Internet Things

How to block specific advertisers from your YouTube channel

When my application to the YouTube Partner Programme was finally accepted, I was feeling pretty chuffed, until I found out my channel was being inundated with Clive Palmer ads. In this video I take a look at the amount of money Clive Palmer’s United Australia Party has spent advertising on a couple of the biggest online platforms as well as … Read More

The YouTube Partner Program Saga

On April 24, 2005, the first video was posted on YouTube. Less than two years later, on Tuesday January 9, 2007, the Swollen Pickles YouTube channel was born. From there it took me almost 18 months to upload my first video in 2008. It was a dodgy animation that I created when I was learning how to use Flash. It … Read More

How To Export DNS Settings From Cloudflare

If you’re using Cloudflare and need to export your DNS settings from Cloudflare then these instructions are for you. Cloudflare is essentially a Content Delivery Network (CDN) and security layer you can put over the top of your site to help secure it and speed up performance for your users. They offer a free version so it’s well worth checking … Read More

My four years without Adsense

It has been a while. The last time I posted on here with any regularity Ned Stark still had his head on his shoulders, Rick Grimes hadn’t met the Governor and the Mars Curiosity Rover had yet to to check in on Four Square for the first time (and Four Square was still a thing). It wasn’t just Swollen Pickles … Read More