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April 2008 (13)
- 29 so farewell then, Sven Goran Eriksson
- 28 a brief history of inane drivel
- 26 barstool correspondent
- 23 intelligent automatic follow/block script for Twitter
- 20 Unified Blogging Day
- 19 The Story of The Who
- 11 the thorny issue of blog comment ownership
- 10 a lesson in software design
- 09 25 reasons you should use Disqus
- 09 a short conversation with Les Battersby
- 07 M40 memorial
- 04 BA launches bid for prestigious 'marketing campaign' award
- 02 resurrection of Disqus comments
- March 2008 (4)
- February 2008 (9)
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January 2008 (19)
- 28 Blue balloon
- 24 Joomla, Twitter, Drupal and ftp
- 22 London Heathrow incident
- 21 Drupal 6 RC2 near miss
- 19 Adsense milestone
- 18 what's the blogging frequency ?
- 18 jet lagged
- 17 Cheer up Kevin Keegan
- 17 open letter to Howard Rogers
- 16 readers of Oracle blog aggregators unite (and take over)
- 15 just grow up
- 15 Oracle TagFest - the last word
- 15 something about nothing
- 09 8 things
- 08 Ing-er-land
- 05 blog housekeeping
- 03 idiot's guide to Oracle installation
- 03 Barton watch
- 03 Stalag Facebook
- December 2007 (8)
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November 2007 (12)
- 29 fringe benefit of SezWho
- 23 that was the week that was
- 21 a brush with the Met
- 20 comparison of coComment, co.comments and commentful
- 16 Ask fights back
- 16 SezWho comment ratings system
- 14 Top 10 UK blogs
- 12 Oracle Open Underworld
- 08 Solihull to Amsterdam via London
- 05 another mangerial casualty
- 02 balls up
- 01 Tumblr V3
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October 2007 (14)
- 31 Disqus powered comments
- 30 Gerry and Kate McCann - an apology
- 30 world's first blogger dies
- 27 WordPress 2.3.1 released
- 27 just the job
- 25 Rowche Rumble
- 16 just do what you are told
- 16 dead body under my floorboards
- 15 a very British death
- 14 how to migrate a WordPress blog to Django
- 08 Arsenal v Sunderland
- 06 review of 'Control'
- 03 charitable works
- 01 upside down season
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September 2007 (14)
- 28 FAC51
- 26 last django in London
- 25 WordPress 2.3 and Typo
- 17 a rush of blood
- 14 life and times of two 'A' listers
- 12 analyzing cdos
- 12 optimizing airports
- 10 sync'ing Thunderbird with Google calendar
- 05 inevitable parting of the ways
- 04 fun and games in Rotterdam
- 04 back to school
- 04 fear and trepidation
- 04 people are strange
- 03 how a digital camcorder drove me to suicide
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July 2007 (24)
- 30 how fast is Google Blog search ?
- 30 how to create perfect tables in WordPress
- 27 non-stop erotic cabaret
- 26 Kettle Chips rant
- 25 Facebook penetration of corporate America
- 25 helping people write things down
- 24 Hook Norton Festival of Fine Ales - 2007
- 20 plans for the weekend
- 20 Artificial Intelligence
- 17 membership form for BAAG
- 17 Facebook versus LinkedIn
- 16 Planet Earth by Prince
- 16 Stadium Rock etiquette
- 12 surreal taxi ride
- 10 here we go
- 10 damned with faint praise
- 10 out with the old, in with the new
- 09 a doctor writes
- 06 Manchester City announce two new signings
- 06 beat the bookie with Brightside
- 04 SEO wars: Google versus Yahoo!
- 02 raw deal for UK smokers
- 02 practical parenting
- 01 under the covers at Wimbledon
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June 2007 (23)
- 30 my alter ego
- 29 go faster stripes
- 28 my worst nightmare
- 28 Google finally sees sense
- 28 my worst nightmare
- 26 Movable Type 4 (beta)
- 25 practical parenting
- 25 The Who at Glastonbury
- 24 quiet, loud and very loud
- 22 Theatre of Comedy
- 18 the King is dead, long live the King
- 18 weekend roundup
- 15 Welcome to England
- 13 ode to Tom
- 12 Adsense update
- 12 review of the Virgin Media V+ box
- 12 pictures of a Virgin Media V+ box
- 11 Safari browser available for Windows
- 11 Surbiton Trophy
- 11 June spawned a monster
- 07 recycle pool #2
- 01 fun with the Siebel data model
- 01 a polite notice
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May 2007 (21)
- 31 Google Reader goes offline
- 30 pass the anti-static wrist strap
- 26 blog milestone
- 25 the looming spectre of Google
- 23 sit back and watch the money roll in
- 22 blogging trends
- 21 the tragic case of Madeleine McCann
- 18 Welcome to WordPress 2.2
- 16 the most important decision of my life
- 15 Manchester City announce new manager
- 14 Darwin Awards nominee
- 14 moving house
- 11 don't Ask
- 09 Praise be to the Lord !
