Mark's Blog

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 #

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