Setting Sail Across the C

I’m a Microsoft developer. There, I said it. I’ve grown up in a world of BASIC, from the early days of QuickBASIC through to VB.NET today. It’s a fantastic, easy going world to live in – particularly since .NET – as everything (and I mean EVERYTHING) is laid out for you. As a development environment, it’s so easy to get started – and often leaves you thinking “surely it’s not that simple?!” after writing a single line of code. (more…)

WordPress: Moving to a New Server

Got a WordPress blog? Thinking of moving to a new server or host?

I’ve recently moved from a basic hosting package to a VPS, and part of the move involved migrating this website (a WordPress-powered blog) with all it’s essentials intact. I’d not done this before so I relied heavily on advice from the interweb to help me along the way. The trouble is I couldn’t find a single solution that worked for me 100%, so I thought it may be helpful to detail my experiences here. (more…)