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Vista – the devourer of disk space

By Richard Wallman on Thursday, August 7, 2008

My new laptop came with Microsoft Vista on it. I thought it might be a good idea to keep it installed, for use on testing websites to make sure they render properly. It may be that I don’t have enough disk space…

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It’s official – the world has gone mad

By Richard Wallman on Tuesday, August 5, 2008

I’m coaching someone with their PHP skills…

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Google takes “I’m feeling lucky” too far

By Richard Wallman on Friday, August 1, 2008

Google’s “I’m feeling lucky” button on their search was amusing when it first came out – you don’t get the search results, but go straight to the top hit. Useful for when Google searches actually came up with useful stuff instead of adverts (Back In The Day) but not so much now. It looks like …

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Become a billionaire

By Richard Wallman on Wednesday, July 30, 2008

Follow my easy guide to instant billionaire status!

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Extensions I’m loving: CoLT

By Richard Wallman on Tuesday, July 29, 2008

If you find yourself copying and pasting URLs around, this is one a must.

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The problem with portable storage

By Richard Wallman on Monday, July 28, 2008

Portable storage is great – you can now get USB devices smaller than your thumb that can store an entire DVD of information. Which is great…until you lose it.

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