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Wasp!
Sunday, 22 June 2008

A Wasp

I really should find some things to write about. My friend, Chris, has a blog about his travels in Asia. I can't help but feel an exotic country might help fuel my desire to post, and maybe even crack out my camera more often.

Exotic countries aside I did venture into the garden today -- my Mum's little, exotic paradise. I even took a few photos and uploaded them to my PBase.

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Comment Spam
Sunday, 15 June 2008

It seems someone has cracked the Turing test of AkoComment bot yet again. Ako, where are thou?

Joomla 1.5 has been out for a while now -- I'll look at upgrading soon. Hopefully it'll have some better safeguards against this sort of thing.

Well, I've been playing with my Mac recently, and I'm VERY impressed.

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The Dark Side
Monday, 26 May 2008

I did something for the first time the other day. I bought a Mac.

"Wow!"

That's the response Microsoft would rather you have about Vista, but if the recent calls to extend XP are anything to go by they shouldn't hold their breath.

I can safely say I'm in the wow-zone with Apple though -- shock and awe guaranteed Smiley

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WD MyBook Hacks
Tuesday, 01 April 2008

My external USB hard-drive packed up recently and I found myself in the need of a new one. I mentioned this to a friend whom suggested a 1Tb NAS unit at PC World for just £149.99.

"Bargain" I said.

I googled the item in question and beholden -- it runs Linux!  At its heart lies Oxford Semiconductors's OXE800SE, a nifty little chip based around an ARM926 processor (presumably) modified to incorporate Ethernet, SATA & USB.

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Ladies and Gentlemen...
Thursday, 24 January 2008

Joomla! 1.5 is HERE!

Yes, yes, we've all been waiting (well I have) and the moment of truth beholds us... After 2½ years in the making Joomla 1.5 stable is HERE! I've only just finished updating the site so I'm not about to rush off and install it - no doubt some migration issues will need ironing out too, but the coming weeks/months look promising.

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