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Mr Brightside (Killers) – Jazz Cover by Paul Anka

Rob Parker — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 18:07:17 +0000

Heard this on the radio today and I really liked it. Frankly, I didn’t get the song at first, but, well, you know from the title what it is now! Anyway, have a listen if you fancy, I got this track from Sterogum but you can get the track or album from Amazon.

[audio:http://static.robparker.org.uk/audio/Paul_Anka_-_Mr_Brightside.mp3]

Enjoy!

The Powazek Look

Rob Parker — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 00:38:28 +0000

Found this website today with all the iPad hype, and I love the design. The colours, the hover, the simplicity, it all comes together to form such a nice site. Really very good.

New Design for the New Year

Rob Parker — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 21:15:23 +0000

I’m thinking it is about time for a new design adjustment. A major redesign might be a big challenge, and frankly, I’ve got better things to be doing! However, a new header is certainly on the cards. Here’s what I’m thinking this evening…

From this to this…

I like it

Install WordPress MU in a subdirectory

Rob Parker — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:14:00 +0000

I tried to do this this afternoon, and as before, I found something really annoying happening. It created all sorts of error messages after the initial upload of files.

Here’s the solution…

1. Open “/mu/wp-blog-header.php”
2. Locate line 9: if ( !file_exists( dirname(__FILE__) . '/wp-config.php') && !file_exists( dirname( dirname(__FILE__) ) . '/wp-config.php')) {
3. Edit this line to be: if ( !file_exists( dirname(__FILE__) . '/wp-config.php') ) {

Hope this is useful sometime, I know it will be to me!

MacBook Wheel – Made me smile…

Rob Parker — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 18:54:01 +0000

I saw this online and it made me smile!

Find My Nearest Postbox

Rob Parker — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 15:58:15 +0000

This website was in the Guardian today, and it is an open source project which, using some data from the Royal Mail aims to show where every postbox in the UK is, but it needs users to locate them on a map.

Its quite good, and I think its a very good idea, so go and add the postboxes near you! Visit http://www.dracos.co.uk/play/locating-postboxes/ and its all free and easy and it might be really useful to you one-day!

Go find (and add!) your nearest postbox!

How to fix Code 39 – PC won't show CD Drive (D)

Rob Parker — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 12:10:53 +0000

My parents computer has for a while had an error where it will not show the CD Drive in My Computer, and therefore will not read or burn any CDs or DVDs.

This morning, however, I had to install a new printer for them, complete with CD – so the problem needed solving. This website provided me with the answer, so its worth a link to show everyone else who has the problem what to do.

Cult of Mac: Snow Leopard is a Touchscreen OS

Rob Parker — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 09:30:04 +0000

Interesting article here, its all speculation, but will, perhaps, Apple release a tablet Mac?

This is the first post with Yourls

Rob Parker — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 19:00:52 +0000

This afternoon I have installed the Yourls plugin for WordPress. It creates a short URL service (like tinyurl.com or bit.ly) from your own domain, so mine will be http://robparker.org.uk/l/(characters)

The l stands for link by the way! You can see more and even try out the service by visiting robparker.org.uk/l

The plugin takes your posts and publishes them to Twitter immediately, which is frankly the only place they are published too anyway. Its good and I like it, and I hope you enjoy it!

WordPress Tools and Plugins – WP Greet Box

Rob Parker — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 15:32:41 +0000

This is a great little plugin that adds a message to each post instructing the user to subscribe to an RSS feed, follow, friend or bookmark the site. It is so easy to use and to install and it is just another tool to get repeat subscribers and to help push up awareness of your site and to build links.

I would really recommend it and I hope you go and try it out!

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