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Hi, I'm Gareth J M Saunders, 39 years old, 6' 4", married to Jane, father of 3 boys (twins and singleton), I'm a priest in the Scottish Episcopal Church and have a passion for Mahjong, Psion PDAs and web design.
I am employed as the Assistant Information Architect / Web Manager at the University of St Andrews.
My main interests are HTML, CSS (inc. frameworks), jQuery, Information Architecture and Agile development.
This is my second, less formal blog.
Twitter
- Dear Twitter, when I need more than 140 characters I use my blog then tweet the URL. Thanks for offering what you do, for free. x 22 hours ago
- How I love reading Debrett's guide to modern etiquette, eg "Bread rolls are eaten with the left hand [...] it is vulgar to bite into bread." 1 day ago
- So if Scotland did become independent, who would represent us at #Eurovision? I vote for @HTKAZ. ;) 1 day ago
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Free accounting software from Microsoft
This has been sitting in my “To blog” folder for months: Office Accounting Express 2008 (U.K. version). Microsoft® Office Accounting Express 2008 is an essential, easy-to-use tool for managing your home-based business. With the look and feel of familiar Microsoft … Continue reading
UpdateStar
PC Plus magazine (Issue 273, October 2008) had an On test roundup of upgrading software: applications that check what software you have installed and whether there’s a newer version available. UpdateStar scored highest with 4/5. I’m going to give it … Continue reading
Software developers to be held accountable for insecure software
Interesting news item on the PC Pro News website: Lords want sloppy software makers held to account. The House of Lords Science and Technology Committee is renewing calls for software developers to be held legally liable for security flaws. Nice … Continue reading
Posted in Computer
Tagged government, legal, liable, lords, News, pc pro, security, Software
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Qumana woes
Well, I was going to make this a really cool first post from Qumana, the easy to use desktop blog editor … but I can’t get it to connect to any of my WordPress.com accounts (I currently have nine!). I … Continue reading
RCL for DLS?
I do wish that the Libronix Digital Library System (Libronix DLS) which is the engine behind my Bible software package (Nelson’s Ultimate Bible Reference) had a built-in module for displaying the Revised Common Lectionary (RCL). It looks like there is … Continue reading
Posted in God Project
Tagged bible, lectionary, libronix, logos, rcl, revised common lectionary, Software
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Regular expressions
Last week I ordered The Definitive Guide to Apache mod_rewrite by Rich Bowen on Amazon UK. It arrived today, and I’m nearly one third through it already. It’s a really well written, easy to read book about that mysterious “Swiss … Continue reading
Paint Shop Pro Photo magazine
I bought the first issue of the Corel Official Paint Shop Pro Photo magazine today. It looks pretty good. Inspiring.
RocketDock
RocketDock looks quite cool. Assuming that you want that Mac-like interface dock thingy on your Windows desktop. Which I don’t. But you might.