Category Archives: technology

Advanced WordPress Page Layout Experiment

Posted on July 25, 2010 by todd

Styling WordPress page and post layouts can be daunting for the novice… especially if you don’t want to dirty your hands with PHP and the like. I wanted to experiment with what was possible to do using only the default … Continue reading →

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How to display Widgets inside posts and pages

Posted on May 9, 2010 by todd

I was faced the need to be able to place extra manageable content inside a wordpress page’s core content… and without an existing plugin available to do this I thought I’d write one of my own. The output was the Widgets on Pages … Continue reading →

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Too Helpful

Posted on May 11, 2009 by todd

I’d be the first to admit that I’m no “deisgn guru” and that when you come from a developers back ground trying to work out how users will use a system (be it an e-Commerce web site or a Twitter … Continue reading →

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My 1st Plugin is Released

Posted on April 21, 2009 by todd

As part of my work for Gingerbread Design I have just released my first WordPress plugin into the wild. The plugin provides bulk functionality to help manage eCommerce web sites/stores. Details of the plugin can be found on the official … Continue reading →

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PingDroid – Android App Review

Posted on March 14, 2009 by todd

PingDroid, the ping.fm client built for the Android OS is an absolute must for anyone who mixes in a plethora of social network circles by enabling the automatic cross posting of ‘Status updates’ to various communities such as Facebook, Twitter, … Continue reading →

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Klaxon – Android App Review

Posted on March 9, 2009 by todd

Klaxon is a beautiful simple alarm clock application for the Android powered devices. To be honest there is nothing uber special about it at all; it simply has functions which should have been in the default Alarm Clock app that … Continue reading →

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Never have to remember your charger again

Posted on February 17, 2009 by todd

This could be great news for any occasional (or not so occasional) travellers… one type of mobile charger to suit them all. I read today via PC World that the GSM association have agreed that mobile phone chargers of the … Continue reading →

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EeePC – First Thoughts

Posted on February 14, 2009 by todd

I’d been contemplating buying one of the Asus ultra-portable notebooks ever since the launch of their 701 model last year. I thought it’d make an ideal travel companion and a nice light-weight alternative to me having to haul around my … Continue reading →

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T-Mobile Android G1 – First Thoughts

Posted on February 8, 2009 by todd

My G1 arrived just before Christmas (in fact just 1 day after my Birthday) after many, many months of pestering work to order me one. To say I was excited would be an understatement (Yes, I am a self confessed … Continue reading →

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The Future’s Bright, The Future’s Google Coloured!

Posted on January 31, 2009 by todd

With Google’s announcement of their Grand Central aquisition I see another slice of the mobile operators’ pie being taken away… and yet another push for the network providers to become nothing more than bit-pipes. Today Grand Central… Grand Central offer … Continue reading →

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