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Technology, relationships and minstry

The old ‘technology is impersonal’ argument has been raised again over at Solapanel, and it has succeeded in stirring me to words…
I could have left a comment on the blog, but preferred to write more fully here…

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Xobni - interesting Outlook addin

I live a good part of my life by Outlook.

For work it is absolutely indispensable. We don’t have Exchange or anything fancy like that, but it keeps my entire calendar, an extensive task list, and all of the 200-300 emails I receive in a typical day.

I use email a heap for work and pleasure. While email doesn’t replace talking with someone in person or by phone, email still greases the wheels of relationships and keeps organisational issues under control.

Which is why I’m rather interested in a new add-in for Outlook called Xobni. It appears to help organise and and ‘connect the dots’ with my email…

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X - the unknown quantity

Boys and their toys.
Yep, sorry, another blokey, geeky post about another (expensive) toy…

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VPS - three weeks on

Struggling with a learning curve, but enjoying the flexibility and power that a VPS brings – and absolutely rapt with the first rate support from the hosting company.aiter

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Westserve has a new home

Some parts of the world will take another day or so to catch up with the change in DNS, but most of you will be reading this served up by the server known as Blue Mountains Hosting…

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Of web sites and servers

Apologies in advance for the geeky topic…
For nearly four years I’ve had a web hosting account with a very large hosting company in America.
But, for a range of reason, I’ve started the process of moving my most important sites to different facilities. This is a complex and involved task that needs a lot of planning…

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Firefox Tips

The more I use Firefox as my web browser, the more I appreciate the thought and effort put into it.
On the rare occasion I have to use IE (6 or 7), I feel like I’m going back into the stone age of web browsing.

But… one of the minor frustrations with FF is how so many cool features are not really well documented. Which is why I’m always on the lookout for article like this one…

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Top Gear - Ariel Atom

‘Top Gear’ (the best car show on TV anywhere) absolutely raved about a bullet of car called the Ariel Atom. Now we have a link to a Quicktime video of the segment on the show. Well worth a watch…

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