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16 Oct by Rob in Web

One account. All of Google

One account. All of Google
It looks like Google have updated their sign on process for their webapps. This is what greeted me today when login in to gmail.com I like the interfaces provided and think it looks very modern. ...more»

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23 Nov by Rob in Web

Get YouTubes New Design Early

Get YouTubes New Design Early
I stumbled across marketaire.com example on how to enable the new YouTube redesign. In their walkthrough they advise that it's only possible if your using Google Chrome or Firefox due to their developer mode function, I thought this was odd as all they were doing was adding a value to the cookie. We're ...more»

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4 Oct by Rob in Web

Sending Teamer.net Notifications

Sending Teamer.net Notifications
This season my rugby team has started to use Teamer.net as a way of contacting players and asking them for their availability for matches. When we first began people seemed slightly confused due to a change in the way we do things but sending a team notification with Teamer.net is ...more»

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5 Sep by Rob in Web

Search IKEA By Size

Search IKEA By Size
I recently moved in to a new property and as such had to move all my belongings with me. The landlord at the new apartment had provided us with a 28" screen mounted on the wall which I intended on replacing with my 42" TV. I didn't want to use the ...more»

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8 Jul by Rob in Web

Getting in to Google+

Getting in to Google+
When I first heard that Google had created their own Social Network I knew that I wanted in. The following are the steps I took to get an invite and ultimately get in to Google+ The first thing you need to do is get an invite. These come in two forms an official invite from ...more»

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12 Feb by Rob in Web

Global Gossip Connect Internet Terminal

Global Gossip Connect Internet Terminal
I'm currently staying in a rather nice hostel/hotel in Edinburgh as it's Wales vs Scotland in the six nations. The hostel provides seven PCs for residents to use at a charge of £1 for 20 minutes use, this to me seemed a little steep for the amount of interneting that I ...more»

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5 Nov by Rob in Web

WebSence Simple Proxy

WebSence Simple Proxy
At work they have implemented the WebSense Internet filter. This doesn't bother me to much as most of the websites that I frequent are not on the black list and so it doesn't interfere to much but there are exceptions. No social networking pages are available and also certain blogs are ...more»

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17 Sep by Rob in Web

Update Diaspora

Update Diaspora
Having installed Diaspora succesfully yesterday I got on to #diaspora to make some friends and actually use the social aspect of diaspora. Yesterday a lot of things were not working correctly, thankfully the developers were lurking in IRC and advised us that many of our issues were being corrected and that the Git was ...more»

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16 Sep by Rob in Web

Installing Diaspora on a CentOS VPS

Installing Diaspora on a CentOS VPS
Yesterday an Open Source alternative to Facebook was launched by four New Yorkers called Diaspora. Today I decided to have a play and see if I could get this installed on one of my servers. The following post details the steps I took to get it up and running.

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23 Jul by Rob in Rob, Web

Buying an Estonian Domain Name

Buying an Estonian Domain Name
On July 3rd by pure luck I stumbled across a change that was to take place on the 5th in the way Estonia was allocating it's .ee domain names. Before the 5th you had to be an Estonian resident, Only one domain was allowed per person, Domains were free, Companies could only ...more»

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