Here’s a good widget to see how really good your Broadband server is, does it live up to the promises of the advertised speeds of 8MB or 12MB for example?

Give your broadband a test using Speedtest.net’s Widget and find out what your broadband upload and download rates actually are.

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Following a successful evening spent with fellow geeks at the ‘Geek (insert drink name here) Thing‘ at Brunswick Square, I wanted to provide a follow up with tasting notes and further links to encourage you to research Cider in your own time, and who knows it may even become one of your favourite hobbies too!

The actual event started off by eating apples..

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I wanted to list a lot of bits I picked up on, this being my second visit back to India, and first time to Nepal. Hopefully they will make you smile as much as they did for me.

Indian Top Tips

• Don’t deny an Indian person doing their job, security and ticketing staff
• They are all there to provide a service, so make it a pleasure for them and yourself. Smile!
• Most taxi drivers will say that they know somewhere even if they don’t

Jai Indra Festival, Bhaktapur, Nepal

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Next time someone is complaining about something, try asking “So what’s the next action/solution?”

If the issue can be changed, there’s some action that will change it.

Complaining is a sign that someone isn’t willing to risk moving on a changeable situation.

“Your work is to discover your work and then with all your heart to give yourself to it”. Buddha

Surprised that no geeks have mentioned the relationship between CSS:

1. the language used to describe how an HTML document should be formatted, and
   
2. the Band from Brazil (link to wikipedia)

Both with the same name.

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The number of views on my flickr account reached 10,000 a few days ago. In less than 8 months.

The most popular images being Brighton scenes..

Here’s my most viewed image which is also my most commented image:

Photo Title: Brighton in Snow - from the ‘Brighton snow!’ photoset

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As you will see from my upcoming.org account, there’s a fine list of events this year I’m either attending or watching.

WebDD > Already attended. In my home town of Reading.

The Future of Web Apps

The second year for this event from Carson Summits. What looks like to be a fun filled business, news/media and technology 2 day conference. Some fantastic speakers, some of who I saw last year at @Media2006.

The Highland Fling

A first for the Scottish Web community - This inaugural Highland Fling conference will cover the topic of progressive enhancement. Two of Brighton’s own regular speakers, Jeremy Keith and Andy Budd address the the subjects of Ajax and CSS3 respectively.

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