Category Archive: General

Oct
07

Euromillions £112 Million

It has got to be worth a punt on EuroMillionstomorrow. £112 Million pounds jackpot. What would one do with that sort of money?

Sep
20

20 Tips To Increase WordPress Security

I have recently been blogging about how my web servers have been compromised. I am fairly sure that the attackers gained access to the server via WordPress. I use WordPress as the backbone to 90% of my sites, this being so it is critically important that it is secure. I have therefore been researching methods …

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Sep
16

Search Ranking For Simonstone Hall

Simonstone Hall Google Search Results

I have just discovered that this blog is ranking on page one of Google for the search term ‘Simonstone Hall’ I wonder if they will give me any free nights stay for all those referrals!!! It is not the best search term I rank for but I thought it was fun. I will be working …

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Sep
12

40,000 Words And Still Counting…

Digitalquill

Just two months ago I posted that I had written 30,000 words on this blog. I have now reached 40,000. If I can get o 50,000 before Christmas that will be an achievement. Hopefully someone will find the content useful. I am just posting things as they come up. I have been posting more DIY …

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Jul
05

Racing Pigeons

I leaned something new this evening! When I got home there was a racing pigeon on the drive, it was clearly struggling, probably having been hit by something or it was suffering from exhaustion. After trying to contact RSPCA and other without success we called a friend in the know who told us to try …

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Jun
21

Images In Posts For Eye Candy

You will have noticed that I have started adding small images to each post, this is to add a little bit of interest to the site. The images themselves do not usually add a great deal to the post, but they do give a little eye candy. Images are also very useful for search engines, …

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Jun
20

Lending On Kiva.org

Kiva

Kiva.org is a microfinance website that lends to individuals that would otherwise find it difficult to raise capital. In their words ‘Kiva’s mission is to connect people, through lending, for the sake of alleviating poverty.’ This is something that I have been trying to support over the last few months, where I have been lending …

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Jun
01

Back From Holiday

We came back from holiday on Saturday after a great week in Northumbria near Alnwick. We stopped on the way up to see Mum and Dad, and then stayed in a lodge. The complex where the lodge was had a health farm, gym and swimming pool and a huge play park for children which Eva …

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May
17

Ultrahosting Coupon Code 10% Off Vps Servers

I have just purchased another VPS at Ultrahosting to add to the many I have. I have been using them for about three years now with only one minor problem with a hard disk failure. I have just bought a new VPS with them for a WordPress Hosting Service I am setting up and got …

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Feb
19

Jury Service

I recently had the pleasure of being invited to Jury service for two weeks. As there is nothing that one can really do to get out of it I had to go. On the first day I was unsure of what to expect, and it is safe to say that I did not expect what …

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