I've been using the Gimp on both Windows and Linux for the last year, as I live in fear of the license police :) However I am increasingly frustrated with the Gimp and want an alternative. Something that is easy to use and has a UI that is actually user friendly. I like PhotoShop and Fireworks.... Any recommendations?? … [Read more...] about Alternative to The Gimp on Windows?
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Firestats 1.15 Stable Released
If you want an alternative view to your blog's activity then Firestats is a really nice solution. It won't give you things like bandwidth usage, but it will give you plenty of information on referrers, visitors and pages visited. You can also customise a lot of the display, which makes it the perfect solution for control freaks like me :) Although I'm using it on a Wordpress … [Read more...] about Firestats 1.15 Stable Released
CSV / MySQL Tools?
Does anyone know of a tool for working with CSV files and then importing them into MySQL? I've got a flatfile database which has a series of fields that I need to import into MySQL. Most of the fields in the orginal will map to new ones in the MySQL, while some on both sides will be ignored There's about a thousand entries in the database, so I'd rather not do it manually, as … [Read more...] about CSV / MySQL Tools?
AIB Business Banking Now For Firefox
AIB's online business banking will soon be accessible by Firefox users and linux users: From their site: iBB Requirements * A Business Account with AIB * The following Operating System and browser combinations: Operating System Browser Windows 2000 or Windows XP Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 and above, Mozilla Firefox 1.5 and above Suse Linux 10.0 Mozilla Firefox 1.5 and … [Read more...] about AIB Business Banking Now For Firefox
ENN – Press Release Recycling At Its Best?
Why oh why do people in ENN simply publish companies' press releases as if they were gospel? It just so happens that I have a conflicting set of results... Odd that, isn't it? Note the inclusion of actual figures ie. you can see how many emails were involved, as opposed to a vague and unscientific statement with no actual figures to support its conclusions (they may have the … [Read more...] about ENN – Press Release Recycling At Its Best?