Recently Apple brought out the latest update to iTunes - with the promise of cool features: cover flow, gapless playback and other bits and bobs. Some users have reported bugs in the new version (I even spotted one†), but little did Andrew, an old school friend, realise that the biggest feature he would benefit from would [...]

When we moved back from Canada I went through the usual job of checking out all the best ISPs. There was also a couple of prerequisites: At least a 1mb connection. Static IP. Good reputation with customer services. Finally through reading around the Net and general recommendations from colleagues, I settled on Plusnet's £22.99 per month for a [...]

Generally when you say you've done your browser testing it will mostly take place on a PC, and at the very least, it will be IE†. † No matter how much we developers or designers complain that IE isn't standards compliant, and Firefox is the way, the World still prefers IE (at time of writing!). However, being [...]

Brian De Palma directs another American period film that flows with lush sets, and equally lush actors. If you enjoyed LA Confidential, then you'll probably enjoy this film (but that may have a lot to do with James Ellroy having written both films).

I'm really never really any good at birthdays, but this year, I think I've done a little better. Most people at work knew it was my 28th, even people I'd say I didn't really know. I took an hour lunch break for some food with a few friends (an hour where I work [...]

September 12th, Apple launches iTunes 7, and there's a few cool features knocking around their announcements too.

At my office, during some point in 2004 someone got tired of referring to the company web domain as (in phonetics): double-u, double-u, double-u, dot, digital look dot com. So, he slurred the longest part in to 'dub-dub-dub'. The result was a team of professional developers speaking to clients about our web site like we're [...]