- 09 a triumph for slothful indolence and lethargy
- 08 MUFC - Champions
- 04 Top 10 Keywords
- 02 a day in the life
- 02 open letter to Paul Scholes
- 02 in memoriam
- 02 spice up your life
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April 2007 (11)
- 30 attention all Oracle bloggers
- 30 my plans for the future
- 26 another legal battle
- 24 Nazi bus inspector killed my daughter
- 23 Tom Kyte's insatiable appetite
- 20 something for the weekend, Sir
- 20 migration of photo blog
- 18 goodbye pMetrics
- 17 dreaming spires
- 17 goodbye last.fm
- 16 letter from America
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March 2007 (25)
- 28 resurrection of Performancing Metrics
- 28 Yahoo! Mail versus Gmail
- 27 the sole responsibility of a production Oracle DBA
- 27 Vista installation complete
- 26 Virgin Media V-- downgrade
- 23 Virgin Media V+ upgrade
- 22 YouTube - what is it good for ?
- 21 National Anthem
- 20 career opportunities
- 20 complete, utter, 100%, unmitigated failure
- 16 in praise of Joy Division
- 16 plans for the weekend, Sir ?
- 14 two more mysteries solved
- 14 don't believe the truth
- 12 resisting the lure of Twitter
- 09 sneak peek at Vista
- 09 free upgrades from Virgin Media
- 08 Sharpcast versus Picasa
- 08 Picasa Web Albums upgraded to 1GB
- 07 incest is best
- 07 rapid fire service from Dell
- 07 in praise of Google Desktop
- 05 rolling upgrade
- 03 Top Of The (Oracle) Blogs
- 02 lost without 'Lost'
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February 2007 (24)
- 27 not dead, just resting
- 27 UK broadsheets narrow view of syndication
- 26 dangerous danger sign
- 21 out of office
- 21 feed overload
- 20 how to display Google shared items on WordPress
- 20 the art of lazy programming
- 19 conspiracy theories
- 19 am I a Google whore yet ?
- 18 resisting the lure of Google Reader
- 16 fighting email spam on Blueyonder
- 15 undercover with Surrey Traffic Police
- 14 Web 2.0 - am I infected ?
- 12 YCNMIU
- 09 the unbearable coolness of VOIP
- 09 great fun with Iris
- 08 Here we go
- 07 a night of outrageous flirting in Copenhagen
- 07 the art of lazy consultancy
- 07 questions and answers
- 05 job vacancy
- 05 porting Drupal to Oracle and DB2
- 02 dugg, slashdotted and tailranked
- 01 bedroom antics with the wife
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January 2007 (37)
- 31 corporate jealousy
- 31 Snap made me finally snap
- 31 Copenhagen bound
- 31 WTF
- 31 I am a Virgin (again)
- 30 automated MySQL backups
- 29 death by PowerPoint
- 29 aim for the stars
- 29 how to rotate taglines on your WordPress blog
- 29 music for homesick people
- 29 Wayne Rooney - an apology
- 25 another shattered dream
- 24 fun with disaster recovery
- 24 fun with Habari
- 24 lost in transit
- 23 Friend of a friend
- 23 my proudest moment
- 23 guitar hero
- 23 America's answer to Jade Goody
- 22 example of Zoho sheet
- 22 computer says 'No'
- 19 thin line between truth and humour
- 19 Bill Gates reads my blog shock !
- 19 mean hearted bombers
- 14 what's new in Siebel 8.0
- 14 two one-way tickets to Dublin, please
- 12 Rene Carayol's clever approach to taxation
- 12 can Gerry Robinson fix IT ?
- 10 that's entertainment
- 06 traffic report
- 06 Google Reader adds stats on RSS habits
- 06 who wants to be an Adsense millionaire ?
