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Head First HTML with CSS & XHMTL

Posted on July 11, 2009 by Charles Barsley — No Comments ↓

Although I am a strong WordPress fan with several wordpress sites, which apart from basic set up require no Web knowledge to use, I wanted to learn the language of the Web, specifically XHTML and CSS. I have three reasons…

Tagged with: amazon reviews, attributes, book states, cms system, first web design, free materials, internet websites, reference book, web developer, web knowledge, wordpress themes, xhtml
Posted in Books, Technology

Spotify – A new way to listen to music

Posted on March 19, 2009 by Charles Barsley — No Comments ↓

Visiting a friend yesterday I discovered Spotify. Its a little hard to explain what Spotify is in one sentence so I’ll just use the description from their website. What is Spotify Spotify is a new way to enjoy music. Simply…

Tagged with: artist album song, creativity, favorite songs, favourite songs, genre artist, hard drive, hassle, internet radio station, music lovers, playlist, playlists, popularity, search results screen, search screen, share songs
Posted in Technology

How do you back up your data?

Posted on February 28, 2009 by Charles Barsley — 1 Comment ↓

Recently I’ve heard of an unusually high number of friends who have had computer issues which lead them to lose data. This has caused me to question how I back up my data and how to safeguard it. In the…

Tagged with: automatic backup, back ups, backup options, backup program, clumsiness, computer issues, flash drive, Google, hardware failures, Internet, iomega external hard drive, Microsoft, modern solution, natural disasters, offsite backup, PC, real time backup, sandisk cruzer, usb key, Windows
Posted in Technology

What is Twitter and how does it work?

Posted on February 21, 2009 by Charles Barsley — 3 Comments ↓

As a few of you will know I have been “tweeting” on Twitter over the last few weeks (Follow me here). Several people have asked me what is Twitter or how can I use it so I thought I would…

Tagged with: blogging, breaking news, charles barsley, mobile device, retail, stephen fry, trade publication, tweet, tweets, twitter, unusual things, website, worth reading
Posted in Musings, Technology

The Daily Dilbert and Online Customer Reviews

Posted on February 1, 2009 by Charles Barsley — No Comments ↓

One of the RSS feeds I subscribe too is the Daily Dilbert. I enjoyed today’s cartoon so much that I felt I had to put finger to keyboard. Here it is… I particularly liked this cartoon as I attended a…

Tagged with: amazon co uk, benefit, cartoon, customer reviews, dilbert, engineer, keyboard, marketplace, retail, Review, staff member, tipping point
Posted in Musings, Technology