http://www.briancurd.com Mostly Harmless... Wed, 23 Jul 2008 12:13:09 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The Ventnor Winter Garden has recently had quite a few decent gigs but this time, at least for me, it has played a blinder! On October 31st 2008 they have a triple bill "Classic Legends of Rock" concert featuring: The Groundhogs Wishbone Ash Focus For somebody who's tastes are firmly seated in the 70s this ... http://www.briancurd.com/index.php/archives/333 You know the feeeling, you wait for ages for a bus then two come along together! Well that's exactly how I feel about WordPress! As I mentioned earlier, I hadn't bothered with the last few upgrades and finally took the plunge with v2.5.1. Guess what? a few days later and along ... http://www.briancurd.com/index.php/archives/331 When I last tried posting to WordPress from this MacBook, everything appeared as one long sentence and I had to drop the WYSIWYG interface and edit the HTML source for the post in order to make the thing readable. Hardly the best way to blog. The spec for v2.5.1 suggestes ... http://www.briancurd.com/index.php/archives/324 I have just upgraded this blog to Wordpress 2.5.1 having not bothered for a few releases. All seems to have gone well but if you do spot anything strange, please let me know. There are a few new features which I'll have a go at sometime and they also claim to ... http://www.briancurd.com/index.php/archives/323 I had to go over to St Lawrence at the weekend and duly entered the address details into my (previously!) trusted Tomtom GPS only to be warned that I may be driving to an area where they drive on the right! Unless there is something I don't know about the Southern ... http://www.briancurd.com/index.php/archives/322 I've had a batch of calls this week from people who can't get their PCs started. It seems the last few days of warmer weather are causing a few problems. Of course it may be a coincidence but I can't remember 4 hard drives failing in as many days. My suspicion ... http://www.briancurd.com/index.php/archives/320 A friend recently dropped off a PC infected with some particularly nasty spyware infections. The usual SmitFraud, WinAntiVirus and Vundo stuff but this time, I couldn't find anything that would shift it. Unfortunately, the cause was a couple of pieces of so called AntiVirus and AntiSpyware software which were in themselves ... http://www.briancurd.com/index.php/archives/318 Following a couple of earlier mentions of Phorm, it's good to see an organised fightback against it. The following is taken directly from their website: "AntiPhormLite is a unique application that intelligently self surfs the internet and generates natural surfing information to confuse anyone who is spying or tracking your internet ... http://www.briancurd.com/index.php/archives/317 Some years ago, free with one of the magazines I used to receive, I was sent a free 5.25in floppy disc. It was quite a novelty at the time as floppies weren't cheap and it was rare to have one given away. Anyhow, this particular disc was a bit ... http://www.briancurd.com/index.php/archives/315 procoaching.co.uk is for sale. I registered the domain some years ago and now have no further need for it - if you'd like it please leave a comment and an offer. http://www.briancurd.com/index.php/archives/314