Dell laptop Inspiron 15R N5010 – first impression
After my previous laptop (HP DV6200 ) ended up as a giant paperweight I’ve now bought a new Dell Laptop.
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WatkissOnline – Stewart's Blog
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Facebook applications – who are you giving access to your facebook profile to?
There have been some rogue Facebook applications that are being used to gain access to information on individual’s profiles. The
Read MoreA response to OSGUI video 6 disadvantages of Linux
I follow a number of technology websites, video and podcasts when I get the time. This video has hit me
Read MoreWhat’s my IP address?
Sometimes you need to know your IP address. Sometimes it needs to be the real IP address that you appear as on the Internet and not just the fake one that your local router uses. An example is when I blocked access from visitors whilst upgrading my blog.
Read MoreWebsite maintenance alternate page using .htaccess
In an ideal world your website would be up 24 hours a day 7 days a week. You’d perform upgrades
Read MoreUpgrade of WordPress blog to version 3.0
I have now upgraded WordPress to version 3.0. Wordpress provides the website and blog on Watkissonline, as well as uploading
Read MoreAdding Facebook social plugins (comments) to your own website
I’ve used the Facebook Connect social plugins to provide a comments feature to my website blogs (see: Blog comments using
Read MoreInstall and upgrading to Ubuntu Lucid Lynx 10.04 Linux operating system
The latest version of Ubuntu Linux version 10.04, codenamed Lucid Lynx was released at the end of April. As usual
Read MoreNew Facebook comments feature on Watkissonline, First Aid Quiz and PenguinTutor blogs
I’ve added a new comment feature to my blogs on WatkissOnline.co.uk, FirstAidQuiz.com and PenguinTutor.com. I’ve chosen to use the Facebook
Read MoreUbuntu Unity interface for netbooks on 10.04
I’ve recently being trying out the new Unity interface for Ubuntu. It’s in development at the moment so it’s not
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