March 2007
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Gripes and Groans
I know a few of you use Movable Type. If so, how do you build a test system? For WordPress work I use XAMPP on my PC, it’s an absolute doddle. There are Perl add-ons for XAMPP, and I found a guide to installing Movable Type in a XAMPP system but the buggering thing won’t…
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Chirpy chirpy cheep cheep
OK. Despite the fact I bemoaned this very web service a few weeks back I have since signed up and sent… Actually, hold up a minute. You know, I have stood infront of a room full of strangers, the midst of a presentation on blogging, and said “I hate the word blogging”. Blogging is an…
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Tick Tock
Well I guess I’d better come clean. The clocks changed on Sunday morning, and we lost an hour because “Spring forward, Fall back”. This is despite the fact that we don’t have “Fall”, we have autumn and the usage of the phrase also ignores the fact that our American brethren changed their clocks a couple…
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Not simple, Civic
I KNEW this would happen, in fact I should’ve publically predicted it and made it look like I had this planned all along. Hey, wait a minute… you don’t KNOW that I didn’t have it planned. Shoot. Oh well… Yesterday I was prattling on about how I was increasingly favouring simple, functional things and slowly…
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Simple is as simple does
I’m going to start this with something controversial, I do hope the following statement doesn’t shock you, so please take a moment to prepare yourself. OK? All set? Maybe a few deep breaths first. OK, here it is. My new PC is fast, shiny and does lots and lots and lots of things. Phew, that…
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Feeling bookish
My new job is taking a lot of my time, and as it’s kick started my dormant professionalism, it’s also sapping my book reading time as well. Coupled with that I do seem to be on a non-fiction bent of late, I’m part way through “Make it Stick” and have just ordered some books with…