Google location tracking

Published August 16th, 2014 under General

I was stunned to see a scarily accurate plot of my exact location published online by Google! I’m not sure how that happened; either Google or I screwed up.

Creating Facebook applications

Published August 1st, 2014 under General

Every time I need to make a Facebook application I get horridly confused. So here is a brief set of instructions on how to do it.

Saving CSS files in uploads folder

Published June 27th, 2014 under General

I used to do silly things with code. Okay, I most likely do silly things now too 😛 But back then, one of the dumbest thing I did, was to load CSS via PHP.

Spam epiphany

Published June 4th, 2014 under General

I had an epiphany whilst out running this evening. You can use “sporting methods” to block comment spam, but this can be improved.

Cryptocat Facebook integration

Published May 14th, 2014 under General

Due to the risk of my private messages becoming non-private, I am now using the Cryptocat to Facebook encryption service to secure my messages.

Dot KIWI conundrum

Published May 1st, 2014 under General

I am a proud Kiwi and am now the proud owner of both the ryan.kiwi and hellyer.kiwi domain names. What should I do with them?

SVG fallback class

Published April 27th, 2014 under General

You may have noticed that WordPress won’t allow you to upload SVG files by default. The following class can be used to provide SVG support in WordPress.

Converting thumbnails

Published February 21st, 2014 under General

There are two excellent plugins for handling multiple post thumbnails within WordPress. They are unfortunately not compatible with one another.

WordCamp Norway 2014

Published January 19th, 2014 under General

I’m heading north, back to the frozen wilderness of beautiful Norway to attend WordCamp Norway this weekend.

Google knows all the things!

Published September 14th, 2013 under General

Ever wondered what happens to your Google and Android password data when it is “backed up”? Google knows all the things, including your passwords!