Image via Wikipedia I've made a minor change to my comment policy.As of today comments will remain open on posts for 300 days.It was previously set at 180 days. … [Read more...] about Minor Comments Policy Change
Floods Floods Floods
According to the media reports Carlow is flooded.Odd that.I live in Carlow!Yes - part of the town is flooded, but only a small part. Most of the town is unaffected. … [Read more...] about Floods Floods Floods
Fixing Firefox 3’s Annoying Autocomplete
Image via Wikipedia When I was playing around with Firefox 3 several months ago one of the biggest annoyances for me was the "autocomplete".As you type a URL Firefox suggests links from your browser history.While that might be useful the way they've implemented it is incredibly obtrusive and, therefore, really really annoying.As I mentioned previously I couldn't upgrade to … [Read more...] about Fixing Firefox 3’s Annoying Autocomplete
Post-Upgrade Oddities
I upgraded this site's backend, Movable Type, to the latest version earlier today.While the upgrade itself went pretty well there seem to be some really odd issues affecting this site. All the other sites running of this MT install are behaving fine, but this one is having issues with templates.I'm currently trying to work out what the best course of action is, so please excuse … [Read more...] about Post-Upgrade Oddities
Happy Birthday Madonna
Image via Wikipedia Today is Madonna's birthday. I don't keep track of these things, but the Brittanica daily newsletter told me - honest!What's truly amazing about the woman is that not only is today her birthday, but she's actually celebrating her 50th birthday! When I was a teenager Madonna was one of the hottest stars on the planet. The crazy thing is that she's still out … [Read more...] about Happy Birthday Madonna