Post archive for ‘General’
My Beamer passed its NCT :-)
It’s only been a few months since I changed cars. A couple of weeks ago I had to take it for the National Car Test. It failed Thankfully, the things it failed on were not very major. I got them fixed and brought it back for a re-test today and it passed without any problems. [...]
Tagged as beamer, bmw, car, national car test, nct + Categorized as General
WordPress Updated
After reading that WordPress 2.3.3 was an ‘urgent security release’, I figured it was probably best to upgrade. So I did. I also took the time to upgrade all active plugins, delete the plugins I was no longer using and install some new plugins that looked worthwhile. It took a while but I’m glad to [...]
Tagged as plugin, security, wordpress + Categorized as General
Changed Cars
It has been a month or so since this happened, but I’ve changed cars. I sold the VW Golf and got myself a BMW instead.
Tagged as bmw, car, coupe + Categorized as General
Comment Spam Protection
I have switched from Akismet to Defensio for my comment spam protection. I don’t know if this will be a permanent change. The effectiveness of Defensio will decide that. Therefore, if you find your comment is not being displayed, it’s quite likely that Defensio has treated it as spam. Don’t worry though. All comments marked [...]
Tagged as akismet, comment, defensio, protection, spam + Categorized as General
MP3 Car Stereo [Revisited]
A good while back I talked about wanting to get an MP3 Car Stereo. What I ended up buying was a Goodmans Car Stereo. The reason I bought this one was because it had a USB port on the front panel. That meant that I could simply insert my USB flash drive (which incidentally has [...]
Tagged as car stereo, mp3, music + Categorized as General, Technology