Well, it’s that time of the year again that I realise it’s been a year since my last post and do something with my site again.  I figured I was long overdue a server overhaul since I develop all kinds of crap on my web server and it’s gotten bogged down over the years.

I set up a new clean and up-to-date VPS and the speed difference is phenomenal – I’ll let the before & after speak for itself.

Old server:

New server:

Now granted I’ve made a few improvements based on Pingdom’s recommendations, but prior to this I was still scoring a mediocre 3.5 seconds on average.

Not only is speed an issue with the average attention span of a user, according to Microsoft, is just 8 seconds, your website speed will also have a huge impact on your search engine rankings.

Test the speed of your website with Pingdom:

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Not sure how to improve your site speed?  Contact me to see what can be done!

It seems to be at first, but then it becomes a hobby.

I started vaping around 4 months ago and to begin with, I broke even while buying my equipment and juice.  Then I bought another mod… and another.  And another tank.  And a dripper.

And all this stuff uses more and more juice.

But hey, the clouds are pretty cool and I’ve been having fun trying to get the hang of tricks.  And I’ve learned way more about Ohm’s law than I ever did in school.

I’m working on a social network type website for vapers at the moment which will act primarily as a juice review database, but I’ll eventually be adding on reviews for mods/tanks etc too.

Watch this space!

This is literally three years in the making. I started playing StarCraft online in August 2012, right at the bottom of bronze league. It took me around 18 months to finally get into diamond league, and since then it’s been a slow climb to masters.

I’ve taken a few breaks along the way, but I’ve always had something of an obsession with the game. I even got a tattoo a few weeks ago:

But I did it!

I fucking did it!

A couple of months ago, I made a post on reddit that went viral because someone kept sending me cake.  This time, it’s just because I couldn’t find a normal envelope.

See, I’m a web developer, so I don’t use this archaic thing known as “post” very often.  But I got a speeding ticket, and had no way of simply responding online (seriously, it’s the 21st century).

I asked my mum for an envelope as she’s a little old fashioned like that, and all she had was a Bambi envelope.  I said that it’d do, but I felt like I had to dot my i’s with little love hearts just to go with the theme.

My friend didn’t believe that I was sending it, hence this video:

The whole reason I got this damn ticket was because I was listening to Tenacious D and my foot… well, it slipped a little. Understandably.

The original reddit post:

UPDATE

This has blown up! It’s been shared all over:

• The Daily Mail
• The Mirror
• Yahoo!
• Mashable
• AOL
• The Daily Dot
• Someecards
• Bustle
• Woman’s Day
• The Poke
• 9gag

If you see it anywhere else, please let me know in the comments below!