Category Archives: General
Cookies?
Since I’m making more use of this blog now, and I know it uses cookies, I thought I’d better make myself a bit GDPR compliant. I have no data harvesting plugins installed so a simple OK box will suffice 😉 … Continue reading
Archive Complete
I finally managed to get Google Takeout to archive all my G+ history, so I have it saved for prosperity. I’ve also changed links on here and my main home page to remove the link to G+ and replace it … Continue reading
New User Spam
Hah! Got you! I finally figured out how spambots are getting past my registration checks. The default login URL was active even though the option was hidden. Not any more 😉 User base now cleaned up to those I know … Continue reading
Bloody Vikings!
So spambots can seemingly easily bypass Captcha and email verification. For this reason, any new user registration will need to be authorised manually. If you’re somebody I don’t know and you genuinely want to register, let me know via any … Continue reading
G+ Archives – A Change of Mind
I’ve thought about it and decided what I’ve posted on G+ in the last 5 years contains some good memories, but they’re not worth the cost of backup and import, so when G+ dies, so do those posts. I’ve learned … Continue reading
Registration Spam
Today I was made aware of a new (to me) form of spam: User Registration Spam. I’ve now installed a plugin to handle new account verification. Any problems, please let me know. New login / registration links are now below … Continue reading
Spam, Spam, Spam, Spam… not a Viking in sight!
The spam checker seems to be working well so far. 11 out of 11 spam comments caught since I enabled comments. I’m happy with that so public comments are looking promising 🙂
Demise of Google+
Given the imminent demise of Google+, the lack of trust I have in Faecebook and my doubts of any social media platform managing to stay alive I’ve decided to pay more attention my this, my blog. I have full control … Continue reading
C64 Cruising on Broadway Development – Part 16
Last week I got to work transposing the music from the Gameboy game Choplifter II (Level 1) to 3 voices suitable for coding to the SID chip. That done I had 7 days at work in a row with very … Continue reading
Still Alive!
Just saying 😉 After a rush of shit to the brain, and following another site’s report that they got hacked through WordPress, I decided to give my blogs a bit of attention. Not much attention, but they’re now up to … Continue reading