Solar Polar - Dave Walker http://www.solarpolar.co.uk Solar Polar is the personal blog and portfolio site of Dave Walker, Malton, North Yorkshire. Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:56:02 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Ginger Nuts cause anger McVities Ginger Nuts

McVities Ginger Nuts

My mate Steve loves a cuppa and some ginger nuts to dunk.  Imagine his delight today when his new pack of McVities Ginger Nuts claims to “now have more ginger”.

Delightful you would imagine?

Well, once you get to a certain age, apparently not.  Steve wanted to now exactly how much more ginger there was.  There was no indication on [...]]]> http://www.solarpolar.co.uk/ginger-nuts-cause-anger/ Wordpress Plugin : Flickr Search Wall I’m developing a new Wordpress plugin to show a FLickr Wall of photos.

Might be fun?  Check out the beta page here and let me know what you think?

www.solarpolar.co.uk/flickr-wall

]]> http://www.solarpolar.co.uk/wordpress-plugin-flickr-search-wall/ It’s like a dream come true A dream come true

A dream come true

My dreams are simple.

]]> http://www.solarpolar.co.uk/its-like-a-dream-come-true/ Batmobile FAIL Holy Insurance Claim Batman

Holy Insurance Claim Batman

]]> http://www.solarpolar.co.uk/batmobile-fail/ Creating a Wordpress Plugin I’m currently working on some development of some Wordpress plugins. There is a wealth of information on the net but sometimes it’s difficult to put it all together.

This post will build over time and the links below will show what sites have helped me understand plugin development from basic learning to advanced techniques.

How to Build a simple Wordpress Plugin

http://www.unmatchedstyle.com/news/how-to-build-a-wordpress-plugin.php

]]> http://www.solarpolar.co.uk/creating-a-wordpress-plugin/ Kipper has eaten… Kipper

Kipper

Over the course of his 1st year with us our slightly manic black lab “Kipper” has eaten…

  • His first (expensive) foam bed
  • His own hard plastic bed
  • His own blankets for keeping warm at night
  • The tin cans from the re-cycling bin
  • Horse poo
  • Various footballs
  • The dining room chairs
  • My hand
  • The laptop cable
  • A 2kg tub of cooking butter
  • The Rabbit food
  • The Cat food
  • Thomas
  • a packet of “Nick-Naks”
  • the portable heater
  • rabbit poo
  • all the slippers [...]]]> http://www.solarpolar.co.uk/kipper-has-eaten/ The funniest Simpson Episode In my opinion this is one of the funniest bits of the Simpsons….

    Gentle Ben from Homer Badman

    Gentle Ben from Homer Badman

    ]]>     http://www.solarpolar.co.uk/the-funniest-simpson-episode/     Solar Polar got hacked We’ll I’m not sure how yet but our site got hacked.  Some dude called “North Storm” got in and changed some code so that it started running malicious code on the server.

    The lovely team at Heart Internet we able to identify it and switched scripting off and inform me so kudos to them.

    I’ll report fully on the attack later because there seems to be no further information on it.

    In the meantime I’m trying to get back all previous posts.

    ]]>     http://www.solarpolar.co.uk/solar-polar-got-hacked/     Mr T hits new heights Mr T‘ >Mr T

    ]]>     http://www.solarpolar.co.uk/mr-t-hits-new-heights/     Polar Bear Attack WARNING: This page contains scenes of violence and may not be suitable for young audiences.

    These explicit photos of a polar bear attack are not for the faint hearted.

    Polar Bear Attack

    Polar Bear Attack

    Click here http://www.clevelandseniors.com/forever/polarbear.htm for more shocking pictures.

    (Thanks Pete for that link)

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