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Rename file names in bulk – quickly!

One of the most tedious tasks a programmer, developer or designer has is to have to rename files. Perhaps a client has provided a heap of pdfs or Word documents or photo images with odd characters or spaces in the file name. Maybe a string of text has to be removed from all file names …

How to identify a font

So, you have a print of some text you like and you want to find out what font was used. Perhaps your client has given you a print of a letterhead or logo and you need to identify the font to re-create it from scratch? www.myfonts.com/WhatTheFont is a nifty tool which enables you to upload a …

Trademark renewal from Intellectual Property Agency Ltd? Beware!

Red Rhino recently received a official-looking document from the Intellectual Property Agency Ltd (The Broadgate Tower, 20 Primrose Street, London, EC2A 2EW) reminding us that our trademark for the “Red Rhino” name will shortly expire and requesting a payment of £1280. Considering that a ten-year trademark renewal through the official UK Intellectual Property Office costs only …

Ashley’s Rite of Passage

I first met Norman and his three fellow American golfing buddies in 1997 when they came to Northern Ireland to play golf. It was a chance meeting which resulted in enduring friendships, holiday exchanges and many happy shared memories. There’s a great story here but that’s not the story this time. On 21st May 2011, …

Northern Ireland Fibre Broadband speeds

The Red Rhino office recently upgraded to Super fast Fibre Broadband from Plusnet, our recommended Broadband Supplier for Northern Ireland, and the speeds have been amazing! We’re now enjoying regular download speeds of 30-33Mb and uploads speeds of 1.5Mb – 1.7 Mb – as you can see below.   Check out your Broadband speed using www.mybroadbandspeed.co.uk and see …

Can you trust web sites to look after your personal photos?

Have you ever thought what happens to your personal photographs, if the web site you are entrusting to store them or display them, disappears or is taken over? Who actually owns the photos? Can you get them back? Can you get them removed? What rights do you have? Here’s an interesting article on the Washington Post …

Friends’ School Lisburn, Northern Ireland LipDub Video

Friends’ School, Lisburn, Northern Ireland have created a fabulous LipDub (music video that combines lip synching and audio dubbing) featuring more than 1,000 pupils and staff  and which superbly “highlights the sense of community” within their school. Congratulations to all involved, Top Marks!

Make use of those red, orange and green Outlook icon flags!

At a recent meeting with a client, we were searching for an email in his presence and he noticed how we categorise emails in our Outlook inbox using the different coloured flag icons. He thought is was “cool” and remarked he had never seen the Outlook icons used in that form, so we thought we …