Paul’s blog

Envious of the bragging rights which a superfast connection brings we decided to change our broadband provider. We are currently with Wanadoo broadband chugging along at a steady 576kbps, We could upgrade to the 1Mb package but didn’t like some of the restrictions. However I heard through the grapevine, Andy Mason told us, that BT broadband now provides 2Mb in our area - joy of joys.

The next step is to switchover from Wanadoo to BT Broadband, however first one needs a migration authorisation code (MAC) from our present broadband provider. I managed to get through to the right department after speaking to four different people, being passed from pillar to post. The next day I received my MAC via an e-mail and went looking for a new ISP.

I have saw the plus.net broadband premier package and it seems perfect. I cannot believe the webspace allowance and support (not to mention support for PHP, MySQL, CGI & Shell Access
and even allows Cron jobs), it blows my web host out of the water (present webspace 35Mb, plus.net 250Mb). Hopefully I can transfer my domain name to them too. All this from an ISP.

We are now going through the transfer process, hopefully this will be a smooth procedure.

I have been trying to create a RSS feed from my Wordpress blog into my main index page. For this I have tried many different RSS feed applications with little success, mainly due to the lack of documention for a complete novice in this field. However last night I managed to achieve my aim after many hours of heartache. I am using RSS2HTML using

Option 2

2. Download free rss2html.php script on your webserver and edit its feed and template variables.

It took me a while to figure how to configure the php file but I got there in the end, and then change the template file so it displays the way I want. I am still in the testing stage at the moment, see the test page to see it in action. When I am happy with the results I will include it on my home page.

It was inevitable but now it’s official, following Forest Green Rovers losing to Morecombe we are now relegated. Here is to a quick return to the Conference.

A sad day indeed.

Well we are now back from our holiday in Goa and we had a really great time. We stayed at the Colonia Santa Maria, or CSM as it’s know, which we found to be quite basic but in an excellent location. The people there were very friendly and always willing to help.

We went on a few trips. One to Old Goa, the former Portuguese capital before it had to be abandoned due to Cholera outbreaks. Another to Cola beach, South Goa where we stayed in Arabian style tents on an isolated beach. We also spent time riding and washing elephants, I also had an elephant shower which was nice.

A great time was had by all. I will be writing more on our holiday at a later date meanwhile if you visit my flickr account you will find some photographs. Enjoy!

Excursion - Indian retreat
Excursion - Capital cruise
Hotel Colonia Santa Maria - CSM
Excursion - Back to nature