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  Social Bookmark Shopping.. What!?

  25th February 2008 11:49 by tom

  Hands up who's heard of social bookmarking. I expect most people reading this article will have. The concept has been around for an Internet 'eternity' now. I thought everyone in the Facebook generation would be familiar with the idea, but I was speaking to a friend of mine yesterday, happily… Read more

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  Facebook Style Image Grabber

  22nd February 2008 11:57 by tom

  I love the way Facebook works; there are so many subtly clever gizmos that just make the whole experience that little bit smoother and pleasant. One feature I particularly like is the image grabber. For those that don't know, if you enter a URL while writing a private message in… Read more

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  How to Generate an Image Captcha

  19th February 2008 04:44 by tom

  Everyone hates spammers, how they sleep at night I don't know... Maybe they are so rich they can afford to buy those special space age mattresses that mold to fit your shape, or machines that imitate the sound of the ocean! (OK I got that from a film). But one… Read more

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  Give your site an MOT

  18th February 2008 05:12 by tom

  We often have clients asking us to check out their site and see if there are any bits we'd suggest improving or changing, so I thought I'd just list my quick top things to check out for and make sure your site has. This is far from exhaustive so please… Read more

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  Checking your site on Safari

  15th February 2008 05:10 by tom

  There's an increasing number of Mac users who are impossible to ignore. I may even become one myself at some point as they do look pretty nice! If like me you've always coded websites on a PC in the past you might have been forgiven for 'over-looking' the small percentage… Read more

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  What are you listening to right now?

  15th February 2008 04:21 by tom

  If, like me, you get bored of the same old songs being played over and over again on commercial radio, or find Chris Moyles just a little bit too loud on the more delicate of mornings. Then you might have trawled the Internet looking for good and original radio stations.… Read more

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  Stuck for Inspiration?

  12th February 2008 11:08 by tom

  The Internet is just so big, sometimes it's hard to know where to start when you are looking for inspiration or new ideas. Google is an obvious place, but only if you know what you're looking for. It's a great tool for locating information, but what if you just want… Read more

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  WrongWrite.com

  3rd February 2008 18:15 by tom

  18a have recently acquired the site wrongwrite.com - "part education, part therapy. We uncover grammatical and spelling errors on commercial signage and advertising, and share it with our loyal readers". So hop over and check it out - and keep us in mind next time you see a shocking typo… Read more

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  The Original Social Network

  5th January 2008 13:18 by tom

  For anyone who's getting fed up of all those social networking sites out there, take a look at this brand new social network that's taking the world by storm. Check out The Original Social Network Read more

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  The World's 'Local' Bank

  2nd January 2008 10:21 by lisa

  Only a couple of months ago 18a Productions opened a business bank account with HSBC. They seemed as good as anyone else, and we'd heard good reports. And out of the 2 banks only a short walk away, they were the ones who returned our call, unlike Barclays. After a… Read more