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The End: this blog leaps over to Windows Live Spaces

Posted Thursday, November 16, 2006 8:00 AM by Allister_Frost
I've decided to move my blog to a new home on Windows Live Spaces. I hope you'll move with me. My new blog URL is http://usefultechnologyblog.spaces.live.com/ . To subscribe to the new RSS feed, simply click this link: http://usefultechnologyblog.spaces.live.com/feed.rss Read More...
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That Windows Vista Packaging

Posted Tuesday, October 31, 2006 11:12 AM by Allister_Frost
Here's the clever bit about the new packaging. It opens like this: Very neat! Read More...
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Windows Vista and 2007 Office system packaging unveiled

Posted Tuesday, October 31, 2006 5:44 AM by Allister_Frost
Oooh, it's shiny and new. Announcing the new packaging for Windows Vista and the 2007 Office system. I quite like it. Do you? Read More...
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Bring YourSELF to Work

Posted Tuesday, October 24, 2006 4:47 PM by Allister_Frost
Yes, it's true: tomorrow is Bring YourSELF to Work Day 2006. In case you're feeling confused because you bring yourself to work most days anyway, take note of that clever capitalisation of the letters S, E, L and F. As the campaign leader says: Nothing Read More...
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Voluminous Venti

Posted Sunday, October 22, 2006 2:37 PM by Allister_Frost
Sunday, sitting in Starbucks. Note to self: a venti-sized mug of coffee is too large to drink comfortably without a catheter. Read More...
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The brainless way to win a £4,000 digital makeover

Posted Monday, October 09, 2006 7:26 AM by Allister_Frost
What is a Personal Computer? (a) A microcomputer whose price, size and capabilities make it suitable for personal usage (b) An elongated yellow fruit that grows on trees (c) The Queen of England At least the questions aren't quite as simple as that but Read More...
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Windows Live Local - now even better

Posted Tuesday, September 12, 2006 10:00 AM by Allister_Frost
My regular reader will know how much of a fan I have become of Windows Live Local . While Google Earth was very quick out of the blocks in 2004 after they acquired Keyhole Corp, it's now looking a bit creaky in comparison to the much improved, if absurdly Read More...
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Software: it's everywhere you know - even in Frinton

Posted Monday, September 11, 2006 4:59 PM by Allister_Frost
I'm just back from a short break at everyone's favourite sunshine destination: the North-East Essex coast! I was amused by the continued mass hysteria raging over the planned replacement of the famous railway gates at Frinton-on-Sea with automated barriers. Read More...
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Teasippers, Limeys and Rosbifs

Posted Friday, September 01, 2006 8:06 AM by Allister_Frost
I am all of the above. And if you're English you are too. I've just discovered this fascinating list of colloquial ways to address your fellow citizens of the world. And before you start using any of these and upset someone, bear in mind that they probably Read More...
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Dubious words emerging from Microsoft

Posted Monday, August 28, 2006 10:51 AM by Allister_Frost
What's going on? We seem to have a swathe of dubious sounding product names emerging from Microsoft just recently. There's the legendarily bad "OneCare" (careful how you say that), we've "SmartArt" in the 2007 Office system, and IE7 is now "RC1" which Read More...
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Smile! You're on a Speed Camera!

Posted Friday, August 25, 2006 10:22 AM by Allister_Frost
I'm fascinated by the human relationship with technology and how one helps shape the other. A recent example that got me thinking came after the Thames Valley Park Security team installed a speed camera on one of the roads approaching the UK Microsoft Read More...
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You Need to Get Out More

Posted Friday, August 18, 2006 5:22 PM by Allister_Frost
It's Friday. And Steve Clayton writes today about how his Out of Office message has taken on a personality all of its own. Mine has too. We all get so many "OOFs" that the very least you can do is inject a little life into your own message. In the spirit Read More...
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Big Moon over Walton

Posted Friday, August 18, 2006 8:38 AM by Allister_Frost
That was a big moon over the North Sea the other night. And it's amazing what you can do with a point and click camera these days. Thought I'd share this calming little photo as we enter another busy working day. Read More...
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Save the Blog: Vote Now

Posted Wednesday, August 16, 2006 6:34 PM by Allister_Frost
Contrary to one correspondent's theory, the lack of recent postings here is not evidence of my having been seized by British Anti-Terrorist Police. I agree that the liquids I carry onto aircraft may have a dangerously high alcoholic content that could Read More...
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Shameless Self Publicist Makes Useful Technology List

Posted Friday, August 04, 2006 6:47 AM by Allister_Frost
Congratulations to Blake Handler (yes, that's his real name) for the most shameless self-publicity move ever in the history of blogs! Blake has been the victim of a regularly changing URL for his MSN Spaces (now Windows Live Spaces) Blog. Which has made Read More...
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