- 06 philosophy of Oracle contractors
- 01 New Year resolution
- 01 make your mind up
- 01 2006 roundup
- 01 death of a tyrant
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December 2006 (21)
- 28 Xmas surprise
- 21 probably the best feature in Oracle 10g
- 19 power dressing in reverse
- 19 new homework excuse
- 18 playing mind games with Mourinho
- 15 things that go bump in the night
- 14 Scottish women rejoice
- 12 UK tabloid Daily Express files for bankruptcy
- 11 in praise of CBO
- 11 people are strange
- 08 reverse engineering
- 08 BBC Sports Personality Of The Year
- 08 rebranding Nottingham airport
- 07 British toilet humour
- 07 disk storage is cheap
- 06 suggestions for Metalink
- 05 eat your own dog food
- 01 forever in debt to your priceless advice
- 01 Dad's Army
- 01 recycle pool #1: Oracle
- 01 murky depths of the recycle pool
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November 2006 (21)
- 28 testing debut at book club
- 24 Baywatch in Birmingham
- 23 from beyond the grave
- 23 dose of your own medicine
- 23 YCNMIU
- 23 Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus
- 22 How to get dugg, increase readership and earn lots of money
- 21 do not disturb
- 20 comment abuse
- 18 YATT
- 16 night out in London
- 16 flowery twats
- 15 Bluehost upgrade to WordPress 2.0.5
- 15 rising from the ashes
- 09 361 days to go
- 08 hamsters, headhunters, hampers and false religion
- 07 plugin extravaganza
- 04 a brush with social services
- 04 20 years ago
- 04 interview with Mark Burgess
- 01 Trick or treat
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October 2006 (39)
- 31 trumpet blowing
- 31 software upgrades
- 30 the only search engine in town
- 27 out of the office
- 27 suffer little children
- 26 things that surprise you
- 25 celebrity watch
- 24 custom Oracle search engine
- 24 a picture
- 24 new dawn fades
- 23 the never ending quest for the truth
- 23 on the third stroke
- 20 be careful out there
- 18 Arsene Wenger is a teapot
- 17 my new job
- 17 cementing my place in blog history
- 16 couple of useful Wordpress plugins
- 15 success with Firefox 2.0 RC3
- 12 laughter is the best medicine
- 12 an unusual load average
- 11 Google Docs and Spreadsheets
- 11 a thing of rare beauty
- 11 browser upgrades
- 11 WordPress.com features
- 10 improving on perfection
- 09 Drupal supports Oracle database
- 06 celebrity watch
- 06 here we go
- 06 is it really worth it ?
- 05 Google Blog Search adds ping
- 05 free 20GB memory stick
- 04 Manchester City in Cup Final shock !
- 04 Checkpoint Charlie
- 03 30 years and counting
- 03 full feed readers of the world unite and take over
- 03 initial impressions of Dreamhost
- 03 stood up by Iris
- 02 from the mouths of babes
- 02 blog editors
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September 2006 (34)
- 30 from WordPress.com to WordPress.org
- 29 The End
- 28 Google Reader gets revamp
- 28 the fickle hand of fate
- 27 full feeds are the work of the devil
- 27 The Wonderful and Frightening World of Mark E. Smith
- 27 Google Notebook
- 21 drowning in a river of news
- 21 back seat driver
- 20 fast and dangerous
- 20 Google’s approach to software development
- 19 staggering incompetence
- 19 nice day at the office, dear ?
- 16 Dragon's Den
- 14 Mozy - remote backup
- 14 hello, hello, hello
- 14 sync, sync, sync
- 14 Google versus Microsoft
- 14 John Peel and The Chameleons
- 13 early adopters or Luddites ?
- 13 packet sniffer
- 13 the urbanisation of Richmond Park
- 13 editting Flickr photos
- 13 hello, hello, hello
- 11 The Killers
- 08 writing style
- 07 Margrave of the Marshes
- 07 unfiltered and featured
- 06 30 second guide to tuning Siebel
- 04 so farewell then
- 03 a short history of digital photography
- 02 Paula Radcliffe
- 01 my head hurts
- 01 Red lorry, yellow lorry
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August 2006 (24)
- 26 barstool correspondent
- 26 Your papers, please !
- 26 upmarket buskers
- 24 spammers plumb new depths
- 24 TechCrunch (UK) launches
- 24 comeback kid
- 24 YCNMIU
- 24 Cockneys ‘R’ Us
- 22 in praise of Tom Reynolds
- 22 blog anniversary
- 22 holiday highlights
- 09 where’s your blogroll ?
