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  • 2008
    • April
      • Long time no blog!!
        04/15/08
        It's been a busy busy time for me just lately, updating Exmoor Park with a few more listings and a funky new exmoor accommodation search map.

        There are also stand alone maps for exmoor self catering cottages and exmoor bed and breakfast

        Just finished working on the new D K

    • February
      • Getting Amazon's widget code to pass XHTML validation!
        02/20/08
        I had an interesting little problem the other day whilst messing around with Amazon's little widgets! They are fun little boxes you can stick in your blog or on any web page really.

        I had a page that validated as XHTML 1.0 Transitional and wanted to maintain my code compliance as per

    • January
      • HP Savings Promotion - cashback rebate scam update
        01/24/08
        I finally after emailing the HP Savings Promotion offer ( run by Outbound on HP's behalf apparently ) was given an HP phone number to complain. After being passed from pillar to post and given 6 different numbers . . . . . an individual at HP finally gave me the number to contact Outbound on th

      • HP PC Savings Promotion - Scam or not?
        01/16/08
        It's been a while since I posted a new entry, but I've been very busy over the last three months and really haven't had a moment for the blog!

        I did however buy myself a couple of new laptops from HP in November which were subject to the HP PC Savings Promotion. Despite my

  • 2007
    • September
      • BT Home Hub external aerial connection
        09/14/07
        I'm sure like many people, you want to be able to use your BT Home Hub with the free VOIP calls and still get a good wireless signal around the house. This can be a problem if you live in an old house with thick walls, a house with a lot of walls, or just a very big house!

        I was rece

      • Image naming for SEO and making things easy for your web designer!!
        09/04/07
        One of the things that I try to do when I get images from clients, is to make sure they are named correctly. By that I mean that instead of sending your web designer images straight from your digital camera named " DSC145.jpg " or anything similar; name them specific to the item/product.
    • August
      • Backup ........Backup again ..................Backup online?!
        08/28/07
        Yes I know I know . . . . . I never covered the online backup option when talking about backups

        Well for those people that want to be able to access their info on the move from multiple computers, or share their pics, files, videos or music, then you could always use an online backup ser

      • Backup of Outlook Express data
        08/27/07
        Well I had an email from someone yesterday asking about Outlook Express and how to back it up. Rather than me go through the list and detail how to do it, I'm just going to post the " official " link from the Micro$oft site which not only covers how to backup your emails, but also you

      • Backup Backup . . . . . . and more Backup!
        08/25/07
        Over the last couple of weeks, I've had someone who's laptop was stolen with lots of their work on it and another person who had a hard drive failure and lost everything .

        You never realise how important your work and personal data is until it's gone!

        I guess th

      • Elgg install and setup not going quite so smoothly!!
        08/20/07
        Well . . . . I have been looking for a decent social networking script for a while, and eventually came across Elgg.

        I downloaded it after reading some good stuff about it, but alas, the post install setup has not quite gone to plan! I am having a collection of interesting problems, some

      • New Hearts and Crossses Venetian Glass Jewellery site redesign complete
        08/20/07
        All the updates and redesign has now been completed for Hearts & Crosses, and the site is live again.

        Russell Houghton did the photography, and the images look great. Julie Welburn herself did all the updates and uploaded all the new products using our EZcart software. A great effort

      • New blog up and running
        08/20/07
        Well, I guess that finally I've managed to decide upon what blog software to use and here we are!

        I've been playing with Bblog, Wordpress, Movable Type and Typepad just to mention a few!!

        However, being a lover of free/open source software, I have ended up with this c