Tag: technology
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Card Protector
Feel free to put this ad banner on your own web site or weblog. And make sure you take advantage of this great service, yourself, too. (by the way, you can't see this post on Abnib, you'll have to click here to see it).
The content of this post depended upon Flash, a now-obsolete technology. The … -
50 GMail Invites!!!
This is just silly. I have 50 - yes, count 'em - 50 GMail invites. Nope; 49, now. If you want one, shout. And yes; Becky, I'll sort one for you as soon as you tell me where to e-mail it to.
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Sam’s Spam
I just got swamped by about 150 bits of trackback spam. Not a problem - I know how to deal with it and I was able to get rid of it all in line of SQL code... and it was also interesting to see that I rank highly enough in common searches to find 'open' …
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Flash MX 2004 Data Integration/XML Features
Geeky post.
I've just been playing with the data integration and XML-parsing features offered by the new version of Macromedia Flash (traditionally used for animation on the web, but nowadays used for all kinds of things, like those silly games at Shockwave.com). They're actually quite impressive - here's the result of my fiddling this evening (requires … -
Freedom Sport And Surf
There's a lesson here for any business with a web site:
I'm sure that you may be familiar with Freedom Sport & Surf, the sports goods shop on Alexandra Road (opposite the carpet shop formerly known as Rumbletums Cafe). Well; they had a website - FreedomSportAndSurf.com. But they let the domain name expire, and it's been … -
Geeky Humour - The Concatenator
String c = a.concat(b); has never been so violent. -
More Geeky Fun - Hack Security Cameras
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Three More “Extremely Critical” Internet Explorer 6 Vulnerabilities
Three more "extremely critical" Internet Explorer vulnerabilities are being reported today. Secunia's advice - Use another product.
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First Look At Microsoft Ani-Spyware
Microsoft have released a beta-test version of their new Anti-Spyware program (based on technology they gained during their recent acquisition of Giant Company Software). As a happy little curious bunny, I decided to download it and give it a go on one of the computers laying about at work.
Installation of Anti-Spyware is the typical InstallShield-driven … -
The Stigma Of The Amiga
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LiveJournal Sells
Following up yesterday's rumours, it can now be seen that, officially, LiveJournal has been sold to SixApart. The details look pretty good - the service will remain much as-it-is, nobody will be 'migrated' to TypePad or MoveableType, and - better yet - LiveJournal might actually (finally) get some much-needed new features, such as trackback (which …
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Ah; Computers
Heh! Celoxis, a web-based project management tool we've been experimenting with, e-mailed me twice today - just past midnight, and half an hour later - to remind me that it will be my birthday on Saturday (in case I didn't know). Better yet, our mail server picked up on these e-mails and flagged them as …
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LiveJournal May Be Sold
I hear that LiveJournal - one of the world's biggest blogging communities (and home to most of the blogs syndicated by Abnib) - is to be sold to SixApart, a TypePad/MoveableType-based blog-host.
What effect this will have on holders of existing LiveJournal accounts - particularly paid accounts - is as yet unknown. Nonetheless, I think this … -
Completed Half-Life 2
(don't worry - no spoilers) Well - I've finished Half-Life 2. I must say, it just got more and more stunning. The weapon you're left using for the last two chapters is simply wonderful (think: gravity gun v2.0). The finish is... simply stunning, and suddenly the G-Man seems even more mysterious than ever... it's just... …
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Half-Life 2
Half-Life 2. The most immersive first-person shooter I've ever played. From it's "throw you in at the deep end" beginning - chased around the streets of the overpowering City 17 by Combine agents, rushing through apartments as raids go on all around you - to it's immensely clever, multi-faceted puzzles - how do I get …