A Dropbox update makes it easier to share direct links to files inside your Dropbox folders without using your Public folder. The new system allows you to “Get Link” by right clicking on any file or folder in Dropbox. Send the link so the recipient can view the photo, watch a video or read a [...]
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Updated dropbox: Now let someone view without a download
Posted in Housekeeping, Technology, Uncategorized on April 28, 2012 | 1 Comment »
BOGUS EMAIL WARNING
Posted in Housekeeping, tagged DarceysDad, spam on January 20, 2012 | 33 Comments »
HEY ALL. DO NOT – REPEAT – DO NOT OPEN AN EMAIL FROM ME DATED TODAY. I’VE BEEN SNAGGED BY A FINANCIAL DETAILS PHISHING WORM. APART FROM BLIMPY, WHO LEGITIMATELY HAS AN EMAIL ABOUT ONE OF OUR MUTUAL FAVOURITE ARTISTS, ANYTHING ELSE FROM ME HAS BEEN AUTOGENERATED BY A BLOODY HORRORSHOW OF A CYBER-ATTACK. NOT [...]
Some Entertainment For The Wash-up?
Posted in 2000s, blues, Folk, Housekeeping on December 25, 2011 | 5 Comments »
Merry Christmas y’All! By now you will have muzzle-loaded every form of carbohydrate known to man within the space of 24 hours, some of you will have gorged on the charred carcase of poultry past, many of you will have fearlessly guzzled a combination of drinks that you would consider inappropriate on the most lost [...]
Some Domestic EOTWQs
Posted in Cooking, EOTWQs, Housekeeping on March 2, 2011 | 31 Comments »
I don’t really have time to do this properly, and I really ought to be doing several other things – but since everyone else is clearly in the same position, that is going to provide the theme for these last-minute stopgap EOTWQs. Apologies for the fact that they’re rather mundane, but it’s that sort of [...]
‘Spill Housekeeping
Posted in Housekeeping on December 20, 2010 | 49 Comments »
‘Spillers who post music, please read on after the jump::
THE IDIOTS GUIDE TO POSTING MUSIC ON THE SPILL!
Posted in Housekeeping, Post, Profound, tagged goneforeign, idiots guide, maki on November 21, 2010 | 16 Comments »
OK, here’s the beginnings of chapter one. I asked Maki to give me his list of instructions for posting music and then I added my thoughts and re-wrote it all, hopefully in a manner that’s foolproof. I’ve tested this and it worked. If this is acceptable we’ll continue and add instructions for posting titles, artists, [...]
Work! – what is it good for?
Posted in Housekeeping on September 9, 2010 | 53 Comments »
So, in the past few weeks a lot of the people on here have been stressing over the work prospects, the governments everywhere are intent on shafting those that really need help and their idea of saving money is making redundant all those that do a useful job for society – reading the business section [...]
Music Player
Posted in Housekeeping, Technology on April 21, 2010 | 3 Comments »
The following is a step-by-step guide to the way I use the music player. There are probably much quicker and flasher ways of getting it to work but this works for me and if you’re having problems with the player, I hope this will help. Full details follow
‘Spill Housekeeping
Posted in Housekeeping on April 21, 2010 | 44 Comments »
Hi ‘Spillers, Seeing as we’re now a few weeks into the all-new ‘Spill, and from Tin’s suggestion – it’s time for a discussion on ‘Spill housekeeping. Any suggestions for what we should or shouldn’t be doing, improvements, techy stuff, ideas etc etc are all, as ever, gratefully received – in the comments! Cheers!
‘Spill Housekeeping – Categories & Tags
Posted in Housekeeping on March 25, 2010 | 7 Comments »
Hi ‘Spillers! In a vague attempt to make things more organised, and for ease of finding our way through our vast back catalogue (2,759 posts!!); I’m going to attempt to implement a loose categories and tags policy! All posts have both categories and tags. The categories appear in the sidebar of The ‘Spill, and [...]
