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Top 10 Chessplayers of all time

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Archived; click post to view.Excerpt: For my first chess post since the blog relaunch I decided it’d be interesting to spark a debate on who you believe are the greatest chessplayers of all time and why. I’ve controversially included some faces from new and old. I’ve aimed to pick some of the greatest players from a number of different generations to give a bit of variety. Unfortunately not everyone could make the cut. I felt compelled to include Vasily Smyslov …

Setting up JBoss 5 and Mysql Community Server

Posted on by James Posted in Java, Programming | 1 Comment

Archived; click post to view.Excerpt: I’ve only had my mac for a few months and I can tell you, the whole advert “I’m a PC” “I’m a Mac” thing…. well I’m neither, but if I could be one, I know which one I’d be. Mac’s are quite simply amazing, not just because they look great and the entire build quality is just top notch, but because it offers the power of a linux with the usability of an intuitive interface …

iPhone support added

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If you try accessing this from an iPhone using Safari you should see a completely different lightweight, slimmed down version of the site. This is all thanks to a very beautiful plug-in WPtouch. It strips out a traditional view of the website and simply presents the content in a straightforward form to the user. It’s an absolutely top notch WordPress plugin I would definitely recommend it. If you’re lucky enough to have an iPhone take a look and let me …

Blog Relaunch!

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Archived; click post to view.Excerpt: Okay, so you’ll have noticed that there’s been a few changes round here. I’ve given the blog a big makeover from what it was. The old blog I felt was looking a little tired and wasn’t quite conveying the sort of feelings I wanted from people when they come across my blog. I wanted something a little cleaner and more welcoming so I came up with this design – I hope you all approve. I …