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Archive for September, 2005

The Internet needs deed polls

September 30th, 2005

I first got online at the age of 14. It’s terrifying in itself because this was nearly 7 years ago, but there’s an after effect of maintaining the same online presence for so long which now manifests itself. At the age of 21, with a growing concern for a more ‘grown up’ online image, [...]

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Icon prettification for iPods, memory cards, cameras and USB sticks

September 24th, 2005 12 Comments

One of the things that I really hate about Windows XP is that it handles external storage like a stone absorbs water.

When you plug in, Windows XP will mount the device with a letter and slap on a generic ‘Removable Disk’ icon. This is fine if you work with only a couple of external devices, [...]

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Final Lap

September 15th, 2005 3 Comments

So, this is it.

I’ve finished working for Fujitsu Siemens in Bracknell, I’ve had a lovely week in the middle of nowhere in Norfolk with Jo and now I’m about 10 hours off the journey north for one more year in Manchester.

I’ve now completed 2 years of study, plus a year in industry towards my Computation [...]

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