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Getting tee’d off with WordPress

Love it… but it's annoying me

Just a quick whinge to see if anyone else is having this issue. I’ve trawled the WordPress support groups and posted myself, but had no responses.

Since upgrading to v3.0, my “Add New Post” dashboard won’t remember where all my widgets are placed. I drag and drop [...]

Twitter is NOT free on Three

Don't use Three – use Ping.fm!

Don’t believe the hype. After their trial back in February, Three are now offering “free” Twitter if you’re a customer. The only thing is, it’s not flipping free!

Once you register you can set it so you receive texts when certain people you follow post a tweet. [...]

Is Flash really “closed and proprietary”?

Already used an Apple logo this week…

Again, I’m going to really try and not Apple-bash but their statement this week regarding Flash apps really has got me wondering about what world they live in.

Apple have just released the new version of their development kit for the iPhone. This SDK is tied [...]

I am not Apple-bashing. Honest.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTeSYmQS820″

Seriously – no Mac-bashing.

Sorry, I’ve just got to post this. I’m getting roundly sick of the following knee-jerk response on facebook, Twitter and pretty much everywhere else:

PC User – I just had to get rid of virus X. GRRR.

Mac User – Should get a Mac instead.

Or some variation on [...]

iPad – WOW! [note sarcasm]

Not. Interested.

No, I’ve not got an iPad. No, I’m not getting an iPad. I just wish people who’d bought them would shut the hell up about it.

Since yesterday when they were released I’ve been inundated with tweets of “This is my first tweet from my new iPad” and “I can tweet [...]