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Ad Injection plugin for WordPress
Here is my free Ad Injection plugin for WordPress. I've been using it for a while now on a number of websites, so I know it works for me, but it would be great to get some feedback on whether it works for you. Ad Injection injects any kind of advert (e.g. Google AdSense, Amazon Associates, ClickBank, TradeDoubler, etc) into the existing [...]
MacBook Pro 13 inch – what’s in the box?
It is over seven months since I bought my 2010 version of the MacBook Pro 13 inch. Maybe it is time to put up the photos of what was in the box! Unlike other computer manufacturers who throw everything into plain brown cardboard, Apple always have an elaborately designed box. Their idea of user experience extends to the packaging. The outside [...]
Non–blocking Facebook and Twitter buttons
On all the posts on this blog (like on most other websites you probably visit) you’ll see buttons to ‘Like’ a post (from Facebook) and to ‘Tweet’ about a post (from Twitter or TweetMeme). These buttons are very popular but if you use the iframe versions of the buttons (which are easy to install) you may have noticed a problem. If [...]
Fixes for YouTube annoyances
YouTube is great; apart from a small list of annoyances. But fortunately there are solutions to these problems. Videos with wrong aspect ratio A video you are trying to watch is stretched or squashed Your own video has the wrong aspect ratio The video changes resolution when you select full screen Video has [...]
2011 staff holiday planner
I had a request to create an Excel staff holiday planner in addition to my usual one page calendars that you’ll find on this site. The Excel staff holiday calendar for 2011 can be used to note down holidays, training days, sick days, and home/off-site time at your company. Here’s an example of what it looks like with some information filled [...]
Who are North Korea’s 13 Twitter friends?
In the past few months North Korea has embraced social media, first creating a YouTube channel, and in August a Twitter account with the name @uriminzok, which roughly means ‘our people’ in Korean. North Korea has since been busy and has already racked up 457 tweets for its 10,334 followers. Pyongyang is however being very selective [...]
2011 Excel week numbers calendar
If you work in a company then you may find yourself dealing in week numbers rather than dates. E.g. the deadline for this project is week 38! Here is a free downloadable Excel calendar for 2011 that has the days of the week across the top, and then the week numbers for the whole of 2011 down the side. Each day has five boxes for you to [...]
i-gotU GT-600 GPS data logger review
The last time I reviewed a stand alone GPS data logger it was the GlobalSat DG-100, a functional but not very stylish box for recording GPS tracks. The new i-gotU GT-600 GPS Travel & Sports Logger from Mobile Action (disclosure: they sent it to me for free) has the same SiRF Star III chipset as the DG-100, but it comes in a smaller and more [...]
Trusteer Rapport for Mac
Trusteer Rapport is a piece of security software to help protect your Mac’s internet browser against key logging and phishing attacks. It is being pushed by a number of large banks including NatWest, ING and First Direct. I’ve previously written about using Trusteer Rapport on a PC , and today I’m putting up some screen shots of what it [...]
Proof that Alexa rankings can be very inaccurate for small websites
Here is a comparison of the actual viewing figures for this site (as recorded in Google Analytics), against the values that Alexa reports. Alexa vs Google Analytics page views This is a fairly small blog, getting 600-800 page views per day. If you too have a website which is of a similar size you might be interested in just how wrong [...]
