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Simple Drupal 7 Starter Theme: Now Avaliable For Download

Posted on 14/11/10

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Drupal is a complex content management system that offers almost infinite flexibility for website designers. The issue is that, because the community is very developer-centric which can be disconcerting to even the greatest of web designers. As such, I published a comprehensive video training series about key concepts developers should be aware of before getting [...]

HTML5 Rundown: When To Use It

Posted on 30/10/10

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HTML is the fabric of the internet. For web designers and developers, being able to write it as well as keeping on top of it is a much needed skill. As such, I thought it’d be topical to talk about the changes to the language that have occurred and will occur in the next few [...]

Tips For Switching Operating System

Posted on 28/10/10

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If you’re anything like me, you want the best computing experience you can get. In order to achieve that, you may feel the need to change your primary operating system. As it is something that you rely on on a daily basis, the can be a difficult decision to make and many considerations. I thought [...]

Taking a Look At 1Password

Posted on 10/04/10

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With a social networking culture fast immuring in our society, we all have lots of very different passwords that we need to remember unless we want our digital life to crumble. We also fill in many other types of webforms that require us to consistently fill in identical information that doesn’t change (name, email, address, [...]

The AVCHD Struggle

Posted on 18/12/09

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Recently, I purchased a great 1080p camcorder, the Panasonic HDC SD5, for use in my YouTube videos. As per a previous post, I made sure to do my research and thus discovered that the device recorded in the AVCHD format. This seemed the slandered for consumer camcorders that handle such high resolutions. Turned out, my [...]

Improving Your Writing Style

Posted on 01/12/09

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Often times when I read posts from armature blogs (I am no super-pro), I see issues that consistently plague otherwise fantastic content. Largely, I credit that to the fact that anyone can post their thoughts online and thus can become a little sloppy when writing to what is, broadly, a much young demographic. In that [...]

When You Should Buy New Gadgets

Posted on 30/11/09

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One of the problems with being a technology evangelist is the constant evolution and a constant self-pressure to get the latest gadgetry. Many of us just aren’t in a financial position by which to support it. For this reason, we need to be selective when investing in expensive hardware and can get dismayed at the [...]

Consumers Are The Barrier To Technology Innovation?

Posted on 29/11/09

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Often times, I find myself, and others, complaining about the fact that a sweet product rumor did not come to pass. This got me thinking about the impacts hype has on technology innovation and arrived at the conclusion that the consumer is the barrier to and the driver of technology innovation in a single breath. [...]

Tips For Blogging Inspiration

Posted on 28/11/09

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You guys may have noticed that I haven’t posted here for quite a number of days. Don’t worry, I’ve got a whole ton of exciting reviews coming in the next few weeks so don’t worry. That said, I thought it might be topical to talk about some tips to help you get some inspiration for [...]

Computer Buying Considerations

Posted on 23/11/09

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From personal experience, I know how tough it can be to decide what computer to buy. This is topical for the holiday season because many people are looking to pick up, or request, a new one as a gift. I thought it may be helpful to some such people if I were to provide some [...]

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