As we get into the holiday mood it seems a rush in order to solve eminent problems that have plagued us throught the year. One of the most popular data exchange and export formats is XML. While XML files provide a means of moving data between systems, especially legacy systems, an issue arises when you […]
Browser Wars 2010 – Internet Explorer, Firefox, Chrome
Almost 85% of the Internet population uses the top 3 browsers which are as different as they are similar. I do love and hate each of them in their own ways. Internet Explorer Has improved since IE 6 which as a web designer is the worst thing that happened to the Internet IE 8 I like, its […]
Intuit Websites using Sitebuilder by Homestead – Proxy Servers
If you are developing or updating a site hosted by Intuit Websites (http://www.intuit.com/website-building-software/) you need to be careful when publishing behind a proxy. It seems that the software does not connect to the servers if its behind a proxy, so you need to disable the proxy or find a connection which does not use one […]
WikiLeaks – Is this turning into a civil war?
Just watching the countinued cat-and-mouse game between wiki-leaks, governments, and large corporations, its starting to seem like the beginnings of a civil war on the Internet, probably the first Internet world war. ISPs, Credit Card Companies, Banks, Radio stations, individuals, are all being targeted. I am sure that underneath all of this the collateral damage […]
MTN Kampala Marathon – 2010
The reality is that I need to train for the next one. I am still waiting for the official stats for my number 11528, but my first marathon was an experience How did it start, well I woke up at 5.30am, because I thought we were setting off early at 6:00am. I was at the starting line […]
Windows 7 and the 2GB RAM Issue
Now that Black Friday offers are sinking in, some of which are being extended into the holidays. Be it that laptop or desktop that you want, the issue always remains do I get 32bit or 64bit OS. Times have improved since Windows Vista, where 32bit and 64bit were two worlds apart. They are almost similar, […]