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Smash!
Went to pick up a parcel I'd missed being delivered this evening and was promptly driven into at high speed while queueing on a dual carriageway. Sounds like my beloved Accord Type-R will have t...
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BBC Blog
On my daily perusal of the BBC News website, I found a link to a new blog - Nick Robinson's Newslog. Nick Robinson is the BBC's Political Editor (following the departure of Andrew Marr for his o...
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Aardvark for Firefox 1.5!
Marvelous! I'd been using a modified copy of the Aardvark extension for Firefox since Firefox was upped to 1.5 as the 'real' Aardvark broke, but now Karmatics have released an updated Aardvark for ...
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December
... is here. Not long 'til Christmas now, but the weather's actually warming up here after a brief cold snap that promised snow but only delivered a mild amount of sleet. Hopefully we'll get som...
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WordPress 2.0 on its way
WordPress, the software I use to run this blog, is in beta-testing for a version 2.0 release and looks pretty cool. I've installed beta2 on another site where I'm planning on setting up a blog and ...
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Another helpful host
Although this time paying a bit more for the service (those at a loss to the reference can check out my last web hosting-related post). The web design company I work for got a new dedicated serv...
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Firefox 1.5
Firefox 1.5 has been released at last with a few minor additions, but my main interest is the increase in speed. The only problem I really had with Firefox 1.0.x was how slow it was to start up...
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PHP on Trax follow-up
Last month I mentioned a PHP framework based on David Heinemeier Hansson's Ruby on Rails, called PHP on Trax. At the time, it was quite early in development and not really ready for use, but...
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So close and yet so far
During my daily browsing of various design showcase sites the other day, I came across the This is Cable site, linked to from Design Shack. The site looks very nice indeed - certainly worthy...
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A helpful host?
I've been through a number of web hosting companies over the years and in general the services haven't really lived up to what was promised or the companies have just gone bust. I've now been with ...