I've been meaning to try out Ubuntu linux for a while. Everybody seems to have got CDs, so getting my hands on the media wasn't much of a challenge. The CD pack comes with 2 CDs: - live CD - install CD As I hadn't ever tried ubuntu and my cd-rom drive has been known to be tempermental I first gave the live CD a go. It was up and running in a couple of minutes with a gnome … [Read more...] about Installing Ubuntu on Dell latitude laptop
Sugar CRM 2.5
Sugar CRM 2.5 was released yesterday. This latest release adds even more functionality to the open source CRM application. New features include: RSS Portal functions Custom menus Customise areas of the application via the web interface Improved security for shared hosting The graphs have also been greatly improved. For users running any previous version of Sugar CRM a … [Read more...] about Sugar CRM 2.5
Verizon blocks Europe
In what could best be described as "madness" US ISP Verizon has decided to block all of Europe to stop spam. Full article available here Thanks Verizon! … [Read more...] about Verizon blocks Europe
Sending bulk email without spamming
If you are going to run a mailing list you need to be very conscious of the problems you face. At the technical/design level you need to send emails that people will be able to read.Plain text emails are obviously going to be legible in all email clients, but are not as attractive as HTML ones. Unfortunately no two email clients are going to render your emails in exactly the … [Read more...] about Sending bulk email without spamming
Tired of simple URLs and email addresses?
If you are bored with people being able to actually remember your web address and your email then do not despair! HugeURL as the name suggests is the complete opposite of tinyurl (et al). For example: https://michele.blog/blog is transformed … [Read more...] about Tired of simple URLs and email addresses?