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Yes, still here..

DeltaWolf7 — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 06:36:36 +0000

Hello everyone,

Yes I’m still here, alive and well. Please excuse my absence.
We have a new baby girl in the house, a new house to complete and a mother in law always using to much of her mouth.

I will be continuing to develop MassMail and the other projects I have under way shortly. Please bare with me.
I have also started work on a few Android projects, soon to hit the Android market.

Thanks to everyone who has sent me the lovely emails and comments. I always read and reply to everyone.

Thank you for your patience

PC: Sims 3 update error: i/o operation failed (attribute modification)

DeltaWolf7 — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 19:44:18 +0000

Ok, I have been getting this alot in our workshop. The PC game by EA (Electronic Arts), The Sims 3 does not update and gives the following error on Windows XP, Vista or Windows 7.

Heres how you fix it…

1. Disable your antivirus/firewall (Kaspersky, Avast, Avg, Norton, Mcafee, Etc).
2. Now install that update.

It turns out that the way to old style patch system works that EA though so hard about using for the last 50 years, has problems with almost all security packages due to the way it changes files. Most security packages will detect that action as odd and protect the files being patched. Simply turning off your AV until the patch has completed will let you update your game.

On a side note, please remember to re-enable your protection after.

New Site going live

DeltaWolf7 — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 11:50:43 +0000

A new site I have been working on is about to go live.

http://www.classybunnies.co.uk

I have been slowly building this one.

Supporting the little guy

DeltaWolf7 — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 12:51:35 +0000

I read an atricle in the paper today that I feel very strongly about.

I fully agree that there is too much dog poo in the streets today in Wakefield.

“I have had problems with both cats and dogs fouling in and around my garden. The cats were sorted out reasonably quickly.
A scattering of orange peel ensured that they did not return, but the dogs are another matter.
With the government constantly going on about the increasing levels of obesity in children, I try to keep my four-year-old daughter active by walking to and from school with her.”

Another Good Way To Test Your Sites

DeltaWolf7 — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 17:00:34 +0000

Here is a good way for you to test your websites on different browsers and under different platforms.

http://www.crossbrowsertesting.com/

Cross Browser Testing allows it’s users to connect to remote computers and actually test your website on different platforms and browsers.

You can test your site on Windows 98 and XP, OS X, Linux and with a host of browsers such as Internet Explorer, Netscape, Chrome, Safari, Firefox, etc.

Windows Mobile Specialist Certification

DeltaWolf7 — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 15:26:06 +0000

Today I completed the Microsoft Windows Mobile Specialist Certification for 2009. I have had both 2007 and 2008 in the past.

It’s not the hardest test you can take. You only really need to have done the courses, which take about 15min each to get to grips with new features in Windows Mobile 6.1 and the new devices currently supporting it.

Yay me anyway..

I am also thinking about doing my first exam towards my MCAD qualification this year. More news to come of the progress of that.

BT Broadband Customers: DNS Issue

DeltaWolf7 — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 11:48:33 +0000

We have had multiple reports of customers being unable to access their websites on several different servers, the common thing between all of the reports has been that the customer’s ISP was BT. We have found all customers reporting a problem have been able to access their website via proxy servers, such as www.hidemyass.com.

It appears BTs DNS servers are proving information that is over 72 hours old, and due to some work carried out over the weekend on our DNS this is meaning some users are unable to access our servers. A solution can be found by using OpenDNS – www.opendns.com – which bypasses BT’s faulty DNS system allowing you to load sites as normal.

Feel free to open a ticket about this issue if you need help with the workaround.

Source: http://www.evohosting.co.uk/blog/

Great way to test Email Server (FREE)

DeltaWolf7 — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 08:22:56 +0000

I have been usng this site alot in the past few weeks to test a new array of email servers I have been setting up.

Though it might be helpful for others: http://www.mxtoolbox.com/

Help! I think I’m addicted

DeltaWolf7 — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 09:54:23 +0000

No really. I play Tower Defense game of all type, shapes and aims, but this one stands out.

The game has the same objective as any tower defense. Protect the town, structure, object, person or whatever from the onslaught of the invading enemy.
This game offers a spin on the tower defense line up by including a more involved form of getting new technology. From research facilities to power stations, you get to control more that just mindless tower planting.
The graphics in this game are very good and the game play in general is well though out. If you enjoy tower defense then I think you would like this one. Another good feature worth mentioning is the difficulty. Although the game only has ‘Easy’ and ‘Normal’ both modes are very well balanced.

This tower defense was created by the guy’s and gal’s over a Summer Sun Games.

Why not go on over and PLAY

First Day of Autumn 2008

DeltaWolf7 — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 08:36:08 +0000

It’s the first day of Autumn 2008, I know the Summer hasn’t been the greatest but we are British… Which means we will complain no matter what the weather.

Anyway, I am working of complete TransACTION. I expect to have a new release this week.