No trees were harmed in the creation of this blog; however, a significant number of electrons were slightly inconvenienced.

Moving Servers

Just a quick note to say that abristolgeek.co.uk moved servers today, so if you see anything strange (other than my normal rantings!) can you let me know in the comments on this page.
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Cookie Monster wants his Cookies

How the UK Government will break the Internet

Today the Information Commissioners Office put out a press release announcing a new law constraining how UK run websites interact with their users. The law restricts how and when websites can use 'cookies', for...
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Example of a "Index Card" from the new A Bristol Geek Theme

All Change, a new blog theme

Over the past few months I have spent a little time (I got distracted by other tasks) revamping the theme for A Bristol Geek, the colour scheme may have stayed the same but the...
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My First WordPress Plugin! For TwitPic integration!

A little while ago I took a look at writing WordPress plugins, and for someone with a bit of PHP knowledge it really isn't that hard! Today my first WordPress plugin has been...
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And here we go again, WordPress 3.0.3

It seams like only a few days ago that I was telling you about the WordPress 3.0.2 update, oh actually it was. Well the geniuses behind WordPress have released another update to bring...
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Your Blog is Banjaxed!

WordPress 3.0.2 Upgrade, what to do and what not to do!

WordPress 3.0.2 was released on November 30th, and is a mandatory security update for all WordPress installations that are already between 3.0 and 3.0.1. What does that mean?
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The WP Database Backup Schedule Screen

How to prevent WordPress death!!

The biggest fear of a small time blogger is that their website suddenly goes belly up. It can be caused by any number of things, server failure, failed upgrades or dodgy plug-ins. Without...
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