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Mar
16
Somehow I keep getting sick. My two boys started full-time at school last September and it seems that everytime they pick up an illness they pass it on to me. But while they become slugish for a day or two, I seem to get some full-on adult version that half kills me. Ok, so that [...]
Mar
16
Windows Live SkyDrive Too Slow
Filed Under General Stuff, Technology | 3 Comments
I’ve just bought a new notebook and I began thinking of ways to backup my files on this machine. Normally I’d be looking at my networked drive or perhaps buying myself a new external drive. But I decided to try the online option as I guessed these services must be better than when I [...]
Mar
14
This Site Not Broken In IE8
Filed Under Web Design | Leave a Comment
Although Microsoft’s recent release of Internet Explorer 8 (beta) marks an exciting time for web developers like me, the release of a major new browser is also akin to a trip to the dentist.
The first thing we do after downloading and installing the new browser is decide which of our current sites we dare visit [...]
Mar
10
Just got myself an invite to Yahoo! mash and I can therefore invite other people. If you need an invite, leave a comment below with a valid email address where you want the invite to be sent.
The service is currently beta invite-only. Well worth a look for all you online social networkers out there.
And here’s [...]
Mar
9
Bloggers and journalists have been debating this question for some time. The opinions essentially fall into two categories:
1. “Keep it real - Facebook should be used as a tool to communicate and interact with people you know in real-life. What’s the point of collecting hundreds or thousands of so-called friends you hardly know and don’t [...]
Mar
9
It’s interesting that the phrase “Social Networking” is often used these days to mean “Online Social Networking”. So I’ve been a little pedantic with my post title as I really see the two phrases as being two different things, although “Social Networking” can obviously encompass the Online version too. Right, that’s cleared that up!
Although I’ve [...]