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Gmail Delete Key Shortcut for UK Apple Users

September 11, 2010 · by Sam Michel · in Cantankerism, Geekery

MacBook keyboard

Having taken the plunge in January and moving wholesale from Outlook to Gmail, I’ve become hooked. Once or twice, I’ve even got close to reaching Inbox Zero. Close, but no cigar, at least not for long. Still, it’s an improvement.

Hunting for the Perfect Free Social Media Icon Set

February 5, 2010 · by Sam Michel · in Geekery, Social

This evening’s challenge: find a set of free icons which will link to core social media sites. As a minimum, the set needs to include icons for

An Endless Torrent of Social Stuff

December 31, 2009 · by Sam Michel · in Geekery

If the prospect of putting a line through the final item on a lengthy to do list is close to nirvana, then you’re probably trying to deal with inbox anxiety, that constant battle to keep your email under control.

I’m with you. The number of unread items in my email inbox steadily grows mocking me, like my own person national email debt clock. Although I haven’t had to make any bailouts (Select All > Delete). Yet.

Mucking About With My New Camera, Holiday Snaps And Turning The Golden Gate Blue

November 22, 2009 · by Sam Michel · in Geekery

I’m no camera maestro, but I do like to take a few snaps when I’m out and about. Despite the potential glamourous locations of recent trips to Los Angeles, San Francisco and New York, there was precious little time for sightseeing.

Still, I did discover one new trick whilst mucking around with the Custom White Balance feature of my trusty and battered Canon Ixus 100 IS.

Freezer’s Palace

December 23, 2008 · by Sam Michel · in Cantankerism, Geekery

las-vegas-snow.gifInspired by Peter Hill, writer of pithy, witty and altogether-too-clever headlines, who is too lazy to update his own blog, s

Is my Google Analytics code working?

October 26, 2008 · by Sam Michel · in Geekery

If you’re like me, you’ll probably spend as much time tinkering with the layout and technical gubbins of your website, as you will writing for the site in the first place. This bad habit isn’t help in any way at all by the rather excellent Google Analytics service and worse still the desktop application which even saves the hassle of firing up a web browser.

Using SQLite with Eclipse and DbEdit

August 30, 2008 · by Sam Michel · in Geekery, Miscellany

[Warning: For those not of a technical bent, what follows will be as dull as the dullest, tepid dishwater you can imagine, so probably better to venture to something more interesting.]

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