I remember when home computers were just a far-off dream. I remember 8” disks, 5 1/4” floppy’s and the amazing 3.5” ‘floppy disks. I remember reel-to-reel tape drives (but not ticker tape, I’m not THAT old). I remember getting our first ever home computer, which had 48Kb of ram, hooked up to the TV and […]
This week is (hopefully) going to be a week of firsts for me. On Thursday June 24th, 2010, if everything goes according to plan, I’ll be picking up my new iPhone 4.. here are some of the firsts it will bring: I’ll get my first iPhone I’ll get my first Apple product It will be […]
There was a time when Apple products were seen as cool, expensive toys for the rich geeks who didn’t want to fit in to the mainstream. Now, Apple is THE leading brand in MP3 players, cell phones and tablet devices and is rapidly rising to a position of global dominance – a dominance which I […]
For most people who have used a computer for any length of time, there is nothing in the world quite like that feeling of losing a whole load of data. That knot which instantly develops in your stomach when the computer won’t turn on or it seems to crash while saving an afternoon’s work is […]
I have had the great honor of helping Trey Morgan (Blog | Twitter) move his blog from the blogger setup he has had for the last three years to a new hosted WordPress installation. There are many reasons why someone would want to move and there are many reasons why someone would stick with what […]
I have been completely blanking on the whole subject of blog topics recently. I’ve just had no inspiration whatsoever. So for today’s Tech Tuesday post I decided to ask people what they’d like me to write on. I had a few responses and I’m going to try to deal with the first three of them in this […]
OK, I admit it, I have become a HUGE fan of the WordPress blog/website platform over the past year and am dedicating today’s Tech Tuesday post to talking about it. WordPress is much more than a good application for making your own blog, it’s also a platform for developing and publishing fantastic websites that no-one […]
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