June 30, 2011
by Neil T
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Upon logging into my WordPress dashboard, I noticed an update to WordPress was available. Alas, it wasn’t the expected WordPress 3.2, but 3.1.4 – a security fix. Therefore, if you’re using WordPress, you’ll need to update your install. One of … Continue reading
June 29, 2011
by Neil T
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I appreciate this is the second review of a PDF-related app in as many weeks (PDF Unlock was last week’s app), however this is an app that I’ve found very useful, particularly when dealing with images that have been scanned … Continue reading
June 27, 2011
by Neil T
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On Saturday, Christine and I went to Wakefield, to visit the Hepworth Gallery, a new art gallery and museum built to house the collections of Barbara Hepworth, along with some works by other artists and sculptors inspired by her. The … Continue reading
June 26, 2011
by Neil T
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WordPress, like other modern blogging systems, supports tags on posts and also lets you display a ‘tag cloud’ as a sidebar widget, where the most used tags are in larger text. But what if you want a tag cloud as … Continue reading
June 25, 2011
by Neil T
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BBC News – Type 2 diabetes in newly diagnosed ‘can be reversed’ A research study suggests it may be possible to reverse the effects of type 2 diabetes with a strict low-calorie diet. BBC News – SpongeBob lends name to … Continue reading
June 24, 2011
by Neil T
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Earlier this week, Firefox 5.0 was released, and this represents the first release through Mozilla’s new ‘rapid release development cycle’ that will see new releases more quickly than before. Only three months have passed since Firefox 4.0 which was the … Continue reading
June 23, 2011
by Neil T
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This is the fourteenth post in a series about Foursquare – read part one, part two, part three, part four, part five. part six, part seven part eight, part nine, part ten, part eleven, part twelve and part thirteen. Over … Continue reading
June 22, 2011
by Neil T
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When you create PDF files, you have the ability to lock them so that they cannot be edited or printed without a password. But what if you’ve forgotten the password and lost the source document? Well, you may need a … Continue reading
June 21, 2011
by Neil T
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When you’ve been blogging for almost 10 years, you end up linking to a lot of things; apparently, my blog posts and your comments add up to over 10,000 links. I know this because I installed the Broken Link Checker … Continue reading
June 20, 2011
by Neil T
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At the weekend Christine, I and a couple of friends visited Leventhorpe Vineyard near Leeds. It’s one of only a few in the UK, and one of the most northerly vineyards in Europe. It’s around 5 acres, so while it’s … Continue reading