Category Archives: Computers and Internet

Goodbye 1 & 1

Posted on 12/1/2012 by Ian

I just sent the following email to 1 & 1′s billing department. I’ve been with them for coming up to 7 years now and they were, when I first used them, the only registraar I knew about and I was … Continue reading →

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Hosting an Octopress Blog on Amazon S3

Posted on 9/9/2011 by Ian

Octopress is a framework for blogging based on the static site generator jekyll. In short jekyll takes markdown and turns it into blog style html ready to be served straight away with Apache whilst Octopress dresses it up nicely with … Continue reading →

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A Survey of Hype in Web Development Podcasts

Posted on 31/3/2011 by Ian

I listen to quite a few web dev podcasts. Something that irks me about a lot of them, is how much they tend to hype their own shows, products or the like. Sure, they’re allowed to, it is their own … Continue reading →

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Amazon Associates WordPress Wishlist Plugin is No More

Posted on 28/11/2010 by Ian

I think my post title says it all really. I’ve just discovered that amazon has deprecated use of its ListLookup method since October 15th. I had used this in order to retrieve details of my amazon wishlist and display neatly … Continue reading →

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Lovefilm Filmstream Plugin for WordPress

Posted on 18/4/2010 by Ian

Something I’ve thought I’d like to have on my site for a while is a list of movies that I’ve recently seen and some brief opinions on them. I’m not entirely sure how I would go about this for films … Continue reading →

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Discovering Google

Posted on 25/10/2009 by Ian

I’ve recently read a post over on the guardians technology site which gave a whistle-stop history of the internet as it turns 40. I thought I’d share here my own experiences of growing up alongside the web, more for my … Continue reading →

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Aardman

Posted on 26/9/2009 by Ian

In order for me to generate this post I’ve created something quite novel on my blog – a new category which I’ve not had a great deal of experience in previously, “work”. For the last couple of months I’ve been … Continue reading →

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Create Your Own TinyURL Service for WordPress

Posted on 16/5/2009 by Ian

I don’t particularly like using URL shortening services. I think I first noticed them getting used rather prolificly in the Guardians technology section to include lots of random links to bizarre web content. TinyURL’s own web site wouldn’t particularly inspire … Continue reading →

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Stephen Fry and the Ascent of “Micro Blogging”

Posted on 6/2/2009 by Ian

Twitter is all over the news at the moment. For the uninitiated, it allows you to list short updates of what you are doing at any time. BBC News seemed to have an all-out assault at the end of January … Continue reading →

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Are Music Blogs getting a Raw Deal?

Posted on 31/1/2009 by Ian

I can’t help but feel a little sorry for music blogs as of late. I’m sure you may be familiar with The Hype Machine and may use it on a daily basis. For the uninitiated, it is essentially a music … Continue reading →

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