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Oct 11 / Oli

7 Days with Windows 7: Part 1

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OK, jokes aside, I decided to take the plunge and upgrade to Microsoft Windows 7 this week. I was keen to see if it lived up to the hype, and wanted to see for myself whether this really was Windows "Vista Redux". I was an early adopter of Windows Vista, and to be honest I've been ...

Oct 5 / Oli

Tech Support Cheat Sheet

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I found this while mindlessly browsing the web tonight. Made me laugh :o) - Perhaps I should email it to my family to save on phonecalls! Credit to xkcd

Sep 19 / Oli

Sunset Photos: Porth Nanvern, Cornwall

Sunset, Porth Nanvern

I recently visited Cornwall, and had been given a tip to track down a little-known cove near Lands End called Porth Nanvern, in the Cot Valley. The beach is littered with large, polished rocks - and the bay faces West which makes it great for sunset photos. Unfortunately there wasn't a cloud in the sky ...

Sep 8 / Oli

Arthemia Premium: Fix for Random Posts

If you're using the Arthemia Premium WordPress theme, then you may have come across this problem: The "Random Posts / Video" footer you can choose to have at the bottom of some of your pages assumes that ALL of your posts have thumbnails available. The problem I have is that a lot of my older ...

Sep 2 / Oli

Setting Sail Across the C

I'm a Microsoft developer. There, I said it. I've grown up in a world of BASIC, from the early days of QuickBASIC through to VB.NET today. It's a fantastic, easy going world to live in - particularly since .NET - as everything (and I mean EVERYTHING) is laid out for you. As a development environment, ...