Chris Walton

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Tuesday, November 29th, 2011

When getting social goes wrong

The UK domain registrar 123 Reg posted the following on their Facebook today Create your own website in minutes Let’s take the technical hassle out of website creation. After all, who wants to be a computer geek? With InstantSite, anyone can design a website. That’s right, no boring web code or paying out for costly […]

Friday, November 25th, 2011

A Bucket List for 2012

Bucket Lists are normally for what you want to do before your time runs out, but I figured with only 1 short month till Christmas and a couple of days on top until the end of the year I would come up with a bucket list of things I want to get done by the end of the coming 2012.

Sunday, November 13th, 2011

Doing a barrel roll with Google

Google are never scared to get creative, as seen with their regular Google doodles, but sometimes they just get creatively playful just because they can with hidden easter eggs. When you search for “do a barrel roll” the result page will roll around and do a “barrel roll”. How did Google make itself spin? The […]

Wednesday, November 2nd, 2011

IE6 Countdown Clock below 8%

The Internet Explorer 6 countdown clock website is now below 8%, run by the Microsoft IE team the website is dedicated to monitoring the decline in usage of the now ancient web browser. Its name was Internet Explorer 6. Now that we’re in 2011, in an era of modern web standards, it’s time to say […]

Thursday, October 6th, 2011

Steve Jobs dies aged 56

The technology world has woken up today to the news that Steve Jobs, long time front runner at Apple who was behind the success of not only Apple as a brand but also the launch of the iMac, iPod, iPhone and iPad had died from cancer.

Friday, September 30th, 2011

Last Friday of the Month – The Liverpool Uni “Friday Song”

I was reminded of the “Friday Song” today which was pretty much a weekly tradition when I worked at Liverpool University, in honor of Mass Radfar who is spending his last day (and last Friday) I share with you “the Friday Song”

Saturday, September 24th, 2011

Get Interactive with Google for Jim Hensons Birthday

Tuesday, September 20th, 2011

The 5 Blogs I read on a regular basis

Everyone these days get their daily fix from blogs, whether its news, gossip or something/someone they take interest in, heres what I would say are my current top 5 (both web and general interest) line 25 Mashable Spoon Graphics IGN Eaves Dropping With Johnny

Monday, September 5th, 2011

Freddie Mercury’s 65th Birthday Google Style

Saturday, August 27th, 2011

Static Website vs Content Management System

So you want a website? Now you need to make your next decision, what sort do you want – a basic static website or a Content Management System (CMS)?