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Archive for November, 2007

Free software alternatives..

Thursday, November 29th, 2007

Jem’s last post got me thinking..what software do I use day to day or have in my army of tools that is opensource or free to download and might be useful to list..
PDF Reading and Writing
CutePDF writer - if you tweak the settings, it can beat Adobe quite nicely.
Foxit PDF reader - too cool for […]

Politics? In my blog? Oh god…

Monday, November 26th, 2007

From Tiscali News:

Brown pledges major skills shake-up
26/11/2007 19:59
The Government has unveiled a new drive to improve the skills of millions of workers under sweeping welfare reforms which sparked union warnings about “stigmatising” some people.
The Prime Minister said the “uncomfortable” truth was that many jobs filled by British workers were becoming redundant, threatening to leave millions […]