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 gov.travel@usa.com (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
Zynga suspended gift sending from the FarmVille market place today. It comes as no surprise given that the past few days have been awash with farmers taking advantage of a glitch in the game that enabled them to spend FV cash over and over again to repeatedly send market gifts to their neighbors. The FarmVille … Read more