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Mac4Free – Free Apple Products

A while a go I wrote about how you could get your hands on Free Macbooks and other Apple products in this article. So far I have earned up to £120 through this affiliate marketing method and it’s working out great. So great in fact that I have set up a new site dedicated to helping...

Retrieving A File’s Shell Icon In C#

Whilst developing my replacement file explorer for my University project, I came across the need to get the Shell Icon for a given file in C#. It took me a while to find out how to accomplish this, so I thought I would post it here for anyone else who is facing the same problem. First...

Twitter Marketing Methods

I’ve been a hardcore Twitter user for some time now, and recently it seems to have exploded in terms of the number of people trying to make a business out of it through various marketing methods and such. This post is basically going to take a look at some of these available methods. The general concept...

Ruby Skye Glenn – Growing Up So Fast!

Just a quick post today because I haven’t posted any news on Ruby since her birth back in May of last year! She is growing up extremely fast and she has just recently learnt to crawl! Here are a few pictures of my gorgeous baby...

Animoto – The End Of Slideshows

Just a quick post today, basically about a new service I have found called Animoto. Animoto is an online service that allows you to upload images and music to produce a sort of slideshow on steroids. The coolest thing about Animoto though, is that it actually analyzes your music and times transitions to the beats! Also,...

5 Tips For Building Your Twitter Network

Recently I’ve become a bit of a Twitter fanatic, but building a large Twitter Network wasn’t really something I initially thought to be useful. However, after reading many articles on the value a large and targeted network of followers can bring, I decided to begin looking for useful hints and tips on ways to go...

Money Saving Tricks – New YouTube Broadcast

Well I thought I should mention on my blog that I have started a new weekly YouTube broadcast (I haven’t taken to calling it a “show” yet!) called Money Saving Tricks. Basically, they are small (Approx. 3 minutes long) episodes that explain various ways that you can start saving money immediately. Money Saving Tricks Episode 1:...

Want a free Macbook? Of course you do!

So recently I have been teasing myself each and every day by browsing the Mac section of the Apple store, knowing I do not have the money at the moment to buy one. However, the thought sprang to mind about all those free ipod give away sites that were seen in the news a few...

O2 Simplicity… Could be simpler…

As you may or may not be aware, I recently purchased an iPhone 3G and currently have it on an O2 Pay As You Go Text Anytime tariff. It’s a good tariff, but I can’t access the web when I am away from a WiFi spot which is really annoying. So, I decided I wanted to...

CHKDSK Nightmares!

About 2 weeks ago I noticed a problem when I turned on my laptop. It wanted to run CHKDSK, but when it did it just kept repeating the following line, over and over again. Inserting an index entry into index $0 of file 25 So I ended up rebooting my laptop and skipping CHKDSK the next time,...