CarpetDog

It all went to bat sh*t. I have some plugins, you know those things that do stuff on the blog, and they’re not compatible…

Well hopefully it is all sorted out now and back up and running.

Lesson of the day? Backup BEFORE you upgrade – no matter what they say, there will always be something to poke you in the eye with a sharp stick.

PS My mouse battery is just about to die and it is 2am in the morning – I hope I have a spare!

Having experience of using local and outsourced programmers:

Never EVER believe the following from a programmer:

1. Examples of work* (unless on the site of someone you know and they’ve been openly using it for at least 3-6 months)
2. Testimonials (unless from someone you know – see 1 above)
3. Reviews (unless from someone you know – see 1 above)
4. Sites they’ve developed (see 1 above)
5. Certification of ownership/rights (coders can disappear overnight when they are found out)
6. Statistics (PR can be forged, traffic can easily be diverted, forum posts/comments/testimonials can be forged)

My experiences:

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Sorry, been well busy doing stuff. If you look hard enough you will easily find out what I’ve been up to…

It’s not rocket science, but you will have to read ;-) to find out.

Don’t you love a mystery?

“Money isn’t the key to happiness…

But if you have money – you can have a key made!

I didn’t really know what to call this post so I’ll just tell it like it is and you can work out for yourself what it should be…

Before you think ‘oh no, another one of those “give me $1000 and I will make you $1,000,000″ scams – this is not an offer it is an opportunity.

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