There are loads of Mac vs PC adverts all over the place at the moment, but today I stumbled upon Linux vs Mac vs PC by Novell! Check it out!

I have just updated the EasyTube plugin which allows users to easily embed YouTube videos in their WordPress blog.

The plugin now features the ability to embed Google Videos in the same manner! It also now produces valid XHTML code.
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A couple of years ago I bought the domain name studentblogs.co.uk with the intent of creating a aggregator for Manchester students, however this was about the same time Manchester Blogger started, so I thought it was better to just go with that.

The domain has sat there gathering dust, so I thought I’d finally put it to use and aggregate some of my friends blogs! An aggregator basically compiles the blog posts from loads of blogs into one pages, making it easier to keep up to date with what everybody is doing!

The current Blogroll is: My: paulbain.co.uk Matt’s: One Eye Open , Adam’s: Evil Fish Adam , Katharine’s: To See or Not to See , Baggy’s: baggy.org.uk

Check it out at studentblogs.co.uk

I noticed loads of people are having problems with YouTube embedding in their WordPress sites, so I have created a WordPress plugin to do it for you!

It is quite simple, and it allows you to set the size of the movie!

For more info, check the Simple Youtube Plugin for WordPress page.

Here it is in action:

I have been meaning to get rid of my little compilation of credit-cards for a while, and today I finally got round to killing them off.

I don’t really know why I had them in the first place. I know egg and Morgan Stanley offered cash back on everything you spent but that would only be useful if I had any money!

Actually canceling the cards was easy enough, I just called the customer service number written on the back of each and asked to cancel. None of them really made any attempt to get me to stay. All of them told me to destroy the cards, but egg was the only one to say to cut up the chip, I thought that might be a good idea to do to all of them.

I just found the image below, you know its true!

I just found this brilliant music video on YouTube, it in French and called Montreal -40C

A while ago I wrote about the unfair milk prices in the UK in a post titled “Milk, It’s down to the Consumer” and I’d thought I’d update you on some of what has been going on.

The National Farmers’ Union released an update last week talking about what they have been doing. Milk prices are certainly high on their agenda, and I’m guessing it is a fairly popular topic. One of the things they stress in their update, is that a major problem preventing fairer milk prices is getting the consumer to pay the extra cost. It is, of course, a vicious circle; vendors will not increase the price of milk in fear that consumers will not pay the extra price and loyalty will be lost and the consumer will not pay the extra, because this option is largely unavailable.

Unfortunately, milk does not apply to be a Fairtrade product, as Fairtrade is about making trade fair for developing nations. Apparently its just competition when industries in a developed nation are treated unfairly. It’s obvious to me, we need a fair trade label for domestic industries, I guess similar to a kite-mark, however representing fairness rather than quality!