studiowhiz ramblings

Right, I got sick of the old look not working right - lazy developer I am, couldn’t be bothered fixing it. So when I updated to Word Press 1.5 and took the opportunity to dump this new template onto the site.

Now I screwed up when I did the update and lost all my images (stoopid stoopid stoopid) , so you’ll have to forgive me for that. I might have to ask a couple of authors to update their posts again.

Now off to update my plugins too

Right, time to get back on deck and write again. You will see a change or two here in the next couple of days as I get myself back on board & writing again.

Juggling time is always an issue - but i need to push through and keep going.

Well I put Google AdSense back on the site … and since Oct 2007 I’ve made a grand total of …

wait for it …

wait .. - trust me it’s worth it -

Waitttt…. Read the rest of this entry »

Well thanks to our web host “MediaTemple” we had an unscheduled outage here at studiowhiz tonight - and on the handful of other sites I host.

I can’t wait till I’ve got Studiowhiz Hosting up and running, at least then I’ll be able to yell at the guy (in the mirror) responsible for the sites being down. He he .. no no in all seriousness, we are working out a “ZERO downtime” policy. I’ve had enough of this 99.9999999999999999% uptime crap. Oh … did I mention it might just be FREE. (kinda, well maybe, but defiantly NOT ad supported).

6 weeks and counting … (maybe sooner) .. watch this space!

There is a problem in WordPress - actually if you look around far enough there are a number of them, however for now I want to pick on one in particular.

I’ve been pushing and shoving and sculpting wordpress over the past few days to try and make it perform like a CMS - which is actually really easy provided you don’t have anything complex in your layout. I thought “Sweet, WordPress lets me publish code - you know good ol’ fashioned HTML”. Read the rest of this entry »

I am getting fedup with Google & their poor service

 Has anyone else noticed that Google are loosing their shine? I have to admit I do love Google and the services they offer. I use them on a daily basis and I find myself relying on them. In fact I have recently recommended a charity & a couple of businesses switch to using Google Apps.

However in the last few days I’ve loaded up my Gmail account to be presented with an incorrectly loading page. The image on the right here is a pic from my mail box. As you can see it’s not looking right. Yet I can log into my other accounts no worries. I can switch from Flock to Safari and login to this account and it looks fine. Read the rest of this entry »

Right, it’s about time. I had been using a free theme for Studiowhiz for a while now - and while it was a lovely theme it was high time I did something myself.

Now I’m not totally done with this one yet, and I’ve not tested at ALL in IE (put any bugs in the comments) I do like the concept of this design. I hope to refine it over time and add little touches to it, but for now, it’s done.

Have a look, have a play - pass your comments below

Something is brewing, you just know it is. It’s almost 11pm, the latest I’ve been up for a long time.

I’m doing CSS, HTML and would you believe I’m actually sculpting WordPress to get it to do what I want for a change.

So yes, something is brewing, I think you might like it, I hope you do. I will admit I am drawing heavily from other successful … oh wait, I’m giving to much away. You are just going to have to wait.

I have a word of warning, I’m not going to name names, but I know who you are.

I learned very early on in life that what you say can come back to you. When they do their effects are often amplified. This is very true when you are in business. If you have a client facing role, if you go to a job interview, if you are sitting with friends around a coffee in a mall you words have a far wider reach than you think.

Read on to see 5 rules to live by Read the rest of this entry »

I’ve been pondering recently about a large (maybe) section of the market that Apple & iTunes haven’t tapped. See here in New Zealand you can’t buy an iPhone (well not legitimately anyway), but see I don’t need one (I want one!!) as I have a perfectly good (terrible, useless, horrible - did the designer EVER try to make a phone call on this thing?) iMate JasJam.

My JasJam is 3G (the iPhone is not), my JasJam has WiFi, and my JasJam has external storage in the form of SD Cards (iPhone does not). This makes the JasJam a perfect all in one device for playing all the wonderful music I have on my iTunes & iPod. I also like to go to Starbucks & I have an iTunes account … but I don’t have iTunes Wireless Store access.

So why is there no iTunes for my Windows Mobile? Why can’t I plug my iMate into my MacBook Pro and sync my iTunes music & podcasts? Heck I might even consider paying for it (bwa ha ha ha.. like fun!).

To you my readers I ask: what Mac (OSX 10.5) software is there that can sync my audio with my iMate & what Windows Mobile software is there to play it?