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Buying a car
In the end, the dealer in Newcastle wasn't willing to make a sensible offer that could compare with one made by a dealer down in London (who'd think London would be a cheaper place to buy a car tha...
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Shopping for a car
Been trailing around the North East today looking for a new car after my Accord was written off following last month's incident. Looking good is an Alfa Romeo 156 2.5 V6. Having driven it now, i...
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Clever FAQ
I actually noticed this ages ago, but looking at it again it's still a very clever way of filtering potential clients without simply listing criteria your clients have to meet before you'll conside...
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WordPress 2.0
Finally remembered that WordPress 2 was meant to be released over Christmas and indeed it has been, along with a new website. As ever, it was a simple process to upgrade from 1.5.x and I got this b...
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Bargain
Well, the quest for sound on my shiny new computer has lead me through a number of emails to Asus who, though surprisingly quick at replying, have basically gone round in circles and got nowhere. ...
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A belated Happy Christmas
... to everyone. My Christmas goodies this year consisted mainly of parts for a new computer, which I've only just got (almost) fully up and running, so the festive goodwill post had to wait until ...
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Now that's a first
Funny how you come to expect certain websites/apps to be almost infallable despite knowing full well the myriad of problems that can (and often do) accompany web hosting and development. I just ...
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At last!
Spotted a link to this article on Blue's News. 2 and a half years after first announcing it, Microsoft will finally stop supporting Internet Explorer on the Mac and we designers will have a more co...
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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...