Category Archives: Technology
WordPress 3.2
I’d been reluctant to upgrade the Web server to WordPress 3.x, fearing the loss of my many customisations to the EOS theme and the ensuing scramble to reintegrate them, which would probably fail due to fundamental changes in the structure … Continue reading
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Popping Tablets
It’s no secret that I don’t like Apple; the technology company, not the Beatles’ record label. The restrictions they impose on what device owners can do with the hardware and software for which they have parted with sizeable sums are … Continue reading
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E-mail Feed Retiring
After careful consideration, I’ve decided to remove this blog’s e-mail feed. That means that those of you who read new postings via e-mail will no longer receive them via this medium. There are a few reasons behind this decision. Firstly, … Continue reading
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The Web Is A Mess
Back when Tim Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web, it all seemed so simple. Gopher, a means of sequentially browsing through hierarchically structured, text-based information, would be replaced by a technology that offered random access to information, information that need … Continue reading
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Ruby/AWS 0.8.0 Released
It’s been a while since a new version of Ruby/AWS was released. In fact, it’s been more than eight months since version 0.7.0 first saw the light of day. I often don’t even mention new releases here, because they’re of … Continue reading
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