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  • My Wedding Singer Diary – Part 2

    My Wedding Singer Diary – Part 2

    It’s been a number of weeks since my last show diary update and I’ve spend two of those on holiday, so there’s not a huge amount to update on (although, to be honest, that first diary entry, setting the scene of what’s happening, was always going to be the bigger one).

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  • I’m a child but I found this funny…

    I’m a child but I found this funny…

    I hate PPI adverts in my Twitter stream so this response to one made me laugh. It’s rude, yes, but still…

  • So, work is interesting right now…

    So, work is interesting right now…

    There are few things that annoy me as much as corporate bullies. Look for another job.

    Member of a legal advice forum about my issues at work

  • Displaying an “Aged Post” message on posts before a particular date

    Displaying an “Aged Post” message on posts before a particular date

    There are lots of plugins available that will add a message box to the top of your posts if it’s above a certain age – e.g. 2 years old. However, I had a very specific requirement. After updating my site recently, I had to make changes to my posts to get them to fit with the new design. However, with over 1000 posts, it was going to be a long, long job to do them all. So I didn’t. I only did 2013 onwards. So, I wanted to display an appropriate message for any posts old than that – a set date rather than a moving time period.

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  • How to fix thee UI-800-3 Netflix error on Fire TV

    How to fix thee UI-800-3 Netflix error on Fire TV

    Netflix on my Fire TV Stick was fine yesterday but today refused to start without a UI-800-3 error.

    Clicking on the option for additional information gave me an option to reset Netflix – the equivalent of clearing all the data in Android. You have to sign back in but that works a treat.