Author Archives: Martin Guppy

About Martin Guppy

It was in my younger years, living in Kidderminster, England, UK, I picked up my first home computer - a Sinclair ZX Spectrum+ (1984). From that point on, I haven't been able to shake what seems to be my new found purpose. My 'hobby' has had me spend much of my life being surrounded by computers and gaining valuable knowledge through the art of trial and error. Thus leading me to developing Open Source Projects, such as CRIMP, Whap, Genwulf and maintaining a small cluster of my very own. I know I'm good at what I do. I also know I'm a keen and rapid learner. Should there be prospective information floating out there... I will consume it.

My blog gets the OccasionWise calendar

Posted on April 27th, 2008 by Martin Guppy

Well, the OccasionWise Calendar gets better and better every day… it has now gotten to the point where I can now put together a WordPress plugin… If you still don’t know what I am going on about… check my sidebar … Continue reading →

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Sell your Dining Table on eBay

Posted on April 19th, 2008 by Martin Guppy

I had to smile about another email I received from a friend of mine… How can you tell this table is being sold by a man? And don’t cheat either!! It’s not hard to tell!! Thanks to my friend Jonathon … Continue reading →

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OccasionWise

Posted on April 13th, 2008 by Martin Guppy

Over the past few months, I have been working on my OccasionWise project, and finally I can say that it is in a usable state! OccasionWise is all about Occasions, Events and Observances and supplies its users with a funky … Continue reading →

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CSS Naked Day

Posted on April 8th, 2008 by Martin Guppy

Well the 9th of April 2008 sees the 3rd ever CSS Naked day – so my site has gone naked!. The idea behind this event is to promote Web Standards. Plain and simple. This includes proper use of (x)html, semantic … Continue reading →

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Earthquake in England

Posted on March 6th, 2008 by Martin Guppy

After surviving an English earthquake myself (Dudley, West Midlands Earthquake – 23rd September 2002 – measuring 4.8 on the Richter scale) and hearing about recent English earthquake (Market Rasen, Lincolnshire Earthquake – 27th February 2008 – measuring 5.2 on the … Continue reading →

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Jamie and the Magic Torch

Posted on February 21st, 2008 by Martin Guppy

I used to love this cartoon when I was younger and found it and many more on Cartoon Decades 80′s Cartoons site. Jamie and his dog Wordsworth used their magic torch in Cuckoo Land, and came across characters such as … Continue reading →

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Happy Valentines Day Gurgi.Girl…

Posted on February 14th, 2008 by Martin Guppy

ITS OUR 3rd VALENTINES DAY TOGETHER… See my valentine message to Gurgi.Girl… pop the hearts to find out why she is my valentine… whaddya mean you cant see the Flash? …If you are on my blog, then go visit the … Continue reading →

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Callia meets the babysitter

Posted on February 10th, 2008 by Martin Guppy

The second clip of my daughter – Callia, posted on YouTube featuring ‘Spacebot’ (RS Media – WowWee Robotics) as the babysitter. If you would like to see the 1st Callia clip, you can visit …Gurgi.Girl – …Callia’s on YouTube!! or … Continue reading →

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Feed my frog

Posted on February 6th, 2008 by Martin Guppy

Feed my frog… he likes to eat flies… whaddya mean you cant see the Flash? …If you are on my blog, then go visit the full page by clicking “Read the rest of ‘Feed my frog’ ยป”… If you are … Continue reading →

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WordPress Database Cache

Posted on January 29th, 2008 by Martin Guppy

After spending a while looking into caching methods on WordPress, I have started work on a way to reduce database server load. Most caching methods for WordPress involve creating static (Wp-Cache) or semi-static (Staticize Reloaded) pages and these are very … Continue reading →

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