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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!

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Scratch is a new programming language that makes it easy to create your own interactive stories, animations, games, music, and art — and share your creations on the web.

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The Joomla! Content Management System has thousands of extensions, many of these extensions are taking advantage of ajax to improve the usability. Over at oscandy they present 30 that you can add to power up your Joomla! based sites.

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Features

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