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Entries for April, 2008

BlogRush is now removed

I tested BlogRush for a few months now and its not delivered to my expectations so now i’m removing, you no longer see it.
I would receive around 1 visitor every 2 weeks which makes me think whats the point in having it on your blog? Along with not delivering traffic it slows down the site and [...]

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Grand Theft Auto and Champions League Semi Final 2008

Grand Theft Auto IV came today but i couldn’t play it until 5:30pm when i finished work. I have to say its probably the best GTA game ever… no wait…. its the best game ever! Its so much more life like but still has that GTA feel to it which i’m glad about.
Not much of [...]

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Server is being upgraded to dual dual cores

I received an email from my hosting company notifying me that they are going to be upgrading my server. So that means this blog and talkplaystation will likely to receive some down time while the upgrade takes place.
i will be moving from older Dual Xeons servers to newer Dual Dual-Core servers. Sounds good to me!
The server [...]

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Upgraded to WordPress version 2.5.1

I’ve just upgraded to WordPress version 2.5.1 with no problems what so ever which is expected because the 2.5.1 fixed bugs and a major security hole.
There is one thing i noticed is the fact that the backend is a little quicker and more responsive and they have fixed the uploader problem that i posted a [...]

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UK goes crazy for Petrol!

I was on my way home from work on Friday and i saw ques of traffic at every petrol station i past, i wondered what the heck was going on. Petrol prices are always on the up here in the UK, priced at around £1.08 per litre (roughly $2.05). When i started driving it was [...]

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Grand Theft Auto IV is one step closer!

Grand Theft Auto IV is only 3 days away! To make things even more excited i received this e-mail from Gameplay.co.uk:
Dear David Parkinson,
We are pleased to inform you that your order has been dispatched by our team in Basingstoke.
Thank you very much for ordering from us here at gameplay, you should receive your package in [...]

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Wordpress 2.5.1 is now available

Yes thats right Wordpress 2.5.1 is now out! So whats new? Nothing new, just bug fixes, improvements made to speed and one important security issue.

Performance improvements for the Dashboard, Write Post, and Edit Comments pages.
Better performance for those who have many categories
Media Uploader fixes
An upgrade to TinyMCE 3.0.7
Widget Administration fixes
Various usability improvements
Layout fixes for IE

I [...]

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Niche blogging, best thing i did

Talkplaystation has been online for just over a month and things are looking really good! In one month it managed to achieve:-

13,310 Visits (11,730 Uniques)
429.35 Visits/Day
19,220 Page Views
152 Posts

That isn’t bad at all for a blog thats been online for a month and i hope things get better and better. I’m very glad i launched [...]

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No need to worry about indexing anymore

Everytime i made a new blog post i used to check in Google and other search engines to see if it’s been indexed. Not anymore. I hardly every check now because Google is probably guaranteed to index a blog post within one hour. If it doesn’t then it’s usually when it next crawls your site.
This [...]

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Grand Theft Auto IV is nearly here!

The most anticipated game this generation has almost arrived and to get me a little more excited i received this e-mail:
Dear David Parkinson,
Grand Theft Auto IV is nearly here!
Thank you for your order ********** for Grand Theft Auto IV. The highly anticipated GTA IV game is due to be with you on Tuesday 29th April. To [...]

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