Saturday, February 16, 2013

Reading between Tesco's lines

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Here's a quote from Tesco's website : " When we became aware that two of our products had been contaminated with more than 1%...
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Sunday, February 03, 2013

15 screen wallpapers

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Over the years I've collected a number of images which I have set as screen wallpapers. Most of these I collected from the Internet. I d...
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Thursday, January 24, 2013

Sick of Flash crashing in Chrome?

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Try this fix: Open a new tab in Chrome, type into the address bar chrome://plugins and press Enter. At the right hand side click 'De...

Getting the first line right in Word 2007+

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Take a look at some professionally printed books. Examine the first line after a chapter heading or after a text break. Notice how it’s not...
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Monday, January 21, 2013

'Snow need to worry. 1963 was worse.

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As usual a few flakes of snow and everyone panics. It seems drivers today have no idea of how to drive in snow. They feel themselves slidi...
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Monday, December 31, 2012

Ten predictions for 2013

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Predictions for 2013 OK I've decided to play the oracle and look forward into the future. What will 2013 hold for us? 1. Sooner...
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Sunday, December 23, 2012

Exactly when does the new year start? (Reductio ad absurdum 3)

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OK I promised in an earlier blog to tell you how September, October, November and December got their names so this is from my genealogy sit...

Samsung Galaxy S3 Alarm - No sound Solution

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My wife just upgraded her phone to a Samsung Galaxy S3 and ran into a problem. The alarm suddenly stopped playing an alarm sound. After go...
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Sunday, December 09, 2012

A very merry 'Seasonal Greeting' or 'Reductio ad absurdum 2'

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Surely you mean Merry Christmas? There are loads of people on Internet who are upset that some people use the phrases 'Happy Holiday...

Reductio ad absurdum 1

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I once heard the comedian Dave Allen tell this story as he took a drink from his whiskey glass: "You know I read that 40% of acciden...
Friday, November 30, 2012

How can a small bookshop make money from ebooks?

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Bookshops everywhere are worried. There's a revolution going on and they are losing sales because of it. The revolution is that of ebook...
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Monday, November 26, 2012

Extending a wireless network (and curing Kindle dropped Internet connections)

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After lots of experiments with different router settings I've come to the conclusion that Amazon Kindles just don't like connectin...
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Sunday, November 25, 2012

Mother. Go home and let me work!

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Translation: Let those without sin cast the first stones Mother, go home and let me work!
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Sunday, November 04, 2012

Wrong time and date on a Kindle Fire HD?

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Here's how to cure it: Press and hold the power button for a full 20 seconds Release the power button Switch back on When it rest...
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Thursday, May 10, 2012

Moans and confessions

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It's a while since I had a good moan about the things people leave outside my house (See If I Were JayDax Almighty ) but today there was...
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Monday, April 09, 2012

Solving Facebook Game Problems

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Solving problems which prevent Facebook games working properly (Applies to all Facebook games) For game issues try: Re...
Thursday, February 02, 2012

Artists - I need advice on a painting

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Some years ago I was wandering round a car boot sale in Essex and saw what I thought was a print of a lake. Closer examination showed it was...