I discovered last night that the auto-upgrade function to take WordPress 2.7 to 2.7.1 failed – or rather it sat at the “downloading wordpress-2.7.1.zip” message indefinitely.
At the auto-upgrade is a new feature of 2.7, I had never been able to test this functionality, although I had high expectations of it since the plugin upgrade has [...]
Shhh, 1and1 don’t want you to know this, but…
… you can cancel or amend contracts at
contract.1and1.co.uk
As far as I can tell, this information is not to be found on the admin.1and1.co.uk FAQ or Help pages. I had to complete an online support request to find this info.
Once you are in, it’s easy – so I [...]
GS1 is the organisation which deals with retail barcode number range issuing; they publish a handy table showing prefix codes.
Premises in England are required to display an A5 no smoking sign at all entrances (roundel only for staff only entrances).
Here is a PDF containing the sign.
A couple of sources of Chinese fonts:
sj00.com
University of Heidelberg, Institute of Chinese Studies
Resin flooring – NIFL.
Shopfront – Aluminium shop fronts.
Also:
Adams Glass & Windows
St George Street
Leicester
Leicestershire
LE1 1QG
Tel: 0116 2511715
Fire risk information. A search of Yell turned up:
Fire Safety Management, 45, Montague Drive, Loughborough, Leicestershire LE11 3SB. Tel: 01509 237218
Bollards – Barriers Direct
A full list of the use classes as defined in the Town and Country Planning (Use Classes) Order 1987 can be found on the planning portal.
I’m looking into 0870 numbers (or more generally non-geographical numbers) at the moment. Here is the short list:
Yac (£10-£20 per month depending on if we want to programme time specific forwards.)
BT themsleves (£10/month, same price for revenue sharing on 0871)
UK2Numbers (One-off registration depending on number chosen)
Recently we have been trying to create a new company name – more on why later. I have used the following tools so far:
Anagram generator
Companies House WebCHeck
Unwanted domain names search
Demon InternetQuery Tools (including whois)
Google Map created for VW TPS locations: only pioneers and phase 1 included so far.