Cloud Computing – getting closer!

The concept of ‘cloud computing’ had me very confused for a while, I really had no clue what these buzz words actually meant., or what benefit it would give me. Eventually ‘daylight dawned’ and I not only understood what the pundits meant, I discovered that I’d actually been using it for some time! At the [...]

End of the line?

I think I’m finally reaching the ‘end of the line’ as far as actively developing websites. I’ve around 20 sites and domains on the go and sadly none of them particularly fills me with any desire to keep them active. Over the past few weeks I’ve been seriously considering doing something drastic about it, like [...]

Happy birthday mouse!

Sometime in the next few days the world will be celebrating the 40th birthday of Doug Englebart’s ubiquitous pointing device, so common to all computer users… the mouse!! I’ve never been sure whether the plural of this kind of mouse is mice or mouses but it may not matter soon since there are claims that [...]

Caved in – bought a HTC Diamond.

After months of waiting and searching around I decided in the end the Samsung Omnia wasn’t go to arrive in Oz anytime soon. Besides which there were a few issues that were concerning me about it which left me balancing between choosing it, or the new HTC Diamond as my replacement PDA. In the end [...]

I’ve been converted!

A short while ago I bought myself an external SATA HDD Docking station and a couple of SATA disks to allow me to put my money where my mouth has been all these years and finally back up my computers the way I nag everyone else to! One thing that occurred to me after receiving [...]

One step forwards…

Wrote this up on the ‘Family Forum’ but figured it deserved to be out here as well. Nothing important really, just an update on the development of our technological setup here at home. It’s all down to me having discovered a few weeks ago a small utility that allows me to backup all my data [...]

Lappie blues

Finally fixed the laptop. After some prevarication and testing I decided the wireless card might be faulty so  managed to force myself to get out and buy a new one. This time instead of the Netgear WG511T which worked well for several years, I bought a D-Link DWA-610 ‘Wireless G Notebook Adapter’. Installed it, connected [...]

Wordweb utility – it’s an essential!

This utility is such a ‘must have’ I rarely remember to tell anyone about it! Sounds silly I know but it’s *so* useful, essential even, that I honestly forget that it isn’t a part of the basic operating system! The thing is called ‘WordWeb‘ and it sits quietly in your taskbar until there is a [...]

Now is the time to say goodbye…

Long ago in a far distant time, in the 1960′s I think, long before Dudley Moore had become Dudley Moore… or died of course… there was the brilliantly dangerous show “Not only but Also” starring Pete and Dud. They’ve little to do with this post other than contributing the subject line and the immortal words [...]

Still here… somewhere.

Was looking today at the new Chrome Browser by Google and I have to admit to being *really* impressed!! The screen ‘real estate’ is being used to far greater advantage now I’ve lost those controls I only ever used once in a blue moon, and those additional search boxes that cluttered the place. This browser [...]

Walking The Dog!

The blog might be updated a little less frequently than usual for the next few days – I’m going walkies!! Well ok, I’m currently in the process of changing ISP’s ands whilst the new techs tell me they will try to have the account set up overnight, they admit it could take up to a [...]

Smiley Miley

It’s possible some of you might never have heard of singer Billy Ray Cyrus, but I’ll bet there are a lot fewer of you who’ve never heard of his daughter Miley who has been making a name of her own with her alter ego as “Hannah Montana” especially if you have kids around you! Over [...]

And up (grade) we go.

Yes I’ve been quiet and no I’m *still* not 100% right… ignoring those who suggest unkindly that I was never right to begin with. However, things being what they are I sat by the computer and again saw on each of the blogs a request that I update the WordPress blog software installation. Unfortunately I [...]

Angela vs Wendy

You want a discussion about diaphragms… or Brazilian waxing… or big cars… or plastic surgery…  or… ?? Well now’s your chance. For those of you have listened to me ramble on incessantly about Angela Catterns (and occasionally Wendy Harmer) now is your chance to listen to those honeyed tones and find out why her voice [...]

More Fings…. etc.

I was again having a ponder about how life has changed over the years when I began considering how much the mobile phone has become an integral part of life for many… if not most… of us. Twenty years ago the wife and I lived in Central London, however she worked in Croydon which for [...]

Mr Technology puts the hammer down!!

I decided over the past few weeks I needed to upgrade the security of my home wireless network because it was on a relatively weak WEP system with a 10 digit password. For reasons anyone with a little knowledge would accept, I chose the WPA and… to be safe… chose a 40 character alphanumeric password. [...]

Samsung Omnia (i900) update

Seen a price for an imported 16Gb version of the Samsung Omnia i900 which comes in at around AU$1018.28 which seems to me to be a pretty good price… especially bearing in mind my having bought the iMate JasJam for a similar price 3 years or so ago. I’m not buying it at this price [...]

Bought an iPhone – seen better?

So let’s see. Who got sucked into the hype and like a million others went out and bought an iPhone? Oops… you did? Well, if you *did* rush out and buy one I doubt you’ll be too happy reading the rest of this article. To be honest I was considering rushing out with the rest [...]

Looking better? I’m not sure meself.

After some consideration I changed the theme to ‘Kepple’ (by Madewira – link below if you like it) which I’ve also used on the ‘Etymology’ blog. Now it’s all very well for *me* to like it but it needs to be ‘liked’ by visitors, so if you have any issues with it… like it *or* [...]

Hope for the future.

If only as a distraction from the turmoil back here on Earth, the news that the Phoenix Mars Lander had made it down to the planets surface in one functioning piece is cause for celebration! Sadly not equipped to roam as previous lander’s, it will nonetheless conduct experiments and send back valuable information – it [...]

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