The Blog of Ross C Brown

The longest eight minutes of my life…

I’m usually proud to be British (well, European – at a push, Scottish) but today – having watched the London 2012 segment of the Beijing 2008 Olympics closing ceremony – I’m not. I’m actually embarrassed and very sorry that we inflicted what we did on the world. Let’s get started shall we… [...]

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Wallpaper Wednesday 002

This weeks wallpaper is from The London Underground. Enjoy! 

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Using Google Mail as Backup Storage

Over the years I have slowly found WordPress the ultimate content management system for not only blogs but a number for of websites that I’ve developed.  However, until recently I didn’t have an ideal back up solution. 

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BBC HD and the Beijing Olympic Games

Back in early 2006 the BBC in the United Kingdom launched a High Definition television channel. Billed as a ‘preview’ channel, the BBC used the channel up until December 2007 to test high definition scheduling.

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I Am Everyone

Last month, Orange in the UK started an advertising campaign titled ‘I Am Everyone’ with a number of outdoor print ads and a television ad.
Interestingly, Orange didn’t publish a website url with their campaign, instead Orange issued the call to action, ’search for i am online’ with both their print and television advertisements. 

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