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Various ramblings from an IT professional

CDex, extracting CDs under Windows – Free software and patent issues regarding MP3s

CDex is a free Windows program for converting CDs into MP3 (or other format) files on a computer. It’s been

Today is World Day Against Software Patents. One of the biggest threats to small software businesses and freely available open

The new game on First Aid Quiz.com will be launched overnight on the 8 August ready for 9 August 2008.

My new game is almost ready for www.firstaidquiz.com – the First Aid Quiz, crossword and wordsearch website. The game code

The number of systems / websites I have a login for just keeps increasing. It’s now impossible to keep track

It’s that time of year again for the Linux Format Reader Awards. Awards that are based on reader voting. I’ve

Firstly a bit of a confession. Although I do go to the trouble of keeping all my OS packages up-to-date

Here are some short scripts that can be used to rename files in Linux. These are examples that can be

I have been testing the beta release of Ubuntu 8.04 and Xubuntu 8.04. There is only about 3 days until

I have been involved in the use of computers in theatre shows. In the past I have projected video onto