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Finding a specific sized image in Google
A great tip that I read today is that you can search for specific sizes of images in Google. This would have been ideal a few days ago when I was looking for a feed icon of a certain size. Basically, you add imagesize:1×2 to the beginning of your search, where 1×2 is the width…
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More Look-a-likes
David Mitchell. Michael McIntyre. Now… Seth MacFarlane. Yes, apparently I’m supposed to look like the creator of Family Guy and, it would seem, one of the most powerful men in Hollywood. Anybody? Anybody? No, I don’t get it either.
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£1 off at SatCure
Hey, it doesn’t sound much but, as my gran would say, it’s better than a smack in the mouth. SatCure are an online shop providing Satellite TV, Freeview and A/V accessories and associated items. But they’re cheap in the first place – you save money because they cut out the middle man. You get the…
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What is a Release Candidate?
The latest version of IE8 is “release candidate 1”. But what exactly is a “release candidate”? I’ve been working as a professional IT developer for nearly 20 years and have only recently become aware of it. A quick Google shows Microsoft using it for Windows XP Service Pack 2, but I’m struggling to find anything…
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Speed up Windows XP
Pick up any PC magazine these days and you’ll find it includes an article about speeding up Windows. And because of the popularity of netbooks, they are more often referring to XP in preference to Vista. The only problem is that most of these articles get it wrong. The solution to a slow Windows is…