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Lost In Time

By Bish | Published: 02/11/2007 – 23:21 | Posted in Personal, Quick | Comments (0)

For want of a much better title, it looks like 3 months have passed since I last updated this blog. It doesn’t feel like three months but I seem to have replaced one love (blogging) with a profession (web design) and the free time that I used for benbishop.me.uk has been swallowed up by browser bugs, wordpress plugins and myspace (argh!) nuances.

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At Last, Laptop Heaven!

By Bish | Published: 30/07/2007 – 13:54 | Posted in News, Personal | Comments (2)

Well, it took me a while, too long in fact but I am finally in the land if mobile computing. Really needed one to be able to go away on business and still work but its turned into a bit of a lifestyle accessory (though the novelty might wear off!).

I went for reasonably priced laptop from Dell (yes, I know, no Mac Fan boy here yet). My logic was that while the sky is almost the limit regarding spec and price, I was unsure of how much i was going to actually use it. So, I found a great deal through the Dell Outlet store on Ebay, as recommended by Jeff a work colleague and I am very happy with the result.

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Alan Johnston Freed

By Bish | Published: 04/07/2007 – 11:48 | Posted in News, Personal, Quick | Comments (0)

Fantastic news today that Alan Johnston, the BBC reporter, has been freed by his kidnappers in the Gaza Strip. 114 days in captivity is a long time!

Its amazing he looks so healthy, great news for him and his family. More details on the BBC website.

$100 Million Feedburner Acquisition (Google – Again!)

By Bish | Published: 25/05/2007 – 23:42 | Posted in News, Opinion, Personal, Software, Web, Web2.0 | Comments (1)

Well according to a number of sources and specifically Techcrunch it seems Google has acquired the simply excellent Feedburner.

As a quick introduction for those that aren’t aware of it, Feedburner is the stats management package for your RSS feeds, monitoring a great depth of information from subscriber numbers to click through’s to your pages. It re-writes your RSS feed and allows you to add features and customisations adding greater value to both your readers and you as the site marketer or owner.

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Downtime and Errors

By Bish | Published: 25/05/2007 – 22:31 | Posted in Opinion, Personal, Quick, Wordpress | Comments (4)

Downtime

All my sites went down today for about 60mins around 5pm (GMT) with my host denying all knowledge. Not the end of the world but a reasonable explanation would have been appreciated. Especially as this is the 7th day this month there has been some length of downtime! I have been putting it off for ages but a few more issues and poor responses from my host and I might end up making the move. Where do you recommend?

Downtime for BenBishop.me.uk 25th May 2007