Category Archives: Ramblings

Using Magento (seven months on)

Posted on March 12, 2009 by Dave

I posted way back at the end of June on my use of Magento over Cubecart. Well it’s been seven months since then and I’ve had a few people asking how things are going …so here are a few thoughts. … Continue reading →

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Viewing Microsoft Office documents with Firefox on OS X (without using Office)

Posted on June 27, 2008 by Dave

My uni seems incapable of setting a single timetable for a term and sticking to it, so they make several “up-to-date” timetables available on their website which are updated daily. However they insist on keeping these timetables in Word and … Continue reading →

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Finding a new webhost

Posted on March 9, 2008 by Dave

As some of you may have noticed, the site was down for like over 2 or 3 weeks in Janurary due to problems with my old web host, but only two webhosts and three servers later it was back! I’ve … Continue reading →

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Problems with UK:Web Group

Posted on March 9, 2008 by Dave

I’m wriitng this post as a warning to other potential customers to UK:Web group, formally UkWebHosting. After using the company for the last couple of years I paid to renew my domain name in December when reminded by email. UK:Web … Continue reading →

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SafariPlus works in Leopard …kind of

Posted on January 4, 2008 by Dave

I included SafariPlus in my original list of the best free programs available on OS X and Windows. It’s an InputManager plugin for Safari on OS X, mainly for cookie management but also for blocking flash and gif animations. It’s … Continue reading →

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