Engineering notes from the sharp end

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wade womersley – york based software engineer I write the way I work: direct, useful, and more interested in what holds up in production than what sounds clever on a slide.

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Opera 10 Final Available

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Software

Opera 10 has now been released and can be downloaded from the official Opera website. It is available in 43 different languages for Windows, Linux and Mac. New features include: Opera turbo Opera’s proxy servers are now used for image and content compression so even people on a slower connection should experience a speed boost. … Read More “Opera 10 Final Available” »

Boot Failure Fixing FlowChart Fun

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Hardware, Support

Next time you have a problem booting your PC, why not give this simple flow chart a go? It’s actually easier to use than it first looks, it just covers a lot of stuff. The full thing can be found at fonerbooks.

xfactor is going for the full package

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Random Stuff

I’m not really a fan of x-factor but I stumbled on this video from the current series and…well it has to be watched:

Hello world!

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Ego-centric

An apt name for a first post by a programmer if ever I saw one. Finally got around to started the process of building a website for my work and for my ego (it’s a website about me, there’s ego there, I can’t deny that). Over time I’ll populate this website with stuff I find … Read More “Hello world!” »