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Crafty Sitemap Building

Lee hodson — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 05:57:28 +0000

The Sitemap is the Holy Grail of a website. It’s the sheet (or sheets) of xml that new webmasters don’t know to use and some experienced webmasters neglect to create. Consider that every website has a front, a back, a mouthpiece, a gang of security guards and a guide. Visitors see the front, the webmaster [...]

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New Addition to WINE, PlayOnLinux, Is a Winner in My Eyes

Lee hodson — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:42:13 +0000

The past couple of weeks have been interesting. Like a graffiti artist’s tag, I’ve seen PlayOnLinux cropping up in all sorts of different forum posts and blog comment spots. What is it, I thought, is it some kind of ploy to get people to consider Linux as a gaming platform (which it’s brilliant for)? Or [...]

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Kubuntu Karmic Koala Beta – My First Thoughts

Lee hodson — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 20:07:31 +0000

I plunged and gambled my sanity when I downloaded it, burned it to disc, wiped my hard drive and installed it. That was a few days ago. I am now using the beta version and it is impressive. It is lightening fast - It took less than 30 seconds to boot to a working desktop immediately after installation. Takes a little longer now I've added a bit of software but it's still quicker than any previous release. To say the Kubuntu team are aiming for a 25 second boot time, and my machine's on its last legs, I reckon they're very close to getting there.

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