4 years ago I took possession of a new Ford Focus and the post I wrote about it became one of the most popular on this site, covering various tips for any owner. Now, the Ford has gone and, in its place, the new, 2017 model of the Mazda 3. So, let’s do the same…
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BT and their bizarre attitudes to security
Since late last year I’ve been going through a process of adding complex, long and individual passwords to all my online accounts. I’m still doing it, albeit the less important accounts. Today I looked at bt.com. I don’t use them but still have an account set up from when I used to use them.
Now, by default, I try and use a 50 character randomised passwords, complete with numbers and symbols, which is generated by 1Password. Some sites have length limits so this, sometimes, need adjusting. The BT account page lists no such limitations, so what could go wrong?
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WordPress Plugins – the definitive guide to README and header information
Now that the WordPress plugin README supports a minimum PHP level, I thought it was time to dust down my guide to the data that you can add to the README and the plugin header. This also documents how to extend this further, adding additional fields easily to the plugin meta displayed upon installation.
Please, take a read and let me know of any feedback you may have.
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Diary of a Family Holiday in Amsterdam
For this year’s family holiday we decided to go to Amsterdam. It was my idea, actually, as I’d once visited there with my mum and sister when I was a child.
For this we went ultra-modern – chauffeured car to/from the airport in the UK, UBER to get around in the city and AirBnB as somewhere to stay. Our AirBnB, in this case, was a 3 bedroom house in the south of the city, in a quite suburb. As with our trip to Germany last year, a lot of the holiday would be just living the life of a local – padding out the shops and eating at ‘home’.
The journey started (just) on Monday morning…
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The proof is not in the pudding…
Can you imagine a popular expression being said so badly it no longer makes sense? Well, one such example, really grates with my wife.
The original expression is “the proof of the pudding is in the eating”. However, people keep shortening it to “the proof is in the pudding”. But it’s not. The proof is in the eating. Not the pudding itself. By shortening it the way they have they’ve made it now make absolutely no sense.
And, if that wasn’t bad enough, here’s a photo I took in a recent gift shop. My wife loves it (not).
