Your computer has a secret to tell you. Hidden away in its file system is a file called hosts. This file is the most efficient way to block websites. The hosts file can be used to block ads, to block pornography, to block gambling sites and to block accidental access to malicious web servers. Any … Read more
Manic Miner on Fuse Making friendly suggestions on a forum is not always a good idea: you never know where it’s going to lead. When I saw a request for feature ideas for upcoming versions of FUSE, the Spectrum emulator, posted on the World of Spectrum website little did I know that one simple comment … Read more
Woohooo today is my lucky day: I won the Green Card Lottery despite being ineligible!!!! Below is a duplication of the textual content of the very official looking email I received today from moc.asuobfsctd-5b1f84@levart.vog (gov.travel@diplomats.com) telling me that all my dreams had come true and I have won a visa to live in the good … Read more
Read it out loud: “Regular Expressions.” It chimes like the name of a horror movie Alfred Hitchcock would be proud to tag his name to. But it shouldn’t. Don’t be frightened by the name. It is, after all, only a name. Familiarize it. Shorten it to Regex or Regexp and give it a little hug … Read more
Using an autoplayer is the quickest way to dominate the FarmVille world. I recommend FarmVilleBot because it is fast, regularly updated, has an active user and developer forum and it plays multiple accounts simultaneously. These instructions for using FarmVilleBot will gently guide you through its installation and configuration as well as show you how to … Read more
Just in case you missed it, because I did, WordPress.org had a security breech this week. Several plugins were updated by a hacker (or hackers) who installed backdoor exploits into AddThis, WPTouch and W3 Total Cache that may have compromised self-hosted WordPress websites. The official statement posted by Matt Mullenweg (founding developer of WordPress) at … Read more