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Google Adsense - don’t put up with irrelevancy

A couple of my blogs have gone screwy on the Google ads - displaying irrelevant ads. When I notofied google, they happily fixed them up. Don’t live with irrelevancy, let Google know because they are as keen to fix it as you are.

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Welcome to the new look Qwertyrash

Given an excess of time, desire and obsessiveness, I have ported the QwertyRash blogs from their old blog system (Nucleus), to WordPress.
I am a big fan of Nucleus and highly recommend it. My only reason for porting was a need to become conversant in WP and PHP. Further, my host seemed to have more problems […]


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Pocket-lint.co.uk | Office idiots can kill you image

Now the truth is out. Those imbeciles in the office, who drive you to drink (or worse), with their total incompetence are a health hazard.
Have a read: Pocket-lint.co.uk WEB PIC OF THE DAY - Office idiots can kill you image 1
So now you know, what will you do next time? Don’t take it out on […]


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Customizing Chitika to use categories for ads on Word Press

For those using Word Press and Chitika eMiniMalls (sponsored link), I’ve developed code to allow you to replace the ch_query array with the categories assigned to your post. That’s the one where you put the keywords you want your ads based on.
This of course is rather useful because the ads can then be quite specific […]


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Get your blog on the blogging map at Frappr

We’ve set up a Frappr map for bloggers:
“A map of bloggers from around the world. Anyone with a blog can add themselves. Get your country, city and blog represented.”

This is a great and innovative way to demonstrate the spread of blogs, especially in your own country, and make an novel way to find your blogs.
Frappr […]


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Apple iTunes Music Store Australia goes live

No more rumors or last minute cancellations - the Australian version of the iTunes Music Store is open for business this morning.
Songs are $1.69 and albums $16.99. Shorter albums (EPs) appear to be $11.99.
For their New Zealand counterparts, there is no good news, with no sign of the NZ version.


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cNet | Same screen, separate views - Eclipse AVN7905 in car entertainment

cNet provide a brief comment on the extraordinary Eclipse AVN7905 in car entertainment system, the screen of which displays one picture for the drive and a different one for the passenger
Sometimes, a piece of technology shows up completely out of the blue. While looking at the booth for Eclipse, Fujitsu’s automotive unit, I saw an […]


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OpenOffice.org 2.0 released

Exciting news for those looking for a cheaper alternative to Microsoft Office with the release of the new and significantly improved OpenOffice, version 2.0
“OpenOffice.org 2.0 is the productivity suite that individuals, governments, and corporations around the world have been expecting for the last two years. Easy to use and fluidly interoperable with every major office […]


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Apple Introduces Power Mac G5 Quad & Power Mac G5 Dual

More for the pro crowd with Apple introducing Power Mac G5 Quad & Power Mac G5 Dual
New Line Features Quad-Core Processing, PCI Express & Workstation Graphics
CUPERTINO, California?October 19, 2005?Apple� today unveiled its new Power Mac� G5 desktop line featuring the Power Mac G5 Quad, providing quad-core processing with two 2.5 GHz dual-core PowerPC G5 processors. […]


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Apple Introduces Aperture all-in-one photo post production tool for PRO photogaphers

Apple Introduces Aperture for photo post production.
CUPERTINO, California - October 19, 2005 -Apple� today introduced Aperture, the first all-in-one post production tool that provides everything photographers need after the shoot. Aperture offers an advanced and incredibly fast RAW workflow that makes working with a camera?s RAW images as easy as JPEG. Built from the […]


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