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Newsreaders, gadgets and other bits

by Jackie on January 17, 2006

in Geeky,General,software

I wrote a little while ago about Blogbridge, which I think is one of the best RSS readers out there. It’s cross platform, has sorting and reading features aplenty, and easily syncs between your various installations via a (free) web account with them. I’ve tried lots over the past year or so, and this definately [...]

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Blogbridge newsreader

by Jackie on November 17, 2005

in Snippets,software

My hunt for a cross platform newsreader has been ongoing, but I think I may have finally found a solution. BlogBridge is a cross platform newsreader (for Windows, Mac and Linux) that can also synchronise between installs. Seems to suit my needs for now, so my problems are finally over. Oh, and it’s free too.

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Ubuntu goodies

by Jackie on November 17, 2005

in Geeky,software

I’d almost forgotten I’d sent for them, but today my Ubuntu CD’s arrived. Sooo much nicer than a handwritten disc, they come in a nice printed cardboard ‘wallet’ with both a live and install disc in each. I ordered 10 for PC, 2 for Mac, and 3 for 64 bit. All completely free from Canonical, [...]

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Hunting for a newsreader

by Jackie on September 14, 2005

in software

What newsreaders do you all use? I have been using various bits of software, but it’s becoming a royal pain in the rear to keep manually updating each one, so I really need a cross platform solution (windows/linux at least). I’m not overly keen on browser based readers, but if that’s the only solution that’s [...]

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Best laid plans

by Jackie on August 9, 2005

in software

I had thought I’d spend some time this week redesigning this ‘ere blog. But then I heard that Textpattern is now close to going gold so I’ve decided to wait for that. I’m feeling quite lazy recently and couldn’t be bothered to mess around with it twice. I’m also working on a new project (which [...]

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