Category Archives: Tools

Delete large Gmail attachments with freeware Windows tool IMAPsize

Posted on June 21, 2010 by Andrew Biss

I’ve been using Gmail for a few years and I finally got around to tidying up my email archive. This was becoming an issue as I keep a local backup of my Gmail account using IMAP Backup. I wanted to … Continue reading →

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WordPress 3.0 upgrade OK, minor CSS issue with W3 Total Cache

Posted on June 20, 2010 by Andrew Biss

WordPress 3.0 has just been released so I’ve updated all my blogs to the latest version. The automatic update worked well, as usual, although it would be nice to have a link to a “What’s New” page before running the … Continue reading →

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Interesting web framework for COBOL developers

Posted on June 4, 2010 by Andrew Biss

You’ve no doubt heard of the widely used web framework Ruby on Rails, but what about COBOL developers? If you’ve worked with mainframe COBOL in a previous life you might appreciate the COBOL ON COGS web framework: Click for the … Continue reading →

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WordPress Redirection plugin essential for restructuring blogs

Posted on June 3, 2010 by Andrew Biss

I’ve consolidated contact information from all my active (and retired) WordPress blogs to this site. John Godley’s Redirection plugin makes it easy to add 301 redirects to the new canonical definitions. It also catches 404 errors, with an easy way … Continue reading →

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