- 09 least popular blogging platforms
- 08 the state of the UK blogosphere
- 08 Metro on UK blogging
- 08 WordPress theme competition
- 07 AOL search data released
- 07 Hotel Inspector
- 04 minimalism begins in Nepal
- 04 am I a technology Luddite ?
- 03 word of caution
- 03 Broadband for the masses
- 02 Guilty Pleasures
- 02 Saxondale
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July 2006 (40)
- 31 wheels on fire
- 30 in utero
- 30 knowledge management is hard
- 26 Hook Norton
- 24 rare occurrence
- 21 Ferguson’s mind games
- 21 so farewell then, NIS
- 21 George Bush covers ‘Sunday Bloody Sunday’
- 20 smoke and mirrors
- 20 what’s in a name ?
- 20 P45 for British blogger
- 18 Music nostalgia
- 18 out of sight
- 18 T-shirt humour
- 17 spot the hyperlink
- 17 The Smiths nostalgia
- 17 is it just me ?
- 17 YCNMIU
- 17 football nostalgia
- 14 30 second guide to CRM
- 13 American with sense of humour shocker
- 13 30 second guide to data warehousing
- 13 Speech Day
- 13 British media
- 12 Lost - computer mystery solved
- 11 Lost - life mirrors fiction
- 11 why England will win the next World Cup
- 07 Discovery launch
- 07 breaking through
- 06 just do what you are told
- 06 just do what you are told
- 06 Wayne Rooney's World Cup diary
- 05 Forza Italia !
- 04 ifs, buts and maybes
- 04 psychic powers
- 03 well played, Owen Hargreaves
- 03 the wit and wisdom of Sven Goran Eriksson
- 03 Nanny state
- 03 WorldCup fallout
- 01 latent tendencies
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June 2006 (44)
- 30 don’t cry for me, Argentina
- 30 Kurt Cobain
- 29 Rule is dead, long live Rule
- 29 Taxi for Poll
- 28 nearly man
- 28 nearly men
- 28 38th fastest growing WP blog
- 27 probably the most underrated band ever
- 25 the crucifixion of Wayne Rooney
- 21 the curious case of the missing 'About' page
- 19 born of frustration
- 19 Fathers Day
- 15 I don’t believe it
- 14 the imminent death of newspapers
- 14 CRM by stealth
- 13 probably the best pub team in the world
- 13 Michael Essien
- 13 different perspective
- 13 so farewell then, Roy Keane
- 13 helping people read books
- 13 don’t mention the war
- 12 World Cup dispatches from embedded reporter
- 12 WordPress import/export
- 12 screaming babies
- 12 inverse law of airports
- 09 worry ye not
- 09 7 habits of highly ineffectual bloggers
- 08 Blogger down
- 08 Recently I Gave Birth To A Blog
- 08 blankety blank - World Cup Special
- 08 don’t talk to strangers
- 08 Google Browser Sync
- 08 Fame at last
- 07 Blogger does something shock
- 06 Google Spreadsheets
- 06 history of Oracle
- 05 novel homework excuse
- 02 half time scoreboard
- 02 rotation policy
- 02 just say no
- 02 blind date
- 02 stop it, stop it, stop it
- 01 I should know better
- 01 probably the best World Cup chart
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May 2006 (36)
- 31 cartoon network
- 31 mascot mismatch
- 30 MUFC > England #2
- 30 MUFC > England
- 29 brown is the new black
- 26 partial versus full fe…
- 26 state of the database nation
- 25 Matt Mullenweg on scalability
- 25 good vibes from Netvibes
- 24 Da Vinci Code review
- 23 New York nostalgia
- 23 watching you watching me
- 22 word of caution
- 22 in praise of Emacs
- 20 missed opportunity
- 20 MUFC announce Ruud’s replacement
- 18 Priceless
- 18 identity crisis
- 18 if, buts and maybes
- 18 bingo night
- 17 rank my tail
- 17 Champions League bingo
- 16 a big surprise
- 16 heart and soul
- 15 in flight statistics
- 14 bits and large pieces
- 11 standing at the urinals
- 11 dead pop stars
- 08 LWTUA
- 03 World Cup prediction time
- 02 further afield
- 02 SonicStage 3.4 released
- 02 a truly horrible image
- 02 Plagiarism
- 02 BA online check-in
- 02 Ing-er-land
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April 2006 (28)
- 28 Imitation
- 28 Trading Places
- 26 Office 2.0 - ThinkFree
- 25 sports bars of Europe
- 25 Wonderful, wonderful Copenhagen
- 22 ZohoWriter
- 20 state of the blogosphere
- 20 lies, damned lies and statistics
- 19 1GB memory stick
- 19 HTML > blog
- 19 book club
- 18 birth of a photo blog
- 18 too good to be true ?
