Google and AMP

AMP is a good idea, but Google's implementation is deceptive and suspicious. Just because you find something through Google, doesn't mean Google should give you their own copy of it. If you agree, please also sign AMP letter.

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Freelancing online

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London 2012 Olympic Games opening ceremony final dress rehearsal tickets giveaway

As you may well know, I'm a volunteer performer in the opening ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games. I know about some of the content of the show (much more than has been publicly announced so far), and if I weren't in it, I'd love to be there watching it.

Vote No to 'First' Past The Post (FPTP)

An ineffective electoral system whenever there is more than two candidates, with a highly misleading name.

Quick Settings

I've devoted virtually an entire screen on my mobile desktop to core and third party widgets that allow me to quickly adjust phone settings, such as turning on wifi or turning off GPS. With this app though, I needn't have bothered. Quick Settings presents itself as a permanent ('Ongoing') selection in your Android drop-down notifications, and you can set it up to appear as a pop-up on top of whatever else you might be doing.

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[mobilecode name="market://search?q=pname:com.bwx.bequick"]market://search?q=pname:com.bwx.bequick[/mobilecode]
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Sergey Shafarenka
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com.bwx.bequick
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1.9.2
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free!
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238KB
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364KB
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My national and local voting experience, and who I voted for

So, today is the big day in politics - when the nation gets the opportunity to choose who which political party will govern the land for the next four or five years. Or do they?!

Drupal Dries at Doggetts

Last week I went along to my first London Drupal pub meet (despite using Drupal well over a year now), which happened to take place at a pub on the Thames (Doggetts) that I've been to lots over the years (especially when working at IPC Media whose HQ used to be just up the road), and I think it was probably the biggest one so far, thanks to the announced guest of Dries Bu

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DaNGO diary - part 1

My introduction to the Microsoft/Drupal project I'm working on.

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FDGL at FOWA

So, I did a pretty well-received short talk on my Mock The Week Facebook page (with over half a million fans now) and Mock The Week live stream Facebook application, entitled 'Facebook brand page virality and live streaming success' at the Facebook Developer Garage London's Future Of Web Apps London 2009

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