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VillaDesk 3.5 Released!
18 Jun 2011 16:33Version 3.5 of the VillaDesk holiday home booking and enquiry management system is now available. If you are an existing user of the software, you can update to the new version by running the update checker from within the software, otherwise, you can download the software from http://www.villadesk.com/ The new version adds support for multiple currencies .i.e. it is now possible to enter payments in the original currency and the system will automatically calulate the payment amount in your selected base currency, based on the exchange rates set up in the software.
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Gadgets and things
20 Mar 2011 19:40
If 10 years ago someone had told me that in 2011 pretty much everybody would be walking around with what is in essence a powerful, pocket sized, touch-screen computer with reasonably fast Internet access and the added ability to make and receive telephone calls, I would have laughed. Then again, back then I had a Nokia 5110 with a 5 line monochrome display IIRC.
The Internet on a mobile phone, why on earth would anyone want that? Back then, I did actually connect my laptop to my mobile with a data cable and go on the Internet on occasion for various reasons, but I really didn't get why anybody would want mobile websites or even to be able to send and receive e-mail on the move. No, I really didn't.
I must admit that despite being an IT professional, I am something of a luddite when it comes to new technology. I always have been. I don't have all the latest gadgets, not only because I'm poor and can't afford them, but because I rarely acquire a new device unless I see a real benefit for me. When I do buy something, I usually end up hanging on to it until it stops working completely and spare parts can no longer be obtained.
When it comes to software, I can be a little less conservative at times. Sometimes it can be fun and interesting to use new technologies, but in general my attitude is still, if it aint broke, don't fix it.
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TinyMCE
24 Nov 2010 21:50I am trying out the TinyMCE WYSIWYG HTML editor on the part of the site where I add posts. It seems OK, I might use it. This is what it looks like out of the box on the textarea where I enter posts:
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Countdown Solver
20 Nov 2010 20:06The Countdown solver can now produce solutions to the numbers game. Hopefully people will find it useful.
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Welcome to my newly renovated website!
17 Nov 2010 21:52As you can see I have finally gotten round to redesigning my website. Since I don't do Twitter or Facebook, I have added a blog section here that I will update when and if I think of anything to write about. My old site did have a blog than ran off Livejournal, but it wasn't very easy to update and it never worked too well. I have also updated the gallery/photo blog so that I can upload pictures remotely. In hindsight that actually sounds like a somewhat fundemental feature for a photo blog but it was missing from my old photo blog. The photo blog also no longer stores photo captions in an .ini file...
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Ben Mason is a computer programmer from Reading in England. This is his personal website and blog.
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