I woke up this morning to be notified that Wordpress 2.6 is out! Wohoo!

For those who have no idea what I’m talking about, wordpress is the backend to this blog. It’s the software that makes everything run. Wordpress have created a short video that shows the new features in 2.6.

After watching that video who wouldn’t want to upgrade?

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If you give your e-mail address to anyone on the Internet, there is a good chance to be included in a one, or many spam lists, and to become a subject of multiple spam emails. There are descent filters in most of the Web-Based servers or POP3 email clients. However, it is a good idea to prevent your address to be even a subject for an email abuse. One of the easiest ways to prevent your email to get to the “wrong” people and minimise the amount of spam is to use a disposable e-mail address. The basic idea is this: obtain and use an e-mail address other than one of your main e-mail address or addresses, doing certain on-line business registrations or transactions. Some of the situation, when disposable address might get handy:

• Signing for online Web Sites or informational services.
• Shopping online.
• Entering contests or sweepstakes.
• Signing for forums, message boards, or social networking sites.
• Seeking for one-time information on any products or services.
• Posting messages to newsgroups.

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Hey guys,

just a quick post to let you know of a LAN party I’m going to be hosting sometime this month. I’m still trying to find out who can make it and who can’t so a date has not been set as of yet.

FAQ

What on earth is a LAN party?

Local Area Network Party. This is where a load of “cool” people get together in one place with their computers, connect them all together, and then have some fun! Lan parties often go on for days on end, without sleep or rest!

How many people will be there?

In short, no more than 8. The reason being is that bandwidth (and space) is limited!

How long will it last?

One day and one night - or - One night and one day.

Where is it?

.. in my house.

How much does it cost?

Nothing.

What’s the key features of this event?

• Free food !
• 2 Streaming radio stations: Rock+Hip-Hop+R’N'B+Techno “VS” Bhangra + Bollywood
• Ideal chance to copy over any warez you want

What do I require?

• A computer / laptop
• Mouse and keyboard
• A screen (I’ve got two spare ones here just in case)
• Ethernet or USB cable
• Memory stick or empty hard drive (if you intend on copying content)

Additional notes:

If you live locally I can arrange for your PC to be picked up. The events most probably going to take place on a Friday or on the weekend. Let me know if you are coming!

For the past few days I’ve been back to my age old habit - coding. This time I’m coding Facebook applications but I’ve found it tricky to catch on. It’s not creating canvas based applications that is hard but creating profile boxes. They require intense use of FBML (Facebook markup language) and API knowledge.

In PHP we can usually use the require command to grab any content but this is not the case for a profile box (apparently). They seem to think it’s a security risk so you have to use the API to PUSH content into the box.

If I can learn how to do these simple little things I think it would be a great way to market new products, services and earn some green paper. I’m thinking of integrating existing content such as audio and video streams into a presentable format on the Facebook page. The possibilities are endless.

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Well it’s official - the exams are over! All the mental pressure is off my brain, or is it?

I’ve decided to sacrifice all my holiday plans for charitable work this summer. I’m currently helping Sikhcess with various campaigns that are taking place in the UK. I was meant to be doing peer mentoring too with my local council but I’m not sure if I will be able to fit it into my busy schedule.

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