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   by chestnut-tree 14y ago

   There are other (paid-for) office alternatives if you don't want to use MS Office or Libre Office. Corel's Wordperfect suite is one ( http://www.corel.com ). Or the very cheap Ability Office ( http://www.ability.com ) which brazenly copies
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   by chestnut-tree 14y ago

   I completely agree. Google's Blogger service is one of the worst offenders. I've been to so many blogspot.co.uk sites where absolutely nothing loads if Javascript is disabled. Once you enable Javascript, often a page of text with no visible
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   by chestnut-tree 14y ago

   How do Norwegians feel about the cost of their licence fee? Are people generally happy with the quality of output and services provided by the publicly-funded broadcaster? I'm in the UK, and the BBC licence fee is approx 175 euros. Germany,
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   Do young people really have an over-inflated opinion of themselves?(bbc.co.uk)

   2 points by chestnut-tree 14y ago|0 comments
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   A quick opinion on the A-list ("...these stars of the web...")(mrandmrsok.com)

   1 points by chestnut-tree 14y ago|0 comments
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   by chestnut-tree 14y ago

   Here's a take on getting more female conference speakers from a female blogger (who is a copywriter): http://rel.ly/2012/09/conference-organisers-a-point-for-your... I'd say many of the points in the above link are equally useful to all s
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   Does confidence really breed success?(bbc.co.uk)

   6 points by chestnut-tree 14y ago|2 comments
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   by chestnut-tree 14y ago

   Weather forecasts in the UK changed to Celsius in the early 1960s (over fifty years ago). I don't know of anyone in the UK who complains about reports no longer being in Fahrenheit. Liquid goods in the UK are listed in milliletres or litres
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   by chestnut-tree 14y ago

   Here's a link to the YouTube video presentation that jumps directly to the section about the new smartphone http://youtu.be/cpWHJDLsqTU?t=5m20s
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    by chestnut-tree 14y ago

    In the UK, energy used in homes accounts for more than a quarter of all national energy use and carbon dioxide emissions. Space heating consumes the largest amount of energy for most households. An alternative to solar panels is simply bett
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    by chestnut-tree 14y ago

    Good points in this article. Another aspect I dislike about many modern bathroom sinks is the position of the tap (faucet). If the sink has a single mixer tap, it's usually placed in the centre of the basin to give a neat symmetrical look.
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    by chestnut-tree 14y ago

    I'm not the original poster, but I would recommend The Non-Designer's Design Book by Robin Williams. It's an easy-to-read book for absolute beginners in design. You can easily finish the book in one sitting - it's brief and concise. It di
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    by chestnut-tree 14y ago

    The history of desktop applications is full of examples of clever or unique applications that never took off or failed to gain widespread adoption. Sometimes these applications had a superior interface to the dominant app (and sometimes not