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Is there another word for thesaurus?

I got stuck today so grabbed my thesaurus (the old fashioned version with words printed on paper) and started digging around for a few alternatives. I found what I needed, only I don’t think many people would have heard of … Continue reading

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It’s Official: Google Apps Suck, here’s Zdnet’s top 10 list Google should kill

Zdnet found 10 projects Google should kill after the demise of the Wave beta yesterday. Google Buzz. What was that anyway? Orkut.  I honestly never visited the site unless by mistake. Friend Connect.  Not sure I have heard of this … Continue reading

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Six degrees of seperation rapidly becoming three

Are you still surprised when you discover a friend on a new social network?  The number of useful social media sites is growing.  Specialist sites for our interests help keep us focused as opposed to facebook and twitter. You have … Continue reading

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The best wiki for customisation

wiki’s make it easy to edit through the browser. I like everything about them except for two irritating problems. They all look the same They are not easy to customise Both problems now solved by wikkawiki. It remains a wiki … Continue reading

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Repeal the Digital Economy Act and End Commercial Lobbying

It’s embarrassing. On the face of it copyright owners get extra protection and a simple route to having content removed from the Internet they claim is in use without their permission. The suspect is assumed guilty until proven innocent. Its … Continue reading

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Using twitter as an alerting platform

I received an email from Clickatell inviting me to top up my SMS account.  After a split second consideration I realised I did not need them anymore.  Sorry Clickatell! Twitter is more convenient.  I have setup a few private accounts … Continue reading

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Payment Processing for Onelogbook

Onelogbook is an outdoor sports activity program currently in development. My task was to add Paypal payment processing to the joining form. Technologies used were PHP, MySQL, Javascript and I created a few minor graphics. Payment information is sent to … Continue reading

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New widget for Styleroomz

Styleroomz asked for a widget to showcase products. Data is retrieved from their affiliate source as XML in a zip file. The XML is updated daily to ensure prices and special offers are fresh. The widget uses HTML, XML, MySQL, … Continue reading

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Redesigning Styleroomz Product Search

I was given the opportunutiy to alter the search results layout for Styleroomz.com, a fashion website for dress sizes between 16 and 20.  The improved search design required alterations to PHP and Javascript.

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Lanzaventura Vacation Club

The site owner needed a new button added which required a small modification to the Javascript and the creation of two images.

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