Category: Web/Tech

Choose Your Web Browser

March 4, 2010 by Marcus Tettmar in General, Web/Tech

One of my Windows XP systems installed an automatic update last night when I shut it down.  This morning I was presented with this: As I understand it this is as a result of an EU competition law decision.   Is this a good thing or a bad thing? On the one hand it seems […]

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Twittering from Macro Scheduler with the Twitter API

April 20, 2009 by Marcus Tettmar in Scripting, Web/Tech

Way back in the deep and distant past when the Internet was new and Bill Gates thought it was just a passing fad, I remember reading about a Cola vending machine on a University campus that some frivolous young boffins hooked up to the ‘net so that you could check its inventory from anywhere in […]

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It’s time to bring down IE6!

March 23, 2009 by Marcus Tettmar in General, Web/Tech

Some of you may remember that we had some issues with Internet Explorer 6 support when we released our new web site. I made some negative comments about IE6. And I was being polite. Unfortunately IE6 is still in use in millions of companies and, as I mentioned in that last post, some 35% of […]

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Twitter – What, Why, How?

February 5, 2009 by Marcus Tettmar in General, Web/Tech

If you’re one of those who has heard of Twitter but just doesn’t quite “get it” yet you should find Scott Hanselman’s How To Twitter – First Steps and a Twitter Glossary useful. It explains what Twitter is, why it’s useful and how to tweet. I didn’t get it at first. I wasn’t quite sure […]

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Firefox2 or IE7?

October 19, 2006 by Marcus Tettmar in Web/Tech

I see IE7 has been released. Haven’t installed it yet, but I do have an early beta version running on another PC and found that a bit clunky. I’m a Firefox fan though, so I’ve just downloaded and installed Firefox 2 RC3. I like it. The interface has been given a subtle update but it […]

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A Few Search Tips

August 25, 2006 by Marcus Tettmar in General, Web/Tech

In my last post I said I would provide some tips on getting the best out of Google Groups and finding what you’re looking for. But first off let’s start with a few general search tips. Google themselves provide some helpful guides on using the regular Google search engine: Basic Tips: http://www.google.com/help/basics.html Advanced Search: http://www.google.com/help/refinesearch.html […]

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Usenet – My Best Kept Secret

August 24, 2006 by Marcus Tettmar in General, Web/Tech

In a way I feel I’m about to blow my own cover with this post. But I’m pretty sure many people will find this really useful. I seem to have a reputation for knowing everything. People always come to me with their computer problems and I’m nearly always able to find a solution. When I […]

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Automated Google Rank Checker

June 12, 2006 by Marcus Tettmar in Automation, Scripting, Web/Tech

I’ve just had a bit of fun writing a couple of small scripts that will search Google for a set of key phrases and find the position of a specified URL for those key phrases in the results. I have built two versions of this script. One with a simple dialog where you can enter […]

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Origami – what is it?

March 3, 2006 by Marcus Tettmar in Web/Tech

There’s a lot of hype at the moment over what Microsoft’s Origami device is going to be. As far as I can see so far it looks like it’s going to be a small handheld/tablet PC. Somehow I wonder if the device will live up to the expectations the hype is generating. Especially as the […]

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