Darren Straight's Blog

ICT Enthusiast and photographer.

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Flaming Dr. Pepper recipe

Has anybody ever had a Flaming Dr. Pepper alcoholic cocktail shot before? Well if not and you’re legal drinking age, I would highly consider trying one because though they contain no Dr. Pepper what so ever I can honestly tell you that they taste exactly like Dr. Pepper, which is so weird. Here’s how to make a Flaming Dr. Pepper:

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First Ever Windows Live Butterfly Meet Up in London

Windows Live Butterfly Meet Up I hear you say, yes that’s correct, me and Eric Cheung had organised a Windows Live Butterfly Meet Up in london for last Thursday the 3rd of August 2006 at 10:30am at London Bridge Station, and man what a great time we had, let me tell you what happened: Well I woke up at around 7:30am

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Transferred from Hosting-Unlimited to HostGator

Well it’s been pretty quite on my Blog lately and that’s because I had been transferring all my files and databases from Hosting-Unlimited to HostGator because though I have been with Hosting-Unlimited for 420 days now and I’m still quite happy to host small test sites with them that are not so important, I had been having lots of downtime

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Windows CE 5 and CE 6 Beta Live Chat!

Do you have tough technical questions regarding Windows CE 5.0 and Windows CE 6.0 Beta for which you’re seeking answers? Do you want to tap into the deep knowledge of the talented Microsoft Embedded Devices Group members? If so then why not join the team behind Windows CE 5.0 and Windows CE 6 in a chat which will cover the tools

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Windows Live Mail Desktop Beta Build 8.0.0924

Windows Live Mail Desktop Beta Build 8.0.0924 is now available for download, but as always make sure you have signed up for the Windows Live Mail Desktop Beta on ideas.live.com or you wont be able to access it. To sign up and download Windows Live Mail Desktop Beta Build 8.0.0924, follow the following procedures: Go to http://ideas.live.com Find the tile for

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Ultimate List of Free Windows Software from Microsoft

Microsoft has over 150 FREE Windows Programs available for download but finding them all is extremely difficult. Until now, thanks to the Blake Handler a Tech Evangelist & MS Consultant who has provided us on his blog (Road to Know Where) an Ultimate List of Free Windows Software from Microsoft. Here’s a very small sample of his links: WINDOWS XP

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Top 10 Search Keyphrases for July 2006

1315  different keyphrases where used to find my site in July 2006, here are the top 10 with the amount of time they were used and their percentage.  vtunnel | 521 | 8.6 % msn conspiracy game | 187 | 3.1 % msn conspiracy | 124 | 2 % msn cartoon | 85 | 1.4 % conspiracy game | 70 | 1.1

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Windows Live Spaces is Live!

The title says it all, Windows Live Spaces is now Live, check it out: http://spaces.live.com/ http://darrenstraight.spaces.live.com/ http://www.darrenstraight.spaces.live.com/ http://darrenstraight.spaces.msn.com/ http://www.darrenstraight.spaces.msn.com/ http://spaces.live.com/darrenstraight http://spaces.msn.com/darrenstraight Note however that it’s still a little bit slow as it’s still being rolled out around the world, so if you find your Live Space a little too slow, it might be wise to check back in a couple

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MSN Messenger available on your 3 Mobile in the UK

Following 3’s (Mobile Network) press release earlier this year about an agreement between 3 and MSN on providing MSN Messenger and Hotmail on 3 Mobile Phones, you can now get MSN Messenger on your 3 Mobile in the UK by visiting the following site: http://www.three.co.uk/lifestyle/msn.omp At the moment you can get MSN Messenger free for 3 months on the 3 Mobile Network

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Windows Live Spaces is fast approaching!

According to a post posted at the Live Sessions News Blog about an hour ago, MSN Spaces has already changed to Windows Live Spaces, however it’s clearly seen that no change has taken place, but saying this, maybe this is a hint that MSN Spaces is changing to Windows Live Spaces very soon. Here’s what the post says: MSN Spaces has changed to Windows