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October 19, 2008

Joomla affiliate link cloaker

Filed under: Internet,Making money,PHP and MySQL — Joe Brewer @ 6:58 pm

So here it is. Version 3 of the affiliate link cloaker for Joomla 1.5.x

This new version works in a completely different way from the last version which will stop the problems caused by the WYSIWYG editors. However, there are other issues which I will explain about later. For now though, here is how to use it:

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October 12, 2008

Blogging hiatus

Filed under: General — Joe Brewer @ 6:08 pm

With apologies to my readers (all two of them!) for the lack of regular posts – there’s no excuse really…. Alot has happened since I was last regularly blogging.

Here’s a quick update.  4th of May I started dating a girl from Worthing.  She likes Sci-fi, Belgian beers and music – who could want more than that!  A couple of months later we went away for a weekend to Wales – weather was awful but we had a great time.

In the last couple of weeks she moved in with me.  I though this would be a piece of cake with a few cars journeys worth of stuff.  She only has a one bedroom flat after all.  I was wrong.  Several car journeys (with two cars), and one van load of appliances, and there is still odds and ends there.  We’ll get there eventually.  Then there’s getting all of the stuff in the flat at Pease Pottage.  We’ve made several trips to the dump, but things are starting to settle down now.  Our furniture goes surprisingly well together 🙂

I’m currently writing this post from the comfort of my front room using a laptop that I’ve recently taken delivery of.  It’s pretty cool, apart from the fact that it’s running vista, and the old (ancient) version of phpedit that I have does not run on it at all.  I’m current running the demo version of 1.2 which will run out in about 28 days forcing me to buy it.  I love phpedit and cannot live without it!

Also, due to demand, I’ve rewritten my affiliate link cloaking plugin for Joomla, and I’ll be releasing it later on in the week.

www.direct.gov.uk/taxdisc – Saving money at Christmas

Filed under: Uncategorized — Joe Brewer @ 3:25 pm

This year I’ll be buying most of the christmas presents that I intend to give from ebay.  Why?  Well, there are so many bargins on there – it’s not just second hand goods, but brand new goods at knock down prices.  With the current climate the way it is saving money is a must, and buying from ebay is an excellent way to save.

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August 19, 2008

are the organfax forums dead

Filed under: Music,Organs,Rants — Joe Brewer @ 5:22 pm

I’ve tried registering several times with this forum, but to no avail.  They just wont have me.  Registration requires a moderator to review your application before you can post, and my application has been waiting for months with nothing even so much as a whisper.  Has my account been denied?  I’ve no idea, and emails to the webmaster ([email protected]) asking about my account seem to have disappeared into the ether.

This website was once a fantastic thriving community of enthusiasts.  Originally developed by Margaret Falkner – a truly great figure on the UK home organ scene, and a huge inspiration to many people.  Sadly, she passed away several years ago.  Remembered by many – such a shame I cannot add to this post to her memory.

Unfortunately the market of the home electronic organ is in a bad state.  Manufacturers insist on producing organs for the elderly, the incompetent, or people who just don’t want to put in any time or effort to improve their playing.  Take the absolutely dreadful Yamaha AR100 and AR80.  For a start, their cabinets look low quality sticky back plastic covered chipboard – hardly what you would expect for the circa £8000 you would have had to have paid when they came on to the market.  A console that is just so full of automatic accompaniments that it is more difficult to switch them off and just play something simple.  Sound quality that is so horrible.  And to top it all off, a speaker system that is more powerful than a professional instrument such as the EL90.

Manufacturers should be targeting and encouraging younger people to buy these instruments, not people that wont be here in 20 years.  So sad.

August 5, 2008

Cheap dot com domains from GoDaddy

Filed under: Domains,Internet — Joe Brewer @ 2:08 pm

www.GoDaddy.com have done it again – dot com domains for only $6.99.  That’s a saving of 30% off of their normal price. Hurry though, this saving will only last until 31st August.  To make the most of the saving, register your new domains for 10 years.

To get the discounted price, use the code gdp0804c when you check out.

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