Category Archives: Admin
The post-Posterous world
For the past year and a bit, I’ve had a couple of blogs on Posterous, mostly for stuff that was too long for Twitter, but too short to warrant full blog posts here. One was for musical recommendations and discoveries, … Continue reading
Posterouses… Posteri…?
I’ve tweaked my Posterous blogs slightly, mostly because I’ve an idea for another one in the near future and wanted to reserve one of the existing usernames for it. So, in case you need more of my bilge than can … Continue reading
This blog’s accompanying Posterous
While I’m treading water, dealing with a sudden workload and thinking of more stuff to write about, I’ll draw your attention to my Posterous site… http://sfocata.posterous.com I like Posterous… it’s such a simple, flawless blog platform, and the simplicity of … Continue reading
Testing Twitter Tools
Clive has got me worried. This is not a proper blog post. Keep moving, there’s nothing to see here.
A short history of this blog
Bear with me… there’s a reason why I’m telling you this trivia. Until 2001, I had a website that partly advertised some of my musical/transcribing exploits and partly worked as the general “mY BRilliaNT hOMEpage” that was the ultimate aspiration … Continue reading
Oops, sorry about that.
Looks like the blog is back online… I took it down a few weeks ago, intending to switch servers and rationalise all of my various online bits and bobs. I’d tried having a separate hosting account for each domain, but … Continue reading
A new lick of paint…
So, a new design, as you can see (unless you’re reading this via your RSS aggregator, in which case, don’t worry). I decided to go for the Cutline theme for WordPress, as I’d seen it on a couple of other … Continue reading
Don’t pack the kettle!
I’m about to transfer this site (including custom-transcription.com) to a different hosting company, so don’t be alarmed if things go pear-shaped over the next couple of days. All will be back to normal soon. I hope. (Edit 08/11/07… it seems … Continue reading
WordPress security exploit – upgrade now!
Just in case any of you are WordPress users and haven’t yet upgraded to 2.1.2, I urge you to do so. For more details, read this WordPress blog entry.
WordPress 2.1
Well, it’s installed. Upgrading and reinstalling WordPress is very easy, especially once you get over the initial fear of blitzing years of precious blog drivel. The backup process is very clearly documented on their site, so there’s little chance of … Continue reading