If you use twitter and haven’t been hiding under a rock for the past couple of months, you’ve probably seen a tweet from one or other person you’re following that says something along the lines of: “The xxxx Daily is Out! Click here to read it…” So what’s that all about? Paper.li is an amazing […]
Today I want to push you all out into territory which might seem a little scary but which will be good for all of you. At least, it will be good for all of you wordpress users. The two questions I get asked most are probably: Can I change some of the colors on my […]
In this next post in my Christmas Letters series, I approach one of the worst events for me personally in 2010. H is for Hard Drive I wrote about this once or twice already but this was a very traumatic event with long-ranging consequences. You never know how much you depend on things until they’re […]
A faint “squeak, squeak, eeerk…. donk” was all I heard, but it was enough to make me break out in sweats with shaky hands and bile rising up in my throat. Hard Disk’s aren’t supposed to make that sound! I had no warning whatsoever. My laptop was only 1 year and 2 days old and […]
Somebody somewhere once came up with the brilliant ploy of tricking us into thinking that technology would make our lives easier… and we still fall for it every day. OK, so there are some really useful inventions, the microwave, the washing machine and the automatic air freshener to name but a few but how many […]
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 […]
I am VERY excited about the new technology that is set to come onto the market in 2010. Apple’s rumored iTablet, the Sports Illustrated tablet and the potentially resurrected CrunchPad are among the fabulous new devices that are set to revolutionize everything from books, newspapers and magazines to how we access the internet and even how […]
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