Monthly Archives: February 2008

Tracking MPG online using Google Docs

Are you a trucker, cabbie, sales rep or, anyone who wants to easily track their MPG? Read on; this tip is useful if you want to use your web-enabled mobile device (smart phone, iPhone, PDA, etc.) to do it. Up … Continue reading

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Perfect Password Process

The problem that I’m trying to solve … using a different, strong password for each online account (or more precisely managing it, so that it doesn’t go belly-up when I want to log in to site X, Y or Z). … Continue reading

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How to take screenshots in Mac OS X

Command-Shift-3: Take a screenshot of the screen, and save it as a file on the desktop Command-Shift-4, then select an area: Take a screenshot of an area and save it as a file on the desktop Command-Shift-4, then space, then … Continue reading

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iSale 5 … image problem causes crash / equinux respond with lightning speed

I recently upgraded to iSale 5, however, after upgrading to 5.0.1, iSale wouldn’t list items for me on eBay. It would successfully verify the listing and confirm the fees with eBay but when I clicked submit it would almost immediately … Continue reading

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Is Google Base an eBay killer?

Wow! I’ve just stumbled across Google Base (base.google.com and base.google.co.uk). I haven’t done a full review yet, however, at first glance it looks like you can list practically any item for sale then collect payment via Google Checkout (checkout.google.com and … Continue reading

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Well, it’s news to me

OK, almost a month late and I read for the first time that Sun is to acquire MySQL. I must have been living under a rock (as they say).

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Spoilt for choice

(Really) stunning desktop wallpapers

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How to display tags in WordPress 2.3

WordPress 2.3 allows you to tag posts. In the theme I use, to display the tags on your blog’s post you need to edit your ‘single.php’ file. Log in to your WordPress dashboard then select Presentation > Theme Editor Select … Continue reading

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How to set up Feedburner email subscriptions in WP Premium

Many thanks to Jeff Story for his useful instructions on how to set up FeedBurner email subscriptions in WP Premium thus saving me a greal deal of time trying to figure it out. Nice one Jeff.

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Tags vs. Categories in WordPress 2.3

Now that I’ve gone all ‘social’ and decided to use del.icio.us tagging I thought my blog categories could do with an overhaul. Coincidently, I’ve just updated my WordPress install to 2.3 and now there’s a ‘tag’ field. A search on … Continue reading

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