by Jacob Tomlinson under Web Development on 17 Mar 2013

There is an undocumented function for adding a custom AddThis widget to your theme when using the Add This Share Buttons plugin, so I thought I would document it here. Usage: Parameters: $the_permalink (string) (optional) The url you want to share with AddThis. Default: get_permalink() $the_title (string) (optional) The title of the page you’re sharing. Default: get_the_title() … read more

addthis theme wordpress

by Jacob Tomlinson under News on 02 Mar 2013

So I woke up yesterday morning to find a receipt from Paypal for $149.49 on my iPhone. I haven’t bought anything for $149.49 so right away I was worried that my Paypal account had been broken into. The first thing I did was to log into my Paypal account on my laptop to check to see more … read more

Hacking Paypal Phishing

by Jacob Tomlinson under News on 27 Feb 2013

Something funny seems to be happening with Google and Stack Overflow. I first noticed this last night when on my Macbook Pro at home. I went to www.google.co.uk, typed in “stackoverflow” and was presented by the usual page. However I noticed that the url displyed under the link on the search results said “www.doioig.gov/”. When … read more

Google Hijack Stack Overflow

by Jacob Tomlinson under Apple on 24 Jan 2013

Perhaps like me you’re used to using ssh-copy-id on linux to set ssh keys on a remote server so that it stops asking for a password, you may notice that if you try the same thing in OS X that command doesn’t exist. If so here is the solution. Backstory I’ve found myself recently using … read more

os x ssh ssh-copy-id terminal

by Jacob Tomlinson under Reviews on 11 Oct 2012

Well I just got “2nd Law” by Muse and as I’m a big Muse fan I thought I’d write a quick review of it. Up until now I’ve enjoyed all of Muse’s albums with the exception of album 5 “The Resistance” which I felt was a little too experimental for my liking. Here is a … read more

Muse Music Reviews