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Tales from the Roboverse

Posted on January 23, 2013 by Robin

We have always read to our children at bedtime, and (having five of them) it became a little tedious to keep re-reading Peter Pan or Snow White for the umpteenth time. So with our youngest daughter I began threatening to … Continue reading →

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20 Marketing Techniques Guaranteed To Increase Your Sales

Posted on November 4, 2012 by Robin

I’ve always been fascinated by advertising and marketing, and frequently ask myself just what is it that sells a product and makes me want to buy it? In fact I even used to buy books and magazines on the subject … Continue reading →

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The Secret Cold Cure The Drug Companies Won’t Talk About

Posted on October 16, 2012 by Robin

I’m sure you’ve heard about some of the benefits of vitamin D, which is a chemical that helps build strong bones (preventing rickets), and which is even included in milk in some countries due to the way vitamin D harnesses … Continue reading →

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Prioritising Your Life and Maintaining a Positive Perspective Using The 80:20 Rule

Posted on October 2, 2012 by Robin

Over the course of many years I’ve noticed the 80:20 rule come into play in so many different aspects of human life. For example, we all know that 1% of Americans own a staggering 35% of the country’s wealth, but … Continue reading →

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A bit of binary banter

Posted on July 30, 2012 by Robin

Somewhere out there, it may just be that an alien race chose binary as its primary number base. If so perhaps this race has names for each bit of a number, in the same way that we do for decimal … Continue reading →

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Just change one small thing!

Posted on July 29, 2012 by Robin

Making big changes in your life is hard. You know it. I know it. Everyone knows that making healthy changes such as quitting smoking, dieting, cutting down on alcohol consumption and so on, is downright hard. We’ve all tried to … Continue reading →

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HTML5 is Easy

Posted on July 4, 2012 by Robin

Over the weekend I put the finishing touches on my latest website, which is all about HTML and HTML5. It comprises over 50 pages of information on both standard HTML, and all the goodies in the latest version of the … Continue reading →

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My latest book, Robin Nixon’s PHP Crash Course, is now out

Posted on June 22, 2012 by Robin

Learn everything you need to know about PHP and how to use it over a single weekend with this rapid-learning web development course. Written using the same easy-to-follow style of my other Crash Course books, Robin Nixon’s PHP Crash Course … Continue reading →

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Every day is a bonus

Posted on June 11, 2012 by Robin

Keith Wright loves travelling round the world with his backpack. But, unlike most of the fellow travellers he meets on his journeys, he’s 95 years old. And now the intrepid pensioner from Australia is about to set off again, this … Continue reading →

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Save 50% today only on Learning PHP, MySQL & JavaScript

Posted on May 4, 2012 by Robin

Today (May 4th) is the Day Against DRM and so O’Reilly is offering Learning PHP, MySQL & JavaScript, my number one selling web development book of the last two years (and many others), for half price until midnight Pacific time. … Continue reading →

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