I’m sure there has to be a quicker way to upload files to a vps.
I assume it’s possible to upload an archive then un-archive it once you’ve uploaded it?
wizzardsblog
May 202011
May 182011
Who stole Tuesday?
I was going to post yesterday, but I was rather busy with getting my store up and running. Also learning CSS at the same time slows you down quite a bit.
It’s been a crap day weather wise, but hey we wouldn’t be british if we didn’t grumble about the weather at least once a day.
I’ve started using facebook a lot more lately, not that I have really anything interesting to say. I’ve been sucked back into playing those games, which I said I’d not play again, but once you get into them they are rather fun. 
Employment
I’m still on the job hunting treadmill. I am still registered as self employed so if any good paying things come in I can jump straight on them without having to go out and sit behind a desk and do the the 9 to 5 grind. Inevitably I am going to have to find gainful employment. I’m looking at trying to re-train in different areas, but that of course takes money. If I were guaranteeed to get places on courses paid for then I’d be retraining like a shot.
So instead I’m picking up new knowledge searching the internet and looking for any opportunities that may arise.
Parting Shot
My tip of the day is if someone comes in swinging then duck.
May 162011
I’d originally drafted this whilst my connection was down.
This blog entry might actually be posted a day after I have written it due to my internet connection refusing to work, so somethings I say in here may have already happened. Or things may have changed completely.
If you are reading this in the future then I have been living in a cave for the past year or so and I haven’t realised the connection has been restored and this post has automatically been posted. There is no need to send help, the connection will have probably died again and I’ve moved to mars.
Don’t think much of the red sky though, way too much dust and the company is nothing to write home about. I thought I’d seen some signs of intelligent life but realised I’d been walking around in circles for several days, following my own footprints, not saying that I’m not intelligent, thought there was another intelligent being to hold a meaningful conversation with. I could start talking to myself, it might pass the time of day.
Until the next time, whenever the connection comes back up, see you in alpha centauri.
May 152011
Thats the first word that came into my head when I thought of a title for this entry. You may have seen my wafflings on twitter about a mid life crisis, I don’t think I’m really going through one, I think it’s now time for me to grow old disgracefully.
Just a simple thing like finally changing my jeans size from a corset hugging size 34 to a size 40 waist. Now realising the belt I’m wearing no longer fits around the jeans, so had to order another one, yes I’ve done the lazy thing and ordered one from amazon. Seems to be more choice on-line and my budget is tight as I’m still getting JSA.
Earning Money
I’m still looking for ways to earn money. I’m finally getting round to setting up my store again over at wizzard’s emporium. Yes I know I seem to change my mind which ever way the wind is blowing, the truth is I think I was just becoming lazy and not wanting to put the legwork in to get the store off the ground. This time I’m determined for this not to happen.
Million Word Challenge
So what’s happening with my million world challenge, well guess what? I’ve decided to shelve the challenge. No not that I’m finding it difficult to write the million words, it’s turning out to be a chore, when something becomes a chore and you are no longer enjoying doing it, then you start to write less and less and start to lose interest. So I’m going to stick to blogging everyday not just to fulfill some spur of the moment challenge that I came up with to try and motivate myself to write more.
Yes that’s another challenge left unfinished I hear you all cry, I’m just going to pick challenges that I relish.
Social Media
Yes I’m still heavily into my social media, even though I haven’t been tweeting that much lately, mainly due to the fact for the last 3 days I’ve been working on getting my store up and running, you can follow my store account on twitter @wizzardsemp or you can follow the updates on the blog www.wizzardsemporium.com.
I have also this past week signed up to Empire Avenue, that quite a few people have been talking about, I’m finding it rather fun at the moment, check out my profile .
If you want to read my twitter ramblings visit my personal account @R_Arblaster.
Television
I’ve been watching some interesting stuff on the telly over the past few weeks.
The Walking Dead starring Andrew Lincoln about a post apocalyptic world were zombies are roaming the earth after a disease devastated the worlds population, where people die then a few hours later they wake up as full blown zombies. It’s the last episode tonight, well worth checking out. It’s already going to be available on blu-ray and dvd from Monday morning.
The Walking Dead – Season 1 [DVD]
The Shadow Line – a brilliant behind the scenes drama of an investigation into the death of a drugs baron starring Christopher Eccleston and Chiwetel Ejiofor. If you’ve missed any of the previous episodes then click on the link provided.
I’ll link up some more great shows in my next post.
Until the next time, happy blogging.
May 112011
I know I haven’t blogged in a donkey’s age. I just really had nothing to say.
So here’s a quick catchup on what I’ve been up to.
- Looking for an endangered species called a “job”
- Watched the World Snooker Championships
- Immersed myself in a fantasy world that is “World of Warcraft” (aff link)
So what have you been up to?
Apr 212011
Why is there a lack of communication from you when for whatever reason a show that is normally available on your on demand service isn’t available?
A quick update on the site would be enough. Allow the moderators to reply to the comments on the site, instead of them just removing the ones that break the terms and conditions of the site.
On the flip side, the commenters need to stop being lazy and use the links provided to report problems with the availability and stop relying upon others like myself to report them.
Do you have a twitter account, if not, get one asap and start communicating with your users. I’m aware you have facebook like buttons, but why not a twitter account?
Start communicating it isn’t rocket science!!!
Apr 112011
I started this twitter conversation off not long ago:
http://twitter.com/#!/R_Arblaster/status/57365455555399680
Without going into much detail. I enjoyed it even though it reminds me of 28 Days Later.
Andrew Lincoln in the lead role to me is an interesting choice, a well made choice. I would definitely be freaked out if I discovered that everything I had known had been taken over by zombies. Really looking forward to episode 2.
Let me know what you think in the comments below.
Negative commenters on blogs and youtube
I think I may have touched upon this subject before about negative commenters. I cannot find a blog post about it, could have imagined it.
Now I don’t mean the negative commenters who are actually making a valid point and making a counter argument about something, they are to be welcomed with open arms.
It is the commenters who have nothing better to say than “you suck”, “you’re a waste of space” etc.. To me these comments smack of jealousy, these are the commenters who will sit at their computer desks spouting bile because they don’t have the guts to get out there and push out content themselves, they happen to be jealous because someone is out there doing it.
If you think you can do a better job, stop bitching on youtube and in blog comments, go out there and do something about it. I read all comments, even those bile ridden comments, guess what I would normally ignore you guys, but no longer. I’m going to start challenging you all to come up with better reasons for disagreeing with something especially if the comment is full of bile and venom. You can disagree with someone without being nasty, derogatory and downright disrespectful. Leave that to the politicians.