Video Tutorials suck
Call me old fashioned, Possums, but when I’m learning new information I like to read, not watch. With site scraping and plagiarism being a huge problem it was inevitable that intellectual property was going to need to be protected in a way that can’t be achieved by a regular web page. First there were podcasts [...]
True Location exposes the fakes
Over on Digitalpoint I’ve had the ability to see where people really are for a while and mostly people are where they say they are. Its always a concern when people try to be somebody they’re not and so now at the top of your posts we can now see you “fun” location and your [...]
vBulletin: Deleting attachments from a post
I just had a query from a forum member about how to delete images from a thread. Its extremely simple once you know how… its just not that intuitive. First up – edit the post and choose “Go Advanced”. Under the editing box you’ll see a list of the attachments Once upon a time there [...]
Followbots make real people look foolish
I have two twitter accounts. My main one @itamer and another I created for a very specific technical topic that I was working on last year. After the project the account has been all but abandoned. Its only use is in Tweetbot to show me my tweets in isolation. It doesn’t have my real name [...]
Don’t assume Find My Phone works!
A quick warning to iPhone users/iPad users to test Find My Phone after installation. I tested it against an iPhone and an iPad. The iPhone worked instantly. “OMG Mum, what have you done” howled my daughter. The iPad (wifi only) however refused to acknowledge the message that was sent until I tethered it to my [...]
Category Sort plugin for wp-ecommerce
I needed to be be able to sort the entries in a wp-ecommerce site that I am working on and the only plugins I could find were for the pre-3.8 versions. This plugin tacks a sort order field onto the end of the category edit page. The update to the SQL is a bit rough [...]
Will TreatFeeder kill TreatFeed?
Or “How your affiliates can kill your brand“. We’ve got an interesting situation at digitalpoint at the moment where a bot (or just underpaid, semi literate humans?) signs up for new accounts and posts a handful of identical posts. Human seems possible when you see them leave in their instructions (should be clickable) An email [...]
Dimwitted Blog Comments shouldn’t be mistaken for genuine interest
A few months ago I was lucky enough to have VIP tickets to Katherine Wilson’s event in NZ Fashion Week. I’ve since been following Katherine’s blog. Most days I don’t have time to read her posts but for some reason today’s entry caught my attention. On Cheating The article, itself, is absolutely fine. What has [...]