David Hurst

PHP/MySQL, REALbasic, Javascript Developer

What my blog is (and what it’s not)

It’s sad but I feel the need to clarify what this website is: a personal blog. I use it to provide technical guides and reviews that are pertinent to my line of work, and that I think will be helpful to others. It’s also an opportunity to vent my spleen (which I do regularly) as […]

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1993 Suzuki GSX1100F - I’ve been impulse motorcycle shopping again

I’ve been really enjoying riding my SV650S around, it is a fantastic and engaging bike, but for a big chap like me, it doesn’t offer much in the way of long-journey comfort. I had been thinking about selling it and buying a bike more suited to touring, but I came upon a better solution whilst […]

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Microsoft Midori - the end of Windows?

It would appear that Microsoft is losing faith in Windows’ ability to cope with changes in modern computing, and are now working on a new project called “Midori”. I’m glad they realise this. Windows is archaic behemoth of an operating system, built on an unstable foundation to start with. Someone once told me that the […]

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Personal Injury Lawyers

Harris Fowler in Taunton recently commissioned my company Higher Sites to perform search engine management work for them. One of the things I like about search engine work, and indeed website development, is the opportunity to learn about different industries. Thanks to all the research you end up doing, you tend to become a bit […]

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A trip to the 2008 Taunton Flower Show

On Saturday, I went with my family to the Taunton Flower Show, which may seem like a strange way to pass the time given that I don’t much like Taunton (I used to live there and moved away when some girl fighting with her boyfriend on our doorstep pulled a 12″ inch kitchen knife out […]

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