» by ChrisM July 6th, 2009 at 2:07 pm » Comments (2)

Next we have a typical sight around the streets - someone passed out, not appearing to move at all. (Shots taken out the fire exit, still in Coco's Outback Steakhouse.) ...more »

» by ChrisM June 23rd, 2009 at 1:08 am » Comments (4)

So, continuing the series of Amsterdam 2007 photos, here is the next batch... We took a few snapshots of the apartment itself. Not exactly in tip top condition - fridge door ...more »

» by ChrisM April 2nd, 2008 at 9:54 pm » Comments (2)

As previously mentioned, I have used my sacrificial lamb test blog to check how things would go if I upgrade all my other blogs to Wordpress 2.5 . From previous ...more »

» by ChrisM February 27th, 2008 at 5:26 pm » Comments (0)

I recently got around to creating the required SQL tables for this plugin to function. I had a problem though, where I was not being e-mailed the results when somebody ...more »

» by ChrisM December 22nd, 2007 at 12:46 am » Comments (0)

Scratch the original plans, here are the links I mentioned, not enough time left after having got everything ready for our trip to actually create proper posts. Now the DVD ...more »

» by ChrisM December 19th, 2007 at 5:09 am » Comments (0)

No, not a badly quoted newsgroup name, based on discussing the pros and cons of Wikipedia, but rather a question people have been asking, especially since Google publicly announced the ...more »

» by ChrisM December 6th, 2007 at 12:34 pm » Comments (1)

This morning I was attempting to check how the site was doing, when I was presented with the following error HTTP Error 403 Error 403 We're sorry, but we could not fulfill your ...more »

» by ChrisM December 5th, 2007 at 3:15 am » Comments (3)

Just noticed that since changing ISPs, FireFox's search bar now defaults to the Kazakh Google domain (google.kz) for searches. Any other Kazakh readers out there find this behaviour with FF? Hmmm, ...more »

» by ChrisM November 29th, 2007 at 1:13 am » Comments (0)

The last couple of days our PC has had problems whenever anything involving video or non-basic graphics were involved. I tried all the obvious things, rebooting first, re-installing the nVidia ...more »

» by ChrisM November 28th, 2007 at 4:38 am » Comments (0)

Our friend Alex (see the many posts here and her actual blog) has finally got around to writing a few posts on her new exciting life in Australia. She has ...more »

» by ChrisM November 26th, 2007 at 2:18 am » Comments (0)

Blog income this year - once I have earned another $1.40, this blog will have paid for the following items this year Return plane tickets to Amsterdam and Britain, back in ...more »

» by ChrisM November 17th, 2007 at 1:51 am » Comments (0)

You probably will not notice a great deal of difference, especially on the front page, however I have tweaked various aspects here and there, trying to decrease the load time ...more »

» by ChrisM November 15th, 2007 at 2:18 pm » Comments (0)

I still have problems accessing my CPanel interface if I don't use the HTTPS address to connect, but as there is no disadvantage to this method, only increased security, I'm ...more »

» by ChrisM November 15th, 2007 at 2:16 am » Comments (4)

It looks as though Demonoid.com is still down unfortunately. If anyone has any reliable info as to what is happening, please do leave a comment or e-mail me. In the ...more »

» by ChrisM October 28th, 2007 at 6:16 pm » Comments (0)

Yep, just over a week after Google dropped this blog's PageRank from a 4 to a 3, they struck again. Unless the data centres are having some bizarre little jittery ...more »

» by ChrisM October 19th, 2007 at 1:35 am » Comments (8)

It looks as though this blog has dropped from having a Google PageRank of 4 to just 3. This could well be due to the commercial posts I have been ...more »

» by ChrisM September 18th, 2007 at 10:49 am » Comments (0)

I have just completed a quick check of how this blog is faring when it comes to search engine results, using Google. www.ChrisMerriman.com is 3rd for the phrase Kazakhstan Blog, an ...more »

» by ChrisM September 14th, 2007 at 3:00 am » Comments (0)

I hope this post may be of use to people thinking of visiting Amsterdam, whether you be a regular reader, or have arrived here via one of the search engines... Forums Amsterdam ...more »

» by ChrisM September 13th, 2007 at 7:13 am » Comments (0)

OK it is 6.55am over here, and I am still up, hoping to catch another WorldWide Wednesday opportunity over at PayPerPost, as I managed to last week (see the Argus ...more »

» by ChrisM September 12th, 2007 at 4:34 am » Comments (0)

As you may remember, I have been using Google Earth to help plan out some of the upcoming Amsterdam trip - there is no point in deciding to visit four ...more »