- 17 perspective
- 17 in flight humour
- 17 changes at WordPress
- 17 more wireless fun
- 11 wireless upgrade
- 10 flying visit
- 09 annual review
- 07 The Killers on the move
- 06 free as in FreePhone
- 04 axe murderer
- 04 VMware beware
- 03 David Beckham and I
- 03 blankety blank competition
- 03 rude awakening
- 01 the innocence of youth
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March 2006 (43)
- 31 Hello EMI, Goodbye A&M
- 31 from zero to hero and back again
- 31 could do better
- 30 chaos on the streets on Newcastle
- 30 critical mass
- 29 all coming together
- 29 YCNMIU
- 28 quotations
- 28 simple things
- 28 passion(less)
- 28 food for thought
- 27 a cause for concern
- 27 deep meaningful questions
- 27 Arctic Monkeys
- 27 probably the most embarassing purchase in the world
- 22 Stockholm - a word of warning
- 22 death by PowerPoint
- 21 a narrow escape
- 19 infrequent flyer
- 19 absolute disgrace
- 19 teetering on the edge
- 19 Due to a complete lack of demand
- 19 by Royal appointment
- 16 9/11 - The Falling Man
- 16 In Shreds
- 16 unfortunate choice of words
- 16 heart stopping moment
- 16 One small step...
- 16 Ciddy getting giddy
- 16 I come to praise WordPress
- 14 the post that never was
- 12 WordPress humour
- 08 Thunderbirds are go !
- 07 from zero to hero
- 07 from hero to zero
- 07 autograph hunting
- 07 probably the funniest TV show ever
- 06 from zero to eternity
- 03 LinkedIn.com
- 03 management consultants
- 02 payback time
- 02 tags, categories and labels
- 01 new month, new job
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February 2006 (31)
- 28 out of the closet
- 28 from zero to infinity (and beyond)
- 27 from zero to 0.00000001
- 27 the great Tammy NYP blog hoax
- 27 going on a diet
- 27 full circle
- 24 wireless wierdness
- 23 probably the best music review in the world
- 23 unused, unwanted, unloved
- 23 Google launches Google, err, Page Creator
- 23 how bind variables made me a demigod
- 21 small is beautiful
- 21 to whom it may concern
- 21 Getting Things Don - spelled correctly
- 20 introduction to ETL for Oracle
- 19 poor man’s satellite navigation
- 08 breath of fresh air
- 08 the black stuff
- 06 top of the (WordPress) pops
- 06 email harassment (from Microsoft)
- 06 new homework excuse
- 03 heard it on the Newsvine
- 03 Web based calendars
- 03 UK blogs
- 03 breaking news
- 02 interviewing stories #3
- 02 interviewing stories #2
- 02 interviewing stories #1
- 01 so farewell then, Palm Vx
- 01 more statistics from WordPress
- 01 a short history of Oracle blogging
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January 2006 (35)
- 31 finally succumbed
- 31 stampede at London Waterloo
- 27 stop it, stop it, stop it
- 27 curious case of the missing spool file
- 27 Most Haunted #2
- 27 Most Haunted #1
- 27 Unix for lazy people
- 26 Burns night
- 26 one less reason
- 26 resisting the lure of Joomla
- 25 Gary Neville - no apology whatsoever
- 25 credit card security
- 24 senseless waste of good people
- 23 surreal Sunday
- 22 Fame at last
- 21 great news for RSS readers
- 20 recursive financial advice from the BBC
- 20 The world according to Google
- 19 life is so unfair
- 18 probably the best marketing campaign ever
- 18 caution with BA online check-in
- 17 seldomly asked questions
- 17 I'm not paranoid
- 16 less is more
- 16 revenge of the BAA queue monitor
- 14 PC backups with SyncBack
- 13 sports bars of Europe
- 13 queuing theory at BAA
- 10 in praise of Mark Burgess
- 09 starting out with GTD
- 05 Paul Stamatiou, I salute you
- 05 WordPress.com open up user forums
- 05