Its funny you know, I look back and see the last post of mine was in June, and even though each week since the post I’ve said to myself “I really want to write another post”, I’ve always found myself at the end of the day without achieving that goal. So here we are, at the end of October with a new post, long overdue but probably not long awaited LOL.

A lot has happened since June, and all that has happened has of course contributed to the delay in a new post here, things connected to the wedding have been taking a lot of my time, a home purchase and move, work & all sorts! So in this post I’ll try to cover what’s been going on, and you never know you may get a wise word or two (unlikely) LOL.

So with baited breath here we go…

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Hello to the world out there, I’m back… even though in reality I’ve been here all along, I’ve been back for the past few weeks quite intensively working on things behind the scenes and behind closed doors.

There’s been a lot going on both with the development of www.spikedeffect.com and my life, and to be honest there is so much to catch up on that I wont be able to cover everything in a single post, unless I really want to bore you to utter death.

For this post I’ll cover the two major things that have happened (or is happening in the case of development) in the recent past / present and without further ado… here goes.

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It’s been, well let’s just say “a while”, seems that things this year got chaotic and as with everything in life part of the blame must be mine, along with other aspects in life.

Last time I wrote here was many years ago… or at least that’s how it feels, unfortunately commitments in my personal life and university life have stopped me doing as much as I would have liked on www.SpikedEffect.com and this blog.

I’m sceptical about how many people will still be reading this blog, but just in the odd chance that I have a solitary fan out there that has been waiting so long for an update, this entry is for you.

I’m currently sat on a train to London Euston as I draft out this blog entry (which may actually end up being finished on the return journey to Manchester), and it seems the perfect time to let you know about what’s going on in my life apart from it being totally chaotic. So with baited breath I start my ramble…

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Hi there all, after a bit away I am back, I apologise for the delay in writing here again, things have been tight in time as of late and certain things really didn’t help either, for this post as there really is a lot to cover, I’m going to split it into sections as I have done previously when I have had a lot to say.

I’ll cover DDoS attacks on the server, development on SpikedEffect.com, the PSP homebrew scene developments and links to promised pictures of concerts, So hold tight… and here goes…

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Hey there people, long time no see, if anyone hasn’t given up on keeping an eye on this blog already that is

My Apologies for being away as long as I have done, I think its like 25 days since my last confession (post), the one with my overview of the consoles that are bracing themselves for release this year if my recollection is correct.

So what’s been happening? and why have I been away so long? Well things have gotten busy at work, and at home which didn’t leave me much time to write here. Things are easing up now though for at least now, so I can bring you up to speed with things.

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Heya, once again I’m back with my writing antics Ain’t ya just excited? lol

Anyways, some of you may or may not have noticed if you have visited the blog of late that things have changed slightly, visually… but really that is just a scratch on the surface, welcome to SpikedEffect’s new and improved WordPress powered blog.

You’ll notice that even though this whole blog is being powered by a new system, it looks the same; I did this in an attempt to make the personalised look and feel of the original blog remain the same but adapted for this new highly customisable, and much more powerful, system.

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Heya, to anyone who actually reads this blog, sorry for the delay in getting the next blog post out, its been a very busy couple of weeks, but I will always attempt to update this blog ASAP and keep you up to date on things in progress.

Anyone wandering if I have progressed with developing things for my website, no, over the past few weeks there has been a lot I have had to do that took priority, but I will be back onto those things this week with a bit of luck.

Before I go on any further though, I would like to say thanks to those who attended my Birthday Celebrations @ Tiger Tiger, or even anyone who sent me birthday greetings on the day. My rocket propelled zimmer frame will come in handy at my old age If you want to check out pictures from the day you can do so here (Click the image to the left).

Right, onto other things, I have been extremely busy as of late, with a recent big project on at work which was a solo effort on my behalf, and also things like having to choose my 3rd year project, having to sort out things in regard to my student loan etc. Its a busy time of year!

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Well for today’s post, I thought I’d talk about what I’ve been working on recently in my free time, well apart from sorting out arrangements for my birthday party

First on the agenda was to answer the common question of what is “the SpikedEffect” and who it was that was behind it, so I activated the FAQ section on SpikedEffect.com and created a category to answer the common questions that could be asked about what SpikedEffect.com actually is and who it is that is behind it. This can be found HERE

Next up was the need to start the thinking behind a module I have been meaning to implement for a while now so that I could continue development on the part of my site created in Macromedia Flash, this module that I’ll be creating I can reveal is a management system for the poems that I have written. “Ok, but what and how has that got to do with your flash side of the site?”, I hear you ask, well its because I intend my flash side of the site to be able to utilize the information entered in the admin of the module…

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Over the past few days, I’ve had a lot going through my mind, I see people moving on in life, progressing towards their goals and their dreams, and it made me realize am I really doing enough to reach my goals? There are smarter, more determined people in this world that will be aiming for the same goals I am, so what makes me stand out from the rest? What will make a company take a risk and choose me above the rest? At the moment I can’t even pick that out myself, and that is pretty worrying…

Yet again, it’s not too late to start, I’ve got a year left of university and the remainder of this academic year before I am unleashed on the real world, so maybe it’s time to step up the heat and work towards what, I know if I try hard enough, I can achieve. I’ve always been someone who sets real high goals from himself, but at times I have also lacked the willpower and determination to follow through with it. And I’m determined to change that, I can’t face seeing myself sink into a below par standard.

So what am I going to do? Well first off with one change in determination comes a change in lifestyle, I’ve been meaning for a while to get back on track with fitness, I’ve let myself be too lazy and the only one who has suffered is myself…

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Well, I thought today I would talk about SEO… I can hear some of you going “what is SEO? A new type of car?” and the answer is, no, its an acronym for Search Engine Optimization, why talk about it? Because I have just spent quite a bit of time making SpikedEffect.com Search engine friendly so its at the forefront of my mind, and it’s also a big part of my job at work.

Why do you have to make a website search engine friendly? Shouldn’t the webcrawlers (what search engines use to index the World Wide Web) adapt themselves to accommodate for every website out there? In theory yes, it should be the responsibility of the webcrawler to adapt to and pick up your website’s content, but in reality, remember that the web is a vast array of information, and its not all uniform.

As new methods of displaying web content arise on the web the webcrawler’s job becomes increasingly difficult, and it just can’t accommodate for the wide variety out there…

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