Sep 07 2007

Google Reader updates

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Google have just released a couple of important updates to the Google Reader application. The biggest update is the search feature that has now been added. It seems strange that it’s taken them this long to add it, but it’s here now and it works well. This also gives you the ability to search in […]

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Aug 14 2007

Losing faith, Steampunk and Elephants

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Just a few interesting links from this morning’s news reading… From Boing Boing: LA Times religious reporter loses faith My favorite news magazine, The Week, reprinted this fascinating personal account written the LA Times’ former religious correspondent. Nine years ago, William Lobdell was assigned to cover religion for the LA Times. He was a born-again […]

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Aug 03 2007

Subscribe to feeds with Google Reader

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Rowan Simpson just linked to this article which removes the extra step when adding feeds to Google Reader from within Firefox. Usually you’re presented with a choice to subscribe to the feed with either Google Homepage or Google Reader. If you only ever use Google Reader, this step is unnecessary and can be removed by […]

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Aug 02 2007

Events I’m attending

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The guys at Eventfinder just added RSS feeds for favourite events and events I’m attending. So I’ve created a widget in the sidebar (look to the right*) that lists the events that I’m attending and each one links back to the Eventfinder site. *obviously if you’re reading this in a feed reader, you’ll need to […]

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Jul 18 2007

Deploy Adobe Reader and Acrobat via Group Policy

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Most large organisations employ dedicated packagers to create automated software installations that can be deployed enterprise-wide using distribution tools such as Microsoft’s SMS 2003 or Group Policies. Smaller companies, however, can’t afford to package applications and often revert to manually installing the software on computers as required. Adobe provides a useful utility to help administrators customise […]

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