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ABBStract

ABBStract

http://abbstract.info

The private scribblings of a UK based IT consultant.

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  • The Night Before Christmas

    Posted on Tuesday December 15th, 2009 at 05:38 in humour

    ‘Twas the night before Christmas in the data warehouse Not a feature was stirring, nor a click of a mouse. Overclocked by the technicians, the machines had been with care In hope of better performance, warranties voided with fanfare. The manage...

  • Testing the Resolution

    Posted on Sunday December 6th, 2009 at 08:20 in programming, web site

    One of the important, but often neglected things to try out when developing a new website is checking its appearance with different screen resolutions. To be honest, it’s a bit of a pain, switching between them and you’re also limited to ...

  • Windows 7 and http://localhost/

    Posted on Saturday November 7th, 2009 at 09:38 in Microsoft, web site, windows 7

    I am now having a play with Windows 7 on a virtual environment. Okay, it’s Microsoft on a budget – trial versions of Windows 7, MS Office 2007 and Visio 2007, all so that I can write a technical document on my own computer. My, things hav...

  • The Hacker

    Posted on Friday October 30th, 2009 at 15:05 in sql, humour, Microsoft

    Once upon a nightmare query, while I pondered, weak and weary, Over many a quaint and curious part of code, While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a hacking, Someone gently hacking, hacking at my network node. “‘Tis some colleague”...

  • REVIEW: “Joomla! Visual Quickstart Guide” by Marni Derr and Tanya Symes

    Posted on Tuesday September 22nd, 2009 at 05:04 in review, joomla, Web Sites

    Aimed at beginners and intermediate users, this book provides step by step instructions on how to set up a web site using the Joomla 1.5 Content Management System. The book has a companion site (http://www.writingyourdreams.com) and access to the Sa...

  • E-Learning and the UK Recession

    Posted on Wednesday September 2nd, 2009 at 05:08 in elearning, open source, lms

    This BCS report explores the current state of different facets of the e-learning industry in the UK. Some downsides to it are that it appears incomplete – figures for Adobe and Open Source solutions are excluded because the information was unav...

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