June 10, 2011
by Neil T
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Rather than post about each change I’ve made to the site this week, I’ve rolled them all up for this one entry. First of all, I’ve enabled gzip compression on all pages using Apache’s mod_deflate (which was installed on the … Continue reading
April 8, 2010
by Neil T
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In October last year I uninstalled RealPlayer from my computer. Almost exactly 6 months on and I’ve not encountered any audio or video which refused to play as a result.
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March 23, 2010
by Neil T
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I’ve made a few more changes to the site, the most obvious being the ‘Sign-in with Twitter’ link on the comments.
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October 14, 2009
by Neil T
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In light of the news that the BBC is abandoning RealMedia for its live streaming and listen again services, I’ve decided to uninstall RealPlayer from my Mac.
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June 11, 2009
by Neil T
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I’ve upgraded Movable Type, the software which has powered this blog for almost 7 years, to the latest version 4.26 – full details about the update are here but beyond performance improvements and minor bug fixes it isn’t earth-shattering.
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January 23, 2009
by Neil T
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Yesterday, Flickr released a new version of their Flickr Uploadr. Since version 3 the Uploadr has been based on XULRunner, the technology with powers Firefox, Thunderbird and Songbird, which means that it’s possible to install extensions.
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December 2, 2006
by Neil T
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I’ve implemented something resembling threaded comments here, which means that you can reply to specific comments previously posted on an entry.
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July 22, 2006
by Neil T
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I’m now running Movable Type 3.31 on here. It’s been out for a few days now but I’ve waited until the majority of the plugins I use have been updated for it.
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February 17, 2004
by Neil T
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Over the past couple of days, there’s been a couple of articles on the web criticising Apple’s iTunes. I think Apple could silence many of their critics with just one new feature: plugins.
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