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Downgrading Iceweasel on Debian Wheezy
By default, Debian Wheezy installs Iceweasel (Firefox) 10.x. This can break a lot of extensions so, for those who would rather stick with version 3.x, this is how I reverted to the older version.
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Sunday, 24th June 2012Recent Versions of the Chromium Browser in Debian, Ubuntu
I'm a big fan of the Debian Linux distribution but one thing that can be a problem is the age of some packages, especially web browsers. Needing to work with a recent version of the Chromium browser, this is how I managed to get it installed without going through the horrendous process of building from source.
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Monday, 11th June 2012Debian for vi users in Australia
As much an aide-memoire for myself as anything, this is a brief post-installation to-do list to get a Debian Linux system working As It Should. (Note that this does not just apply to vi users in Australia - make appropriate substitutions, and you can be an EMACS user in Denmark, if you so wish.)
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Friday, 25th May 2012Motorola Xoom: Discoveries, Disappointments, Delights
First impressions of the Motorola/Google Xoom 10 inch Android tablet, combined with an Otter Box case.
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Saturday, 17th March 2012Samsung Galaxy S II - The Bad and the Good
Over a fortnight after taking delivery of a Samsung Galaxy S II, replacement for my broken Nokia N900, I have a look at what is bad and what is good about this Android phone.
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Friday, 23rd December 2011Finding Ada 2010: Kate Lundy
A slightly belated post for Ada Lovelace Day, highlighting Senator Kate Lundy, Open Government and IT advocate.
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Friday, 26th March 2010Technology: Business Asset or Business Risk?
Do you consider technology an asset to your business? Are there technologies that you cannot work without? If so, your assets may be exposing you to risk. This article gives a simple guide on how to identify and minimise those risks to help protect your business and that of your clients who rely on it.
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Small business owners;
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Tuesday, 15th December 2009;last updated on Monday, 26th March 2012
Extensible Metadata for Your CMS
How many Open Source Content Management Systems (CMS) have an extensible system that can allow the creation, maintenance and display of metadata such as Dublin Core? Very few, if any. Now over 2 years in the making, this article explains concepts that may be used to extend CMS to accommodate this.
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CMS developers; CMS users; metadata enthusiasts.
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Monday, 7th December 2009Base Conversions in MySQL
Want to convert between number bases in MySQL? Here are a couple of stored procedures to let you convert to/from any base you fancy.
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MySQL users; people who think that the 16 digits of hexadecimal just aren't enough;
