Category Archives: Internet

Exciting times for social networking

The social networking world is rather turbulent at the moment, with Google barging in to rival Facebook.

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Download your Facebook profile

Now I have a Google+ account (more on that later) I want to start moving my life from Facebook to the new shiny thing.  Thankfully, Facebook make it somewhat easier than one would expect. If you navigate to Account > … Continue reading

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Microsoft Fail

The other week I was looking at how Windows generates the old 8.3 style names from a long name.  I came across this article on the Microsoft site, and noted the banner at the top:

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Partial Facebook Fix

A while ago I blogged about Facebook having some problems.  Well it appears they may have done something rather odd.

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Oh Dear Facebook…

It seems that everyone is having some problems with Facebook at the moment.  They are getting notifications saying someone has written on their wall, but find that their wall hasn’t been updated for a week or two. I have been … Continue reading

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Adium Gains IRC Support – Colloquy to die?

Adiam is an awesome app for OS X which is based on the same code as Pidgin.  Adium has the advantage of being the same as many other open source instant messenger clients out there as well as being coded … Continue reading

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Weekend in London

I’ve spent my Easter weekend in London with Faye. She has a exhibition at the Proud Central Gallery (Open for the next two weeks!). I traveled from Aberystwyth to Faye’s home in Carmarthen on Friday, then from Carmarthen to Cardiff … Continue reading

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Dropbox

Ever wanted to store stuff online but couldn’t afford web hosting?  If so, Dropbox is your answer! Dropbox offers both free and paid for storage online, the free storage has a limit of 2GB, whereas paid sotrage has a limits … Continue reading

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Gruml

I get mildly annoyed when using applications that are hosted on the web.  For example, I’ll use web mail if I have to, but I’d much rather use Apple Mail or Thunderbird… Anyway, I’ve been using Google Reader for the … Continue reading

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Second thoughts on RSS

OK, so back in July I posted my praises of Google Reader and RSS technology.  Today however, I’m not so sure.  I’ve been without Internet for a couple of weeks, and look at my Google Reader:

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