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Things I Learned This Week – #46
Offline this week I learned that Twitter is often a quicker and easier place to sell things than eBay, that eagerly pulling decals off a car will can also remove the paintwork, and more than I could...
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Things I Learned This Week – #47
Offline this week I learned that large beanbags offer the most comfortable typing position ever, not to drink cheap red wine, and that the seats by the Chinese books in Newcastle City Library are...
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Things I Learned This Week – #48
Offline this week I learned to buy more bags of winter grit than I think I need, to do exercise even when it’s too slippery to go running outside, and that a bad seated posture can give you headaches....
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Things I Learned This Week – #49
Offline this week I learned to fly direct and take only carry-on luggage where possible, that the UK is ridiculously underprepared for snow compared to other European countries, and that thrash metal...
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Things I Learned This Week #50
Please note that this will be last of these posts for this year. I’ll be back in 2011 [why?] Offline this week I learned that there’s literally two types of people in the world (Dweck was correct!),...
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Project Reclaim: or, how I learned to start worrying and love my data.
A few days ago, via Stephen Downes, I came across Project Reclaim, an attempt by Boone Gorges to ‘reclaim’ his data from the multiple silos he’s been putting them in. He’s talking about those places...
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Project Reclaim: backing up to local network storage
Learn about Project Reclaim here. As, seemingly, most of the rest of the world, I’ve got a (50GB subscription to) Dropbox. I use it in place of the ‘Documents’ folder on my MacBook Pro and, at work,...
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Project Reclaim: a pragmatic update
Boone Gorges, who originally started me on the path towards reclaiming my own data, has posted an update on his Project Reclaim. I thought it was about time I did the same. I’d already mapped out the...
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How to ensure your blog posts last forever.
TL;DR version: Register your own domain name, find some server space and install Open Source software. It’s harder than using someone else’s shiny service, but you’re in control. It’s worth it. I found...
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I host my websites through Reclaim Hosting. I’ve been with them for a few years now, ever since they were known as ‘Hippie Hosting’ and an offshoot of the amazing work done by Jim Groom and team at the...
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