apple, linux blog, music. a day in the life of wayne ward…

ive just took the plunge and thought id try google chrome on the mac.. after using firefox from version one its been a while but sometimes nice for a change!! I can say the install was easy but isnt it always on a mac?… the gui is very simplistic and i like this a lot. Now the extensions i needed were mostly for SEO which i found some great ones actually better than the ones i had loaded before! i also found a great little ebay extenesion and a shareaholic extension which lets me post to multiple site! plugged in a nice little search bar and a pretty neat wordpress extension which is handy for fast blogs.. i found the usual digg / delicious and stumble upon extensions and of course xmarks which brought in all my bookmarks which id been syncing with the firefox xmarks extension.. alexa plugin works well so extensions 10/10 !! browser speed and rendering 10/10
so id say go for it ! i love firefox for being a great browser and certainly better than internet explorer – for lots of reasons including security!!!…

give is a whirl… available for windows and apple mac and linux!!!!!!! i just love multiplatform

Get chrome here

Chrome extensions

More chrome extensions!!

Ive been playing round with SIP clients
works good on iphone out of the bx – got me a local number for free!
Im pretty certain i can get a sip client that will register multiple sip numbers – virtual office…
Just testing on the mac now…
Might set up a sip server again you never know…
Finally im comfy on my new office chair bloody nice bit of kit of the old ebay!!!!! i like cheap !!
New curry house opened up near me the baber elephant – tried out the food was pretty damn impressed!!
Nice bar inside – welcome visit ! happy days
I see facebook added the delete account option ! thats going to fuk quite a few people up!……
Good gig yesterday bill on keyboards – good turn our – i played bass and guitar – kicked out some shit hot solos
fuk im good! i actually enjoyed listening to myself ha ha ha fukin amazing!! my strat and george dennis were sent from above!!

Anyway busy as hell with work – worked in kendal 2day and maybe 2morro — got a few more sites in – shit hot
booked tickets for me and our lass and my partner fred and his lass for level 42 concert – looking forward to freds visit from the USA and going on our road trip from lancaster -> liverpool -> london!!! stopping in some of the finest hotels in the UK !!! amazing
watch my blog for a full write up – and if you are lucky enough to be on my facebook friends list the pictures aswell!!!
saying that i might post the pics on a picasa for my blog fans to check out the exclusive places we stay… keep tuned fans
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Please look at the man site FAQ for any questions

here is one i found a bit of a task to figure out after ive administered apache web servers for like ever – a joomla install with search engine friendly urls on zeus!!
its like this rename the htaccess to old.htaccess.bak
make a file called rewrite.script
and pop in the following text

RULE_0_START:
# get the document root
map path into SCRATCH:DOCROOT from /
# initialize our variables
set SCRATCH:ORIG_URL = %{URL}
set SCRATCH:REQUEST_URI = %{URL}

# see if theres any queries in our URL
match URL into $ with ^(.*)\?(.*)$
if matched then
set SCRATCH:REQUEST_URI = $1
set SCRATCH:QUERY_STRING = $2
endif
RULE_0_END:

RULE_1_START:
# prepare to search for file, rewrite if its not found
set SCRATCH:REQUEST_FILENAME = %{SCRATCH:DOCROOT}
set SCRATCH:REQUEST_FILENAME . %{SCRATCH:REQUEST_URI}

# check to see if the file requested is an actual file or
# a directory with possibly an index. don’t rewrite if so
look for file at %{SCRATCH:REQUEST_FILENAME}
if not exists then
look for dir at %{SCRATCH:REQUEST_FILENAME}
if not exists then
set URL = /index.php?q=%{SCRATCH:REQUEST_URI}
goto QSA_RULE_START
endif
endif

# if we made it here then its a file or dir and no rewrite
goto END
RULE_1_END:

QSA_RULE_START:
# append the query string if there was one originally
# the same as [QSA,L] for apache
match SCRATCH:ORIG_URL into % with \?(.*)$
if matched then
set URL = %{URL}&%{SCRATCH:QUERY_STRING}
endif
goto END
QSA_RULE_END:

upload the file to the root of the website
and enable all the Set all the items to yes in seo settings in global configuration in admin
even use apache mod_rewrite

test your sef pages work correctly !! worked for me

fancy a gam of pacman ?
get ya ass onto google today!
its built into the browser
bye bye shittty bing
another flop of the microsft…..

well im just in the middle of a massive network roll out – its going real well
apart from the workstations that were acer loaded up with evry app and game under the sun which took half hour to remove from each station! hell!! aswell as a couple of sites and a few email addresses to setup and a few laptops chucked in to test me!! aswell as decorating the dining room and getting the gardner to sort the garden! and fitting the new kitchen furkin el !! were so busy im looking for a cleaner !! cheap reates…. send your CV into blog@wayneward.co.uk
so busy the minted lamb i bought had to go on hold for 2night and ordered a phoular from my favorite indian restaunt the moghuls – simple the finest food washed down with a fine red I picked up myself from marks and sparks – getting ready for the gigs i just got dealt for my duo revival
some nice out of town for a change – but hey its better than playing the same old gig all the time ey?..

