Congratulations to Bernie who finally tied the knot! I re-read his post from yesterday and the penny dropped !Segala's WP optimisation article is useless apart from the one tip on disabling unwanted / unncessary plugins. A lot of the other supposed "tips" have very little to do with Wordpress or are simply technically incorrect. My optimisation tip is simple - move to something … [Read more...] about Quick Lunchtime RoundUp
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Currency Conversion According to Apple
I don't get excited by the stock exchange or anything that involves banks.. unless it affects me directly, then I take an interest!I mentioned Apple's new toy earlier this evening, but I couldn't access their web stores to check pricing. If I had done I'd have been able to report that, while the rest of us know that 1 euro != 1 dollar, Apple obviously missed that lesson.They … [Read more...] about Currency Conversion According to Apple
Apple Releases iPod Touch
Apple's PR and marketing team must be rushed off their feet today, as the company released a number of new products and services with not one but six press releases!The iPod Touch is the logical next step for the iPod as it combines many of the functions in the over-hyped iPhone. (Yes - I'm sure it's cute, but if I read another blog post about the iphone I will scream!)The new … [Read more...] about Apple Releases iPod Touch
Silverlight Leaves Linux Users Out In The Cold
The "big" news in the tech press today is Microsoft's launch of the much vaunted Silverlight.I'm sure a lot of people will be enthralled by Microsoft's attempt to win market share from Adobe's Flash, but they've so far left some of us out in the cold.Unless I boot into Windows or switch to my Mac I can't download or see anything produced by SilverLight!Of course that wouldn't … [Read more...] about Silverlight Leaves Linux Users Out In The Cold
Irish Mac Users Can’t Have Fun?
Why on earth doesn't the Apple shop for Ireland list any of the EA games titles?If I go to the Irish site I can buy plenty of "productivity" software, but the choice of games is pathetic, whereas my American friends are all probably off playing BF 2142 already.Is there any reasonable explanation for this or is Apple's marketing team simply dumb? … [Read more...] about Irish Mac Users Can’t Have Fun?