Category: Web & Technology

  • If like me, you’ve tried using Quicksilver as an app launcher, you might benefit from using the Overflow Launcher by Stunt Software. It’s available for free through Macappaday today instead of the usual $14.95. I’m sure Quicksilver does a zillion…

  • Our Nintendo Wii arrived safe and sound from Amazon.co.uk this afternoon. No need to sleep in the gutter or outside PC World to get my hands on one, just a comfortable (if slightly anxious) wait in the office until Parcelforce…

  • A few links to prove the world’s still going ’round and people are still doing their thang… Need to stock up on plonk for Christmas? Thresher is offering 40% off all wine and champagne from 30th Nov to 10th Dec.…

  • There’s no denying it, Google Calendar is fantastic for shared calendars and keeping track of projects when using multiple computers. And I was thrilled to discover the free SMS reminder service, where I can get a text message to remind…

  • So there’s no denying it, I’ve been swept off my feet with work and have really been neglecting blogging. There’s been more stuff than ever I’ve been wanting to write, but I just haven’t had the time to sit down…

  • I’m not exactly a fashionista myself, but I do like finding out from the likes of Gemma and Kat what the current fashion is all about. However, today I thought I’d take some tips from Heather Hopkins at Hitwise. According…

  • “Akismet has caught 16981 for you since you installed it.” Having a poke around my WordPress dashboard, I realised quite how hard Akismet has been working for me since I upgraded to WP2, many moons ago. Sometimes the best features…

  • A few days ago, I bought a new domain, thatcanadiangeek.co.uk, for a laugh. The plan, sort of, is to divide my marketing, advertising and techy banter from the personal thoughts, photos and other bits. At the moment, I’m using a…

  • For the past few years, I’ve been thinking it’d be great to have my own business projects and work for myself. While I’m not there yet, we’ve taken our first steps towards it by setting up Peps Media, our own…

  • I know it might seem odd, but we get so much spam, day in, day out – Howcome we never speak to anyone who’s job it is to create this spam? Granted a lot of it is automated, but certainly,…