Category Archives: Hosting

Dec
27
2011

I feel kind of dirty

by Skippy

I have just sent my first DMCA takedown note. My name is Philip McGaw and owner of skippy.org.uk. A website that your company hosts (according to WHOIS information) is infringing on at least one copyright owned by myself. An article was copied onto your servers without permission. The original article, to which we own the exclusive [...]

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Jul
09
2011

The overkill of Databases

by Skippy

One of the things I love about WordPress is that it is an awesome CMS, I use it to run a number of sites including this one, Loupie.co.uk, UKgoth.info and CamCrew.co.uk It can deal with all the sites, and the plugins required by each to make them work as required. However one of the things [...]

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May
03
2011

Back to WordPress

by Skippy

After a step away from using wordpress, I am back to using it; old posts will be back soon, as will some new posts. At some point I should also write a post about the technology and software that goes into running this site, as well as outline my workflow.

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Jan
18
2010

Yomura Holdings, iFuse Hosting and LTT

by Skippy

Before Christmas the company I host with (iFuse Hosting) was taken over by a company that no one has heard of, a magical holdings company called Yomura Holdings. who don’t have a website, don’t show up in Google (other than stories of them buying up loads of small hosting companies). as such we were still [...]

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Apr
18
2005

Union into the light?

by Skippy

As one of the election candidates said they wanted all the union people to have blogs, and such, i am wondering if a copy of Wordpress, and a copy of media wiki would work? WordPress for Blogging, and such, and Media Wiki to write out the history and chart out the future of the Union, as [...]

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