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Revitalising the public library

My friend and colleague Ian McDonald tweeted that our local library is in danger of being privatised. Pros and cons of this decision aside, the article says: The authority said it has completed a...

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Putting Nokia's new "Nokia Pure" typeface on your Symbian phone

Some history Symbian^3 was meant to be the first step in a "new generation" of Symbian user experience.  However, Nokia seem to be loathe to make wholesale changes to their UI, and have had a pretty...

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Nokia Pure, now with more purity

After my scoop on the new Nokia Pure font yesterday MyNokiaBlog posted a new tutorial on how to update the font.  And then, "GI@" (I have no idea how to pronounce that, it's Italian) from...

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RAGE

Interesting week for mobile. Google buys Motorola Mobility, hp abandons webOS devices, and only six months after promised, Symbian Anna (aka PR2.0) is released. It's best feature? New icons. No,...

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Cloud pricing is hard

One of the many benefits to cloud computing is the pricing model. Following Amazon's lead, any provider worth their salt lists their per-hour pricing on their website, and that is the price you pay,...

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Review of "Amazon Web Services: Migrating your .NET Enterprise Application"

Amazon Web Services: Migrating your .NET Enterprise Application Rob Linton, Packt Publishing 2/5 (Review copy supplied by Packt Publishing.) Amazon Web Services (AWS) is not a small topic. Just listed...

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Three months with the TouchPad

I first started writing this post on 2 September 2011. It was going to be called "three days with the TouchPad". I'd like to say that my opinion has changed substantially over the three months since...

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Title of Record

Londoners take their titles very seriously. Filling in my name on the TFL's web site's "Contact Us" form, my options for Title are: Ms Mr Mrs Miss Dr Cllr Prof Sir Not given Air Cdre Ambassador Baron...

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Shouting into the void

Every now and then, WordPress.com kindly sends me an e-mail announcing a new version1 2 That reminds me that I do actually have an active WordPress installation, and a moderate obligation as a citizen...

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