Category Archives: Computing

Current FireFox extensions

Posted on January 31, 2006 by David

Owen just published a list of his current FireFox extensions, so I thought I’d join in. Adblock 0.5.3.042 BetterSearch 1.9 BugMeNot 1.3 ColorZilla 0.8.3.1 del.icio.us 1.0.2 dragdropupload 1.5.4 Ext2Abc 0.4 Fasterfox 1.0.3 Flashblock 1.5 FxIF 0.2.2 Google Images Re-Linker 0.3 … Continue reading →

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Free excel 2006 wall/year planners

Posted on January 4, 2006 by David

Earlier today I searched the internet for a 2006 wall planner – kind of like the Sasco wall planners that you see on office walls. I didn’t find what I was looking for, apart from a couple of sites wanting … Continue reading →

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MS update breaks IE6 if you’ve played with IE7

Posted on December 19, 2005 by David

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

Posted on December 9, 2005 by David

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

Posted on December 7, 2005 by David

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?

Posted on December 1, 2005 by David

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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User Experience 2005 Conference

Posted on November 11, 2005 by David

I’ll be at the Nielsen Norman Group User Experience 2005 Conference on Sunday and Monday with Rob, in the Information Architecture 1 & 2 presentations.

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Visual studio express editions – Free!

Posted on November 8, 2005 by David

Microsoft has released the slimmed down versions of Visual Studio 2005 and SQL Server 2005 for free! Go grab your copy from here now! Thanks to Owen for the info! P.S. If you want a full install, not a network … Continue reading →

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