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LLB tips and information for studying law at Birkbeck College, University of London

Danny — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 09:00:05 +0000

Considering an LLB course at Birkbeck College (University of London)? Here are some tips, background and things I wish someone had told me before I started. Obviously the experience is different for each student, and some people find certain things easier or more difficult, so this is my personal perspective. End of caveat.

First the [...]

The unexpected benefit of VaultPress

Danny — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 16:24:58 +0000

When the folks at Automattic, the home of popular blogging platform WordPress came up with VaultPress, I was doubly pleased. First of all it addressed a real need to have constant off-server backups of WP sites and someone to call on when things went badly wrong with our installations. Secondly, I was [...]

Solution: Mac OS X Lion wifi drops connection

Danny — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 11:23:19 +0000

The problem with wifi after the upgrade
When I upgraded my imac to the new OS X Lion, everything seemed fine initially, until I realised there was a problem with the wifi connection that didn’t exist before the upgrade. The connection to the wifi router was dropping on a regular basis, and a quick [...]

Blogging for Election – Top Tips

Danny — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 14:56:41 +0000

When we set up blogminster.com, I spent quite a lot of my time trawling through MP websites and blogs. Of the hundreds of websites, some were good, some were bad and one stood out for (unwittingly) containing links to prescription drugs.

I thought it might be useful to share some insights as to how [...]

Problems for RackSpace Cloud users with WordPress after migration

Danny — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 23:24:01 +0000

This is a very specific technical entry for WordPress users of the RackSpace Cloud (formerly Mosso), who have been part of the big migration on that platform today.

This would be boring and incomprehensible to anyone else…

We’ll start with the easy part:

FOR USERS OF THE WP-DBMANAGER PLUGIN
There is a red alert [...]

Guardian jobs site hacked – personal data compromised (and who else is at risk?)

Danny — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 22:35:47 +0000

The Guardian has written to users of its jobs website tonight, informing them that the Guardian Jobs site has been hacked into, and that their personal information may have been compromised.

Unfortunately the Guardian did not say which information this applies to, and left you assuming uploaded CVs were at risk, but unsure if your [...]

Analytics based sales – brilliant or creepy?

Danny — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 14:09:43 +0000

Has analytics-based sales taken a step too far?

I got the following contact through Linked-In:

The reason why I contacted you is that our marketing analytic tools indicated that somebody at (name of my client – ThatDanny) spent a considerate amount of time on our website informing himself about our products and services. I would [...]

European Bank (EBRD) ventures into blogging

Danny — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 15:18:05 +0000

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development has launched a blog which is described by the bank’s Communications Director Reijo Kemppinen as an opportunity “to build dialogue, share knowledge and exchange lessons learnt in an informal forum.”

The first article, by Chief economist Erik Berglöf, describes how the global financial crisis [...]