If it rains, it pours!

What this cliché expression doesn’t add is “if you haven’t got a lifejacket, you learn to make one fast or drown”
Oh the fun of metaphoric rainy days. This week just about everything to do with databases, servers, operating systems and hard disks went a bit squirly. Luckily, it all being digital stuff, I wasn’t prone [...]

A day of other peoples code

Support Tickets
I did some pretty fancy tweaking of code today to see if I can replace the support tickets system on ComLuv, the system at the moment isn’t bad but the last support ticket management software I used was far superior and allowed me to reply to closed tickets and create canned responses.
It will need [...]

Time flies!

I usually spend the first part of Sunday doing the weekly books for the takeaway, it takes up most of the morning to go through each days takings and tot it up in an accounts package and check the figures off the parallel sheet. It’s a good system and helps me to know exactly where [...]

At last! a bug that wasn't mine!

Let me tell you something, there is nothing more prone to getting me anxious than noticing or being notified of an error on a CommentLuv release when I’m at work and it’s busy. NOTHING!
Shear panic sets in,

“what about all the people who just downloaded it?”
“oh dear, I have to send out ANOTHER email to the [...]

Coding is nearly done for new CommentLuv for Blogger/Js-kit

enough with the twitter updates please mr. twittertools! sorry about that, who really needs to see twitter updates? (although i did notice google indexing more tweets and sending me alerts about them)
anyhoo, I am fiddling with some code right now for the Blogger / JS-kit version of new CommentLuv and will hopefully have that up [...]

Twitter Updates for 2009-06-10

ok off to work again. it was a nice day off (spent at the pc launching comluv!) #
blog post at ComLuv: CommentLuv for @disqus @jskit @intensedebate and more release schedule http://bit.ly/1fFm2V #
have to go to bed. so welly tired. (and the commentluv plugin gets launched tomorrow!) #
psst.. just updated commentluv on the wordpress codex. [...]

Twitter Updates for 2009-06-09

Succumbed to the call of coffee and tea cakes with strawberry and cracked black pepper jam . Bought an espresso machine too! #
The http//comluv.com network is officially open! #
just got off the phone with one of the @UKFast tech supports. answered on 1 ring and resolved my issue within minutes. awesome #
i bought fear2 for [...]

Twitter Updates for 2009-06-08

woot! just made new commentluv compatible with 2.65 #
need to edit the hosts file on a vista pic? try this, it’s easy and quick. http://bit.ly/fu16b #
(psst… I just enabled the option for anyone to register at ComLuv) #
gonna go out for coffee and then send the announcement email for the ComLuv Network opening #

Powered [...]

Twitter Updates for 2009-06-07

i was going to write the installation instructions page for new commentluv today but it got too busy in the takeaway. awesome #
me too! wth? RT @hieronymus: @goaliemom31 and what, prey tell, is a “Jimmy John’s”? #
it is time for bed. accounts tomorrow and instructions for new commentluv will be published on ComLuv #
I’m writing [...]

Getting ready to release new CommentLuv to the public

I’ve just created the new readme file to go with the plugin and intend to release it to the public on Monday!
This version does things a little differently like adding a little bit of data along with the link to the comment. The data is there to aid in accurate stats for when a comment [...]