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WordPress!

So, this is WordPress. I have been looking into different blogging systems, like Blogger and using the wiki on my site, as well as others that charge, like Typepad. I thought I would give this a try though coz a)…

CrapAuthors.com

Here’s a great new use of a blog to keep an eye on: CrapAuthors.com. It basically tracks the progress of a whole range of writers that the bloggers deem to be of negligible literary value!

Parsnip’s Progress

Al and I have created the Graham Parsnip blog () as usual with me, using the Blogger system. Parsnip is a spoof science fiction author, who first appeared on Palimpsest () earlier this year. But Al reckons the stuff is…

Advanced Firefox

Original: http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/12/02/1610202&from=rss Internet Firefox for power users Wednesday December 08, 2004 (02:00 PM GMT) By: Daniel Rubio The Mozilla Firefox browser has garnered wide attention for its capabilities, compared to its predecessor Mozilla and Microsoft’s Internet Explorer. But in addition…

OpenOffice.org better than M$ Office?

Good article on choosing Openoffice.org over M$ Office (from ) : There are some very good reasons to use OpenOffice.org instead of Microsoft Office, and the best reasons have nothing to do with cost of the software. Although I…

Reading

Am currently reading On Beulah Height, by Reginald Hill. Not very far into it, but the change of pace is startling after Destination: MORGUE!, I have to admit. There is a distinct paucity of Hill info on the web, just…

James Ellroy

Here, as promised earlier, is a slightly edited version of my Palimpsest post about James Ellroy: Frankly, James Ellroy is God. He is without doubt the world’s best living crime author, and I’d wager that he’d the best crime writer…

PC Security on Windows

My sister has just bought a laptop and she wants to go on Broadband with it. She asked for a bit of advice, and I might just have gone over the top a bit on the security issue… I’d seriously…