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Regional punishment for digital content

  • 28 Jun 2013, 09:45
  • 2 comments
  • Tags: Amazon, books, rant

I want to see the end of preferred regional pricing and availability for digital content. There is something inherently wrong about the concept that a digital product costs $X in one country whilst it costs $Y in another country.

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Windows Reliability History – Exposing unreliablity

  • 24 Jun 2013, 08:59
  • 2 comments
  • Tags: Microsoft, rant

Exposing the total lack of reliability on a fresh installation of Windows 8.

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“Technology X is destroying our Y”

  • 23 Jun 2013, 08:37
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  • Tags: funny, internet, rant

Whenever you hear someone say this, spare a moment to think about whether they might just be talking shit.

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Cup measurements, oh how I despise thee

  • 27 May 2013, 10:18
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  • Tags: food, rant

Who the hell knows what a cup of mushrooms weighs – surely it depends on the type of mushroom and how you cram them into the cup. Lunacy I tell you.

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Long live an independent Automattic/WordPress

  • 21 May 2013, 10:55
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After Tumblr being bought out, let us reflect on how awesome it is that WordPress is still independent and powers a huge amount of the web!

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LinkedIn – Always finding different ways to send spam

  • 14 May 2013, 11:39
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  • Tags: rant, web applications

Despite turning off all notifications from LinkedIn last week, I still got an email today entitled “Jobs you may be interested in”.

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Phnom Penh Bike Show

  • 12 May 2013, 20:07
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  • Tags: Cambodia, motorbikes

Some photos from today’s visit to the Phnom Penh Bike Show. I thoroughly enjoyed getting to drool over some BMWs!

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Adobe tires of people not upgrading their software, still screwing non-US customers

  • 08 May 2013, 10:21
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  • Tags: design, rant, software

Adobe have just announced that they are no longer going to sell their Creative Suite product. Yes, welcome to the new age of you-must-have-a-subscription-for-everything.

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Careful buying computer accessories in Phnom Penh

  • 06 May 2013, 15:56
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  • Tags: Cambodia, hardware, rant

If your computer accessories break be warned – PTC Computer only gives a 48 Hour (!) warranty. Check all warranty details before buying from PTC in Cambodia

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WordPress: Set login expiration cookie to 1 year

  • 11 Apr 2013, 10:00
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  • Tags: plugins, WordPress

Tired of logging into your WordPress website over and over again? Here’s how to quickly set it so that you only have to login once per year!

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