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Taking out the trash

Published on 5 October, 2010

I’ve decided that the time has finally come for me to stop procrastinating and go ahead and archive this blog. I’ve been keeping this blog for over 5 years now, and I think the time has come for it to get a completely fresh facelift and redesign. I’ll probably keep most of what I consider [...]


Making a better Mouse

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I picked up an Apple Magic Mouse last night after finally getting fed up with the scroll ball in the ‘Mighty Mouse’ getting clogged and not working. The Magic Mouse is a gorgeous minimalistic piece of wireless hardware that features a touch-sensitive surface, allowing you to perform the actions of the scroll ball or a [...]


The iPad: two weeks on

Published on 14 June, 2010

A little over two weeks ago, I bought an iPad. I wasn’t really excited about the device and I did wonder if it really was a necessary purchase. So, after two weeks am I still using it? Well, yes! I still maintain that it is a luxury item – it’s not something you necessarily need, [...]


Hacked off

Published on 9 June, 2010

Last Saturday my Blog was hacked with the ZettaPetta hack. basically all my PHP files had some malicious code injected somehow. Information about how this happened is quite cagey – various people on the internet have commented that it is across a lot of sites, and not necessarily just WordPress sites. Apologies if you’ve visited [...]


First thoughts on the iPad

Published on 1 June, 2010

Last Friday, along with hundreds of others, I was in a queue at the Birmingham Bullring Apple store to purchase an iPad. When it was announced, I really didn’t think that I’d want one. Yes, it looked nice, but why would I need a device that was basically a glorified eBook reader, web browser and [...]