Archive for July, 2009

Oasis v The Rolling Stones

Oasis are more often compared to the Beatles, but my comparison is with live stadium rock events.

I saw the Rolling Stones liveat Wembley Stadium on 7th July 1990. It was their Steel Wheels / Urban Jungle tour. The Stones were great but I wasn’t impressed with the sound quality.
Rolling Stones
It was very loud, and any subtleties in their music was lost by the sound blast. My impression was that the acoustics were rubbish because of the open air stadium; the sound was escaping into the sky. 

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How to use your Own Artwork Payment Button with PayPal

Installing payment buttons on your website through PayPal is easy, as long as you use their payment buttons.

However if you have your own artwork, or have a ready made sales page that you want to use with payment buttons provided, I have found PayPal’s instructions to be unclear.

So here is how you do it:

(1)Go to the Pay Pal site and click Merchant Services then
(2) click Buy Now Buttons
Merchant Services

(3) Click Create Your Button Now
Buy Now

(4) Click the No: Create a “Buy Now” Button, Enter your product details, price and currency, then
(5)
click Customise Appearance
Customise Appearance copy

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How to Delete Annoying Arrows on Blog Links

For the past week I have had annoying little arrows on my links that look like this;Annoying Arrows 

They don’t do anything apart from make the blog look really messy. If you end up with a similar problem on your blog, it’s really easy to get rid of them.

Step (1)

How to get rid of Annoying Arrows on Wordpress Links
Go to your dashboard at www.YOURBLOG.com/wp-admin. Look at the list on the left hand side. Scroll down and click on Settings,  then in Settings click on External Links.
Settings - External Links

 

Step (2)
Delete External Links TickDelete the tick inside the Box for

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