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It’s a Big Wide World

On February 9 2009 · Leave a Comment · In Diary

I have set up a new blog called Big Wide World. Unlike this blog, which is a completely unfocussed compendium of my random brainfarts and rants, Big Wide World is about the environment, sustainability, technology and development. These are four separate but interrelated themes, central to my International Studies degree, topical, relevant, big, [...]

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Extend me baby!

On October 20 2008 · 2 Comments · In Uncategorized

One of the main reasons, if not the main reason that Firefox is the best web browser there is is the ability to add extensions to do extra things, groovy little add-ons that are free and while not exactly being life-changing things, at least make web browsing easier. Here are the ones I use: I’ve [...]

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Ubuntu desktop with Firefox 3

Weekend project

On August 24 2008 · 2 Comments · In Diary

Old computers can end up becoming little better than oversized paperweights – an old desktop in my room needs to be wiped and then given to a recycling company, and I’m now on my third laptop. I had been waiting for a while to try out Ubuntu, a Linux-based operating system which provides [...]

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Speaking Freely

On August 18 2008 · 4 Comments · In Diary

“I’ve been trying out this new service called SpinVox and it’s something that Steven Frye just blogged(?) about on his blog. It’s quite incredible. You basically speak into the phone and some sort of voice recognition software works out the saying and turns it into text. It’s really quite impressive. So I blame another reason [...]

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