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VAT rate change. Should we expect anything different?
Many people thought that retailers WOULDN’T drop their prices to accomodate the drop in VAT rate from Monday. Today, I received an email from a company that I’m affiliated with. I’ve changed the text to hide the guilty parties identity: Further to the announcement that UK VAT will be temporarily reduced from 17.5% to 15%,…
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Steps removed and sequence shortened
If you’d caught the recent iPhone adverts on TV, you’d have seen them demonstrated just how quick it is to go online and downloads new apps. It really is rapid. However, it all ends with a small disclaimer stating “Steps removed and sequence shortened. Network speeds may vary.” In other words “look how quick it…
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It's a barcode Jim
Ahh, the new Star Trek movie. I’m really looking forward to what JJ Abrams makes of it. And the new trailer looks pretty damn good too… [wp_youtube]lmJO3ppLBsk[/wp_youtube] Anyway, after thumbing through some still images from the film, I came across this one showing, I assume, the bridge of the Enterprise (that’s Chekov at the helm)……
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Belkin don't wish to speak to you
So, I’m looking at buying a Belkin product but have a pre-sales question. It’s not urgent so I send them an email using the form on their website. I don’t get a reply. So I use their “live chat” service on the website… the person pretends not to receive my questions and then stops talking…
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Reading RSS with PHP
After using the JavaScript only and generally pretty poor facility within Feedburner to embed RSS feeds onto a website, I set about an alternative solutions. Thankfully, there are a number available. However, many offer little embedding options and I wanted something that gave me full control. This narrowed it down to 2 free downloadable scripts.…