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I've been keeping this blog since long before I started the business. Have a browse through my thoughts on work, life, the web and more...

I’m utterly, utterly snowed under at the moment, so just a quick one: I am currently working at full capacity but happy to talk about work which can take place from 8 October onwards, when things slow down a little, hopefully. If you’ve got anything you want to discuss, please call or email and I’ll [...]

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Yep, new iPods out now, so as a blogger I’m legally obliged to write about them.
There’s going to be lots of debate about the iTouch (the stripped-down iPhone) and costs - but, being shallow, I’m going to skip over that and just drool a lot. God, it looks incredible. What an interface! I’d like one, [...]

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It’s nearly September, and September is Tacheback time.
Tacheback runs every year and basically involves being sponsored vast (well, some) sums of money to grow a moustache. The money raised goes towards male cancer charities and you can find out more here:http://www.tacheback.com/
I’m doing it for the third year now and hoping to achieve something which actually [...]

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Following yesterday’s post - and today’s comment suggesting a Wiki - I’ve got a bit of a follow-up.
I’ve installed a local version of Wordpress, which is running very nicely and will do some of what I want. Coffeelover’s comment, however, suggested a personal Wiki, and this is also something worth thinking about - and something [...]

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I’m still learning loads about working for myself - and what’s involved in each project. It’s been suggested that I keep a diary of my projects - writing notes on each one and what’s involved, what I’ve learnt, how I feel about them etc.
I was all for doing this in a hard-backed A4 notebook I’ve [...]

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So - I’ve been reading the Motley Fool, looking at my bank balance and thinking about finances - again. A scare with the car (which turned out to be nothing, thankfully) brought it home to me that at the end of quite a quiet period I’ve not really got enough put aside at the moment [...]

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OK - for the time being, email is back up, with most of the bounce-backs being automatically deleted. A few are slipping through the net but for the most part things are running.
Over the weekend things may be lost, however, so please copy maltpress@gmail.com into vital emails just to make sure it gets through.
I’ve got [...]

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My email - and the form on this site, which sends to my email address - are currently down, and if you try them it’ll bounce back.
This is due to what’s known as a “joe jobbing” attack - a spam-bot, somewhere, has started sending out thousands of emails spoofing addresses from my domain. Lots of [...]

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