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As I mentioned a few days ago I aggregated all my digital photos into one place recently. One part of the task involved connecting a bunch of hard drives one at a time and scanning them for the files I wanted. While this wasn’t a problem for the old Windows disks I had lying around, I was stumped for an answer to the Linux disks for a while.

A long time ago I used a tool called Explore2fs that let me get at linux disks from windows, but that was then, and it was fairly primitive, so I went in search of something more up to date…

Which was when I discovered Ext2 IFS (catchy name) which is an altogether slicker bit of software. It works in the background giving you access to linux partitions through any bit of windows software. They just look like standard windows disks (C: D: E: etc…) Clever stuff, and just what I needed.

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Timed publishing with WordPress is easy, and I’ll show you how in 4 simple steps

1. Write your article

Often the hardest bit, I’ll leave you to get that done on your own, but why not include a link back to this article… Whatever you do, don’t click Publish yet.

2. Check the ‘Edit timestamp’ box

It’s to the right of the box where you typed your lovingly crafted prose…

3. Enter a date and time in the future

Decide when you want the post to go live and enter it into the boxes like so…

(You might want to set it to a date you’ll actually be around to see…)

4. Now you can click ‘Publish’

Go on, click the ‘Publish’ button…

…and that’s it, you’re done. Any problems you get as far as posts not appearing when they should are probably down to a dodgy WordPress installation or your hosting provider. Hassle them, not me.

You can use this technique to ensure your posts go up at a regular time, I aim for 9am give or take a few minutes. It’s also good for holidays and times you know you know you’ll be away from a keyboard. Using timed publishing means that your adoring readers will never be left waiting for your content…

Have fun…