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Canonical Announces Ubuntu OS for Mobile

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As a Ubuntu Desktop user I'm excited about the introduction of a Ubuntu OS for Smart Phones.

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Spell Check A Website With Firefox

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A vital part of deploying any website is the Spell Check. However it is often a difficult and sometimes complex process to do. But with this Firefox Add-On, the process is now a whole lot easier.

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CSS3 Drop-Shadows

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I came across a great resource of CSS3 Drop-Shadows that I thought worth a mention from Nicolas Gallagher.

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Install Nitro on Ubuntu without using the Ubuntu Software Centre

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Nitro is a great "to-do" list application that provides a simple and sleek interface toi manage your tasks. However, when trying to install it, I found that the only way to do so was through the Ubuntu Software Centre. As I had not yet logged into the Software Centre, I was keen to install this through the Command Line instead. Here's how to do it.

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How to Create a Custom Application Launcher in Ubuntu 12.10

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In most instances, whenever you need an application in Ubuntu, you can install it using the Terminal or through the Synaptic Package Manager. However there are those cases that you need to install an application yourself. And in many of these instances, an application launcher will not be created - for example, when installing Sublime Text 2. In this blog post, we go through the steps of how to create an Application Launcher in Ubuntu Linux 12.10.

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Encode HTML Entities Within Your <code> Tags

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In an earlier post, I wrote about compressing your HTML output through Savant3. However, a by-product of this process is that you loose the line breaks and tabs within your <code> tags. To solve this, I have adapted a script originally written by "Ryan" to ensure that everything within the <code> tag is replaced with htmlentities. This script is useful if you're using my Savant3 compressor, or simply if you need to encode your code snippets.

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Parse a Twitter Feed With PHP

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In this post, we will go though how to read Tweets from a Twitter Account into a PHP Array so that they can be used on a website, or in a localised program. To do this, we will be using the Twitter Timeline API and the PHP DOM Parser.

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Compress Your Output With PHP & Savant3

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Once you've finished your website (NOTE: not that you ever really FINISH the site) and are ready to go live, there are a number of refinements that you can start to look to. One area of refinement is around the performance of your website. And in relation to your code, a way of improving the performance is through "minimising" your scripts.

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Hello World!

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After some time in the financial and consulting world, I'm looking to make the transition to full-time IT consulting. As such, I think it suitable to title my opening blog post on my website: "Hello World!"

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I design & develop software that runs on the Internet. As a qualified analyst, accountant and real estate agent, I can deploy systems that improve performance.

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