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Do banks run on snails?

Do banks run on snails?

My theory is the bank straps my cash to hard-core work-to-rule unionist snails to send it from one bank to another.

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Measure web page elements

Measure web page elements

The MeasureIt Firefox extension has speeded up recent web development I’ve worked on by letting me measure the size of elements directly on the web page.

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Burn through web development with Firebug

Burn through web development with Firebug

Firebug — an extension for Firefox — is a web developer’s best friend.

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The dog hack

Our dog’s hacking cough sounds worse than it really is.

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Remember to check and empty your WordPress spam

Remember to check and empty your WordPress spam

Check the list of Spam comments in your WordPress blog regularly. Retrieve any that aren’t spam, and ditch the ones that are.

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How to discover custom field names via PHPMyAdmin

How to discover custom field names via PHPMyAdmin

Use PHPMyAdmin to view the database that runs your WordPress blog. You can do handy things, such as finding out the names for custom fields.

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Tag you’re it

Tag you’re it

10 years ago The Brooklyn Museum in New York, started looking for ways to involve their community more deeply and actively.

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Is that a chip on your letterbox?

Is that a chip on your letterbox?

If computer chips are really cheap, and easily networked, perhaps we’ll start to use them in many more places, for many more purposes.

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Nap more; learn more

Daytime napping improves brain power, or so the scientists say.

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TextExpander 3 saves even more time

TextExpander 3 saves even more time

TextExpander is an utterly essential utility on my Mac. Version 3 brings changes and improvements.

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Welly Walks for iPhone guides you round Wellington

Welly Walks for iPhone guides you round Wellington

The Welly Walks iPhone app provides photos, maps and tourist guide information for Wellington, New Zealand. It’s free too!

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Blacklist this ‘marketing specialist’

Blacklist this ‘marketing specialist’

At least one Christchurch based ‘internet marketing specialist’ is a slimy spammer. Beware the innocuous but meaningless blog comments.

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