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WordPress 1 Minute Wonder – Adding Gravatar Hovercards

Posted on May 3, 2011 by todd

As a sequal to the debut entry of the “WordPress 1 Minute Wonder” series which talked about styling author comments differently to other comments this post extends the usefulness of your comments by adding Gravatar Hovercards to you site/blog. This posts … Continue reading →

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WordPress 1 Minute Wonder – Styling Author Comments

Posted on April 23, 2011 by todd

This is the first in the series of my 1 Minute Wonder series for WordPress where I’ll be showing simple and quick tricks for WordPress to add a little extra to your blog or WordPress powered website. And in this … Continue reading →

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Information as requested, Or not!

Posted on April 12, 2011 by todd

Did I receive Spam Mail from Keith Griggs? I received a mail today from a gentleman wanting to start up a joint venture with me. The proposal was based around creating an SEO business (something he said that he was … Continue reading →

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The Developer’s Linux Setup

Posted on April 10, 2011 by todd

A quick foreword, this is how I’ve got my relatively new Linux setup running so please, please leave comments to let me know what I’ve overlooked. As someone who flits between different computers it’s nice to have a common set … Continue reading →

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How to get Dropbox on Linux Working through a Proxy

Posted on April 9, 2011 by todd

I was recently a little stumped on getting Dropbox working on my Ubuntu 10.10 install (Maverick Meerkat) through our corporate proxy…. having got it working though I thought I’d share with you. In a terminal start Dropbox with the following … Continue reading →

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5 Tricks to Spice up your WordPress Blog

Posted on April 6, 2011 by todd

By adding a few lines of code or installing a plugin or two you can add some extra spice to your WordPress blog (or other WordPress powered site) and at the same time  bring a lot more value to your … Continue reading →

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Working from Home – One man’s take on it

Posted on April 5, 2011 by todd

In a recent survey by Skype (and a follow up report on Mashable) it seems that Working from Home is becoming more and more acceptable and in some companies is even seen as an aid to productivity. In my employment … Continue reading →

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2011 Goals Update – Quarter 1

Posted on April 1, 2011 by todd

It’s been 3 months since I laid down the goals for 2011 and as such I thought I’d give a quick update on the progress (or lack of). Complete work on our house – slow progress on this one… seems … Continue reading →

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Goals for 2011

Posted on January 1, 2011 by todd

Inspired by a few folk around the web I’ve decided to put together a post outlining some of the goals I have for 2011. My thinking was to list here some personal and non-personal goals I’d like to complete and … Continue reading →

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WordPress Ribbon Menu with CSS

Posted on December 20, 2010 by todd

For a recent project I was asked to replace a Flash site with a CSS/HTML version which was to match the existing look as closely as possible. This was essentially straight forward apart from the menu that was needed. The … Continue reading →

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