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Themetastic

I must say I have struck it lucky with the choice for my new blog theme.

Atahualpa appears visually excellent, to my eye at least, being fresh, open and tidy. I planned to change the mast images but after some fiddling and editing in GIMP, I reinstalled the originals as they’re very pleasant and add [...]

Wicked Fire disclaimer

Following a bit of research, I have amended my about page to include the following disclaimer. We don’t want the lawyers, or anyone else, taking issue.

A disclaimer:

Please note that this is my personal blog and that the views expressed within are mine alone and do not represent the views of anyone else. Please [...]

WordPress 2.7

The latest update of WordPress confirms it as a fantastic piece of software on which to blog.

The new layout is not only an improvement in looks, it is also far more practical to write, edit and manage your entire blog. Here’s an example screen shot during an edit, click to enlarge.

It’s a [...]

Paul Newman death spike

The above graph shows my daily hit rate. The sudden increase was caused by the death of Paul Newman and my post from June selecting him as a candidate for my death list in 2009. It just shows how much he was respected.

Spamming bastards

Wow! Thank you Askimet for keeping the spamming bastards away from Wicked Fire.

Poll

I’ve added a poll feature to my blog, you’ll find it at the bottom of the right column. Please feel free to vote as you see fit – trust me I’m in IT, it’s anonymous.

Oh the fun we’ll have.

Site clocks

I’ve joined another Rolex Forum, a dangerous thing to do. This is a new site set up by Jeff Coleman who is a talented web designer responsible for the fantastically accurate flash clocks which litter my site. The new site is called TimeKeeperForum (TKF) and although primarily a Rolex based forum, it does cater for [...]

All fished out

This is indeed a sad site – pun intended.