bang on about copyright and IP and then don't respect it themselves… typical #
• Thank God for the internet and Italian Sky Sports #burnleyfc #clarets #
• Oh, it's 1-1 at HT – we've been good value aside from the piss poor goal we let in we've played really well… Predicting 2-1 at FT #
• 1-1 FT. Happy with a point there, we played very well. Come on you Clarets! #burnleyfc #clarets #
• MOTD! #burnleyfc #clarets #
• http://bit.ly/7eEblN Now he's moaning about the fixtures. Just admit it Arsene, your team played shite and we deserved to win #burnleyfc #

• The end of an era… #

• I'm DYING! – Okay, slight exaggeration, I do feel terrible though #
• 3 x 1TB in RAID5 http://tweetphoto.com/5628066 #
• Top Gear in HD is <3 #
• @stickerboy Great photo , no way that you could photoshop the phone wire out? in reply to stickerboy #
• @stickerboy I know the feeling about photoshop skills it would look great if you could remove it though in reply to stickerboy #
• Please don't let Bastards get through into the next round of the Carling Cup… #
• hehehehe: Bastards 3 v 3 Chelsea… penalties here we come! #
• Straw poll among the tweeters: What is the best WAMP stack? WampServer gives an annoying UAC prompt every time it starts… #
• … development only remember; If I wanted production I'd throw a Linux box at the problem #