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  • Web design vs weblogging

    What’s more fun? Blogging or creating the pages? What’s more fun? Reading RSS feeds or creating them? I’ve just got around to creating an RSS feed for this page, as you can see from the link on the right. Being somewhat lazy, and also being convinced that something that comes from a database (as my… Continue reading

  • Firefox

    I’ve been using Firefox as my web browser of choice for some time now. It’s much better than Internet Explorer. Firefox comes as a basic package – a web browser, but with multiple tabs, so you can open as many web pages as you like without having to open another browser windows. Firefox blocks popups… Continue reading

  • Xandros, Ximian and Zire

    At last! Xandros Linux is up and running at a decent resolution. Firefox is installed and running. Ximian Evolution is configured and my Palm Zire has generously donated it’s contact and address details to prime Evolution with vital information from my production machine running XP Pro. Now at least I can explore the possibilities of… Continue reading

  • Linux rant

    Time for a rant about Linux. I’m not the slowest in the IT world, and I’ve installed every operating system I have come across from the various versions of DOS (MS and others), I’ve installed OS/2, I’ve installed every version of Windows and many versions of Linux. The thought of buying a proper Linux distro… Continue reading

  • Graphic design = Flash design, not!

    What’s in a design? Been Stumbling through the graphic design recommendations. Why do graphic designers insist on Flash? The point of broadband is to make sites fast, not so that graphic designers can dump even more data down the line to us. Surely good design is more to do with working within the medium rather… Continue reading