Category Archives: Computer

WAMP setup on Win XP Pro

Posted on February 26, 2005 by nickromney

My web hosting package is LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySql, PHP4), but my laptop runs Windows XP. Here is how I got a WAMP (Windows, Apache, MySql, PHP) environment for development at home. Continue reading →

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Firefox extensions

Posted on February 24, 2005 by nickromney

I’ve been using Mozilla’s Firefox browser for over a year now, and it’s my main browser. One of the key reasons is its extensibility, and here are the extensions I use (generated by the Listzilla extension):

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Mid-rank Nerd

Posted on January 21, 2005 by nickromney

Followed the link on Heal Your Church Website to take the Nerd Quiz. And here’s the result:

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Romney is a fraud

Posted on October 6, 2004 by nickromney

When updating this website caused me to re-install, I checked to see the Google rank of “Nick Romney”. I’m pleased to say that this site came up first. So, with my ego suitably stroked, I decided to do a little … Continue reading →

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Quicktime to AVI

Posted on March 19, 2004 by nickromney

My Kodak digital camera captures up to 2 minutes of video, with sound. However, a 2-minute clip is 30 mb in Quicktime’s .mov format. In order to edit it (either for timing or file size), I could have bought QuickTime … Continue reading →

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Bookmarklets

Posted on March 19, 2004 by nickromney

Read Eric Meyer’s roundup on SXSW 2004, and find that I too am a person mentioned in his SXSQ04i Wrap-Up: in that I hadn’t come across bookmarklets / favelets. Am pleased to say that I’ve now added in a few … Continue reading →

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Bloggar posting tool

Posted on March 6, 2004 by nickromney

Am just now testing out all the other features of blogging through WordPress and am trialling w.bloggar, which seems to work quite nicely for offline content generation, although doesn’t auto-generate the “Post Slug” for WordPress’s Permalinks, so I won’t be … Continue reading →

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Colour-blindness and the web designer

Posted on March 5, 2004 by nickromney

As I’ve been looking up more and more on accessibility (section 508 guidelines etc.) for some site redesigns, I’ve become increasingly aware of some of the other issues around it, and finally read up on some dedicated sites about the … Continue reading →

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How to write unmaintainable code