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Solid State Drives Thoughts & Recommendations
I recently made the mistake of getting an OCZ Vertex 3 drive for my Asus U36SD laptop. The Vertex 3 is an incredible SSD, one of the fastest in existence. Unfortunately for me, other Vertex 3 owners, and the manufacturers … Continue reading
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Because of Their Perseverance and Consistency
These guys have been spamming my sports blog for nigh on 10 years now, with pretty much the exact same message year in, year out. (My thanks to Askimet for nuking 99.9% of their submissions.) I was bloody annoyed at … Continue reading
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How to Take a Screenshot (on any system)
I’ve needed to capture a screenshots on several systems recently that do not have the “Print Screen” button. Here are some handy ways to take a picture of the current screen or application if you don’t have access to them. … Continue reading
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New reading materials (sf and f)
I was just complaining on Twitter that I’m all out of Charlie Stross and I need some new scifi to read. I am a pretty avid scifi reader (to say the least: it’s like crack cocaine to me). Ross, Janet … Continue reading
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How To Stop Skype Changing Your Website Design
If visitors to your website have Skype installed, it may reformat what it thinks are phone numbers on your website. This can be very annoying if you’re a web designer and you get an angry phone call from a client … Continue reading
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Dear Google, Please Index…
Dear Google, Please add the following sites to your almighty index: Croagh Patrick Heritage Trail Alastair’s new site Thank you!
Testing a Spambot Blocker
I’m testing a spambot blocker courtesy of Augusto over at Spanish SEO. So if you can’t read this blog post, please let me know asap It displays a nice big STOLEN sign, as seen on the right here, to mess … Continue reading
Removing date from WordPress permalink: .htaccess 301
I just updated my permalinks structure on amdsoft.com to remove the dates from the URL. This is slightly better for SEO, and is nicer looking also. So now we get URLs like http://amdsoft.com/essential-software-for-new-macos-box/ instead of http://amdsoft.com/2009/03/12/essential-software-for-new-macos-box/ In WordPress, this is … Continue reading
23 Inch Full HD Widescreen for 186 EUR delivered
Friend of mine just pointed out this deal to me: Dell S2309W 23-Inch Full HD Widescreen Flat Panel Monitor – Black http://accessories.euro.dell.com/sna/productdetail.aspx?c=ie&l=en&cs=iedhs1&sku=184923 Use 20% off coupon: S2309WFP (Expires 29 December 2008) to get it for 186 EUR. Nice deal eh?