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Category Archives: MySetup
Why has this blog been terminated?
Short answer: because I broke it and couldn’t fix it. So, I started a new blog – www.JamesBliss.net. However, it was niggling me that I couldn’t fix it, so I persevered. And finally I fixed it – see this post … Continue reading
Fixed my cross-posting problems, I hope
My blog is supposed to send my blog posts to twitter and is also supposed to send my tweets to my blog. However, I’ve just noticed that this has stopped recently. A bit of digging around and I find out … Continue reading
Posted in Admin, MySetup, Tweets
Tagged authentication, oauth, twitter, twitter tools
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URL shortening
Long URLs don’t play nicely if you’re character-limited, e.g. when posting to twitter, or maybe, including a link in an email or when leaving a comment on a blog or forum. Therefore, the use of URL shortening services, which, for … Continue reading
Posted in DoIT, MySetup, OpenSource, WebDev
Tagged bit.ly, tinyurl, url shortening, yourls
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Tesco iPhone app
Tesco iPhone app, originally uploaded by James Bliss. The ‘Tesco Finder’ iPhone app is quite handy. I couldn’t find the lemon juice so, I typed ‘lemon juice’ into the app and it told me where to find it – and … Continue reading
Posted in Applications, MoBlog, MySetup, Photo
Tagged app, iphone, lemon juice, tesco
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Blog and Twitter integration
I have installed Twitter Tools. Blog post and tweets should now replicate both ways.
Lotus Symphony for the Mac (beta)
IBM Lotus Symphony for the Mac is available, in beta. It’s currently at version 1.2 and so far I like it. It’s quick, I like the tab-based “all applications-in-one approach”, it’s cross-platform (with Windows and Linux versions also available) and, … Continue reading
TeamViewer – Windows and Mac remote access
Free for non-commercial use. Very easy to install and use. Client to client encryption. TeamViewer gives you remote access, VPN, VNC, file sharing and more between Windows PCs and Macs across any internet connection. I just connected from my MacPro … Continue reading
I now have a public calendar
It sounds grander than it actually is. But, I think it’s useful. I’m now sync’ing my work calendar (Lotus Notes 7 running on my IBM ThinkPad) with my home calendar (Apple iCal on MacPro) and displaying them using Google Calendar. … Continue reading
IM utopia
For Mac OS X, Adium allows users to use one instant messaging (IM) client application to connect to multiple IM services. For Windows, Linux, BSD, and other UNIX platforms, Pidgin offers the same. They allow you to connect to AOL … Continue reading
Time Machine problem
I plugged in a 400GB external firewire drive to perform my first Time Machine backup. Formatted, it has 372GB available. However, TM reported the following error. Strange, as the combined size of the data to be backed up is 334GB.