Monthly Archives: December 2005

Ho Ho Ho

Meeeerrrrrrry Christmas, and a happy new year!

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MS update breaks IE6 if you’ve played with IE7

As just reported by The register, a recent Microsoft update causes problems with Internet Explorer 6 if you’ve previously run version 7 (beta) in ‘standalone’ mode. This hit me, but I was blaming it on a recent install of the … Continue reading

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‘Go on mate… Wheelie!!’

What is it with kids (14-18 year olds I mean, god I must be getting old!) these days. They see a bike and they feel that they must try to get you to ‘do a wheelie’ for them. “Yes mate, … Continue reading

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molly.com ?Ǭª An Open Letter to Disney Store UK

Molly E. Holzschlag, Group Lead at the Web Standards Project (WaSP) has posted an open letter (partly because their feedback system no longer works!) to Disney Store UK on her blog, regarding their recent redesign. It seems that whoever redesigned … Continue reading

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Recolored: Automatic colorizing for B&W photos

Received this in my Download Squad RSS feed this morning. Norwegian developer Haakon Bertheussen has implemented an algorithm that colorises black and white photos in his own program called Recolored. The Windows beta is available to play with for free. … Continue reading

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Which RSS reader?

I’ve always used SharpReader for aggregating RSS feeds, but after a recent debate at work I’m finding myself trying two new programs. Problem is, I can’t decide between them The two that I’m trialling are RSSOwl and RSS Bandit (A … Continue reading

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