please note if you dont like what you read in my blogs do your self a favour go and read the paper? the sun ? the sport ? the daily mail?? even viz is good reading – what i write here is what ive been writing for years and will always write – its the truth – and If you are offened please simply send a email to blog@wayneward.co.uk – with your full name and address and reason for offence – we will review your reason and email you with the outcome of the matter. This could take from a week to two weeks for our board to look into this and come up with a decision on the outcome again.
Or simply find something to do ? i do computers i do it all day evry day sitting on my rear end – this will never change as this is my occupation and what i plan on doing always – which also ties into any other internet / computer based activities i carry out – im payed to think and do what i do – so please think carefully before submitting your applications or i might dig old jeremy up and get you on the old you’ve been framed (for nothing!)

the wardster

dont you just love this pic? i do – i love my fender stat – my one and only guitar which does whats required – ive grown into this guitar in no time and can express myself on this guitar so well! ive been playing lead for about over a year now and im just flowing out naturally what i need to – infact im better than a lot of guitarists that have been playing for years!! the natural gift makes me flow…… anyway… im busy as hell – rehearsing with new bands new duos – getting new songs ready its awsome!! went to see my bezzi mate simon and melinda over the weekend play – awsome time its just nice to get away from around this shit hole and mingle with like minded decent people instead of depressed riff raff! the band played well nice to see the blues played well – plus for a band that had just recently got started they were very tight and i must say simon has that fretless sounding spot on – you cant beat a trace elliot its the rolls royce if you use anything else they you are simply not a bass player!! then we seshed out all night and decided to go for a hour when the birds emerged!!
we recently started painting the office so we come back to do a bit of work on that which is looking very nice for the clients – ive removed all the guitars and ive removed the crappy who pictures which im selling on ebay as they bore me and making it look really great for my clients, im getting jake prepared as he comes on board full time in around to months – he is already working here ad there and is really good at his job – he is very clever and im proud to have him working with me – its not everyday you get a son that for one isnt a chav for another running round being a frickin idiot causing crap with a load of like minded idiots! he just likes computers his girlfreind and general nice easy going life
ive been getting down to some home cooking after spending a few years just eating take away which is great – i cooked up home made meat balls with a rich sauce – spaggetti and home made garlic bread for the whole family tonight with a fine wine. It was exceptional and all the family enjoyed it – its nice to see all five us being able to sit there and enjoy a family meal so we enjoy it while we can as it wont be long to till the birds start to leave the nest but we have managed to keep our jodie still here and she is 19!!! so were doing pretty darn good id say! they do lead a sheltered life but they are great kids.
Great rehearsal with my dad this weekend – we sounded awsome its great working with him as we are both great singers and harmony singers – so i know when i sing a song my dad will back me up 100% – we just sounded amazing! i just love my dads voice he is truly a real musician and im so glad i learnt from the best – being brought up on music from being born gave me so much power than many of the people ive worked with who learnt late in life or even may have had it forced upon them. Im so looking forward to doing the next gig with my dad he just goes out for a great time and just gets on with it no trouble – god bless him – a genuine good person who you can trust.
Ive been looking round at new cars – i looked at jeeps and bmw convertaibles/estates but hey done the jeep its nothing but a juice supper and not good to look at the old lump! + after i get rid of the BMW i wont get another they are to common – ill probably go estate for the business and im thinking maybe a audi?…. not to chav / not to common – good quality – ill take my time on this one..
Work – work is great – a lot of my old clients are back – a lot of new clients – its all great – websites deluxe – again i can live up to what people say about me when im doing websites – i sit on my asssss all day!! ha ha – yer how else do you make a website – oh yer im so intelligent i can do it stood on my head !!!!! it pays my wage and bills and more than the little trolls lol! – but yer its all real good – its all about brain power and dedication to my work.
Some site stats are through the ceiling and some are just bombing out but some I just cant help im afraid its a google drop out

a day in the life…

of the wardster a real true musician

Well haven’t blogged on my iPhone for a while :-0
Pretty damn handy if your on the kazi!
Some led zep playing away aswell quality!
Been busy as hell today plenty of onsite work
Got some bills to sort then I’m going to make a new band poster – I just know this is going to be hard but I know I can find the right musicians to create this powerful new project
I’m going to take what I’ve been playing around at for a few years to the next level – the time has come I hope this town is ready for this – cause it’s time to unleash the power….
Just hope I can find the right musicians around here …

im not going to say to much as i dont want people knowing what im up2 at the moment
but im using some various modules some which i have to pay for as off the shelf is sometimes faster and better than coding up – now some modules which involve joomla are pay for items now some items you pay for and go for support and im amazed at the support offered before i even part with any money – some others you pay and im happy but need some support for bugs they either ask you to pay them? read the forums? or wait till the next release!! you ask for any directions to be pointed in IE some decent link to help fix the problem and the only direction i get is -> up your kazza get your money out were still ironing out bugs?!!
im very disapointed with two companies but so happy with another i guess you cant expect great service from every coding company – ive got another company ive been talking to and the only way to get pre-sales support just as your going to buy the product is from there forums??? how shit is that?
why would you want to get tied up in some half cut company who diverts you to a shitty forum for help!! some of them are charging masses of money and some little but the support scope is either shite or great. All i can say is ill be naming and shaming i hold no hostages.

first facebook change there layout thats meant to be easier

then twitter dont work ? just like usual !

watch this space…

There will be a revolution