New Plugins and upgrades are going in left right and centre
Fed up with the spam and new users have introduced captcha across the board.
I may trial letting members post comments without having to enter it down the road, but for now i’m not easing up.
Also upgraded ip2nation again, and will be putting in more plugins to spruce the place up

Got round to doing the 2.8.5 update to wordpress last week and what do you know within days there’s a new update.
At least this time i’ve implemented it straight away.
Can’t remember if i’ve said before, but the automated updater within wordpress makes this an absolute doddle to do.
Much easier than when you had to download the files, delete the whole blog and upload it back again.
This method is done in 5 minutes and even walks you through a backup of the sql database.

As aleksandr might say “simples”:

comparethemeerkat

Today is possibly one of the most stupid but funny international days of the year:-
Talk like a Pirate day

The Official Website offers advice and discussion on how to make the most of the event.

The UK version yarr.org.uk has similar offering catering specifically for the UK population.

Not sure if i’ll be doing anything specific but may try and slip the odd “yarr me hearty” at the end of sentences.

It’s been a few months since i last updated anything
Saw a few rogue users signing up – hope this deters them – and upgraded to the latest version of wordpress
I must say it’s so much easier than it used to be – the plugins do it all for you without a hitch

I’ll keep it short. Read it in the paper and it looks like a hilariously funny blog with the talk about John “Bhooka Naan” Buchanan coach of the Kolkata Knight Riders among others.
Nobody seems to know who the source of the stories is but all will be revealed sooner or later. In the meantime here’s the link:

fakeiplplayer.blogspot.com
and here is a link to the guardian’s article on the blog

As usual i’m being slapdash with upgrading my blog’s software
But hopefully from now on you won’t see these posts because i’ve installed new plugin at the same time as doing the update which is called Wordpress automatic upgrade. With this plugin whenever there’s an upgrade it will do the backup and installation through the wordpress admin pane for me without having to download files, backup and ftp myself which should keep me up to date.

Anyways, am currently with the latest release, haven’t seen anything too radically different other than it’s fixed a bug i had in the admin pane to do with plugins. But do drop me an email if you spot anything.

Hi all,
For the first time in 3 years am celebrating Christmas at home
Being a bit sluggish today, but better late than never. Below is a link wishing everyone who comes on here a very Merry Christmas:
Christmas Link from stonysleep.com

As usual I’ve been slack with upgrading my blog’s software, and it’s only been a few spammers signing up that has prompted me to upgrade things. And again, I’ve refreshed the ip2nation database & plugin to cater for any unusual countries or ip addresses. Things seem to be working, but as usual if you spot anything odd drop me a line and i can do some investigation.

The main reason for my post though is I’ve just installed an autotagger (I haven’t been tagging my posts in the past) and want to see whether it works.

With a bit of luck if I drop some keywords in it should add the relevant tags

I’ve been slacking with the maintenance of the blog in terms of updating the software that powers it.
The last update I did was over 2 years ago in Jan 2006 when I went from 2.0.2 to to 2.0.4
Have just done the upgrade to version 2.5
I haven’t confirmed if my theme is compatible or if all the plugins cut the mustard
Also upgraded ip2nations database to the latest versions, so any odd countries should be matched better

If you spot anything that looks odd, let me know and I’ll look into it

I’ve been tagged by MHC so that means I’ve got to conjure up 5 things about myself.

1. I was born 26 years ago in the hospital that I now work in – Chase Farm now part of Barnet & Chase Farm Hospitals NHS Trust. I nearly died before I was born because the umbilical cord got wrapped round my neck choking me. The registrar had to be called in to help deliver me using forceps and saved my life.
2. I have run a website for over 10 years. This has become stonysleep.com, but did exist as various names, hosts, guises and mirrors from 1997 to 2002. I’ve owned stonysleep.com since 17th January 2002 after Big Cat Records and then V2 Records didn’t renew the ownership. So it turned 5 years last month at it’s current address. The site is long overdue for an overhaul, but I never seem to have the time to do it. The plan is to run it through wordpress and link it in with the blog.
3. In real life I am an incredibly introverted and shy person. I’m a deep thinker and a continual observer. I sometimes hold grudges and regrets for many years after an event has happened but rarely reveal my true feelings especially if it involves other people. I have convinced at least 2 people that I was insane – this is not true, but I am certainly not what would be considered normal by far.
4. The thing I am most proud of is my music collection. I don’t know how many CDs or days that I own because I haven’t transferred it all onto my iPod yet and it’s increasing all the time. It was over 300 CDs last time I updated the list on my site but it’s continually growing.
5. It was not until I finished University and started working full time that I realised what a good memory I have compared to other people, and in particular what a knack I have for remembering small (and often trivial) details. I think I have a partial photographic memory. Having said that i always seem to forget where I’ve left the most mundane of items when moving from one room to another

This now leaves me with the tough task of who to tag:
Shamik, Ravi, Camilla
There’s a couple of others I know who have blogs, but I don’t know their sites, so will have to add them at a later date