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British Politicians Take Note


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Wednesday 31 October 2007

Slice of the Action


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Monday 22 October 2007

A 40″ HD LCD TV is nothing to shout about, they’ve been around for a while…but Samsung’s latest offering is something to shout about. It’s just 10mm thick! That’s 0.39″ for all you imperialists!

Firefox Not Saving Passwords


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Thursday 18 October 2007

I recently had quite a bit of trouble with my computer. I reinstalled Windows more than once, and have eventually got everything working again. I used Backupfox to save all my Firefox settings, but when i restored the settings into my new install of Firefox, all my passwords were gone.
Although the box was ticked to [...]

Wall of Books


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Saturday 13 October 2007

While watching an episode of House MD (great show btw!), there was a seen in a lawyers office, and i noticed the wall full of identical books that is so common in  TV lawyer offices!
It made me think that this may soon become a thing of the past. I presume the books are primarily used [...]

Do Your Bit


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Tuesday 9 October 2007

Burma Campaign UK has announced two petitions calling for action.
TAKE ACTION
The Burma Campaign UK and MTV have joined forces again to call for action by
the United Nations Security Council. Visit http://www.mtvburmaaction.com to email the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and the permanent members of
the United Nations Security Council.
TAKE ACTION
Email European Union governments calling on them [...]

Amazon Payments Update


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Monday 8 October 2007

Since i last posted about this, i’ve sold two books! The first was within 4 hours of listing it on Amazon, the other came over the weekend.
In my opinion, when selling books second hand, Amazon Payments far outweighs eBay as the top marketplace for:

ease of listing your item
simplicity
speed of sale (when compared to 7 or [...]

Site Update


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Monday 8 October 2007

I’ve changed a few things around on my site this morning. With the recent upgrade to Wordpress 2.3, we now have integrated tagging, so all posts will be categorised and tagged. This led me to change the layout of the posts, with the categories and tags displayed on the bottom at the left, and the [...]

My Run for Relief!


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Thursday 4 October 2007

I’m taking part in the aforementioned race this Saturday in the meadows. Please support myself and Roland by checking out this page. Your support would be much appreciated.

Petitions Galore


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Wednesday 3 October 2007

Check out and feel free to sign these petitions on the current situation in Burma.

Run for Relief


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Wednesday 3 October 2007

There’s a host of things happening this Saturday (6th October) in support of the current situation in Burma. You can access full information on everything that’s happening by checking out their Facebook page.
Edinburgh is hosting a ‘Run for Relief‘ in the meadows, followed by a lunch which will be addressed by Zoya Phan, a Burmese [...]