Monthly Archives: October 2009
Twitter Updates for 2009-10-31
The making of Reocities http://ow.ly/xFa6 # Facebook Platform Live Status Now Up And Running http://ow.ly/xHow – Twitter sure needs one of these … # The thing I love about #followfriday : it means THE WEEKEND IS HERE! # @kissmykitty gonna … Continue reading
WordPress Plugin Compatibility
Have you ever upgraded WordPress only to find that your favourite plugin doesn’t work any more? Well, this may be a thing in the past thanks to the Plugin Compatibility enhancements that have just been announced. It’s a new feature in the Plugin Directory driven by user’s votes to try and identify any compatibility problems [...] Continue reading
House prices in the UK on the rise?
And interesting article on the BBC website today talks about how house prices were higher last month than they were a month before. It’s interesting because the increase is a month-on-month increase rather than a gradual increase which could be attributed to seasonal frustrations. Here’s what the trend looks like:
Interesting, isn’t it? Well, there’s also [...] Continue reading
Turn your Windows 7 machine into a WiFi router
Here’s a great concept I came across: Connectify lets you turn your computer into a WiFi router, letting you share your internet connection with friends and family. There are a number of things you can do with this, ranging from sharing your wired connection with other devices around, all the way to sharing the WiFi [...] Continue reading
Twitter Updates for 2009-10-30
Wow … the twins are 1 month old today! # how come @isleofmandan gets lists before I do? Huh? # @Andrew_Taylor That's because he's my secret admirer .. seriously .. I can't see anything of that in reply to Andrew_Taylor … Continue reading
When your market disappears
Here’s an interesting development that emerged today. Google has announced a free turn-by-turn navigation product, which is placed bang square in TomTom and Garmin’s target market. As you can imagine this has wrecked havoc to the share price of existing sat nav companies.
It’s a tough reminder that your market share can be here one [...] Continue reading
Twitter Updates for 2009-10-29
@cyanogen *chuckle* .. people actually do that? in reply to cyanogen # My Treadmill Is Twittering! The Next Frontier for Connected Devices: The Gym http://ow.ly/x2ZE # Ooopps .. i seem to have messed something up # Apologies for that last … Continue reading
Considering an online MBA?
It’s great that we have so many options available nowadays. It wasn’t so many years ago that the only option to do an MBA would be to take some time off work and attend a University campus. Now there are a multitude of options around. I did mine with Heriott-Watt in Edinburgh, by correspondence, but [...] Continue reading
Considering an online MBA?
It’s great that we have so many options available nowadays. It wasn’t so many years ago that the only option to do an MBA would be to take some time off work and attend a University campus. Now there are a multitude of options around. I did mine with Heriott-Watt in Edinburgh, by correspondence, but [...] Continue reading
Firework season is upon us
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It’s that time of year again, when fireworks light up the sky and kids sit around street corners collecting money for fireworks. I’m not actively taking part in Kempton Fireworks this year, but I’ve helped them put their website up and tickets are now available for sale. It’s on the 7th of November [...] Continue reading