The Yellow WHAT?
At about 930pm on Tuesday night, the peace and quiet of HDG Towers was shattered by the flap of the letterbox and a thud as a yellow book arrived. Of course, the interesting thing is that nowadays … Read more...
A tale of two laptops
Not too long ago, I had the (dubious) pleasure of taking two laptops apart for the same reason. On both of them I needed to replace the cooling fans. The first was a joy. An old Acer laptop - flip it … Read more...
Geek Origins – the search for young coders (media whore)
I'm often asked how or why I "got into computers" and I usually answer, only half-jokingly, "I went to an all boys school and they were easier to talk to than girls." Back in that distant past, you … Read more...
Letter to Dear Geek – what does BT Infinity actually mean?
Dear Geek, Just read your blog post from March re Whitstable broadband speed. I moved here 18 months ago from Ramsgate where my speed was around 3Mbp and here on Mariners View it's around … Read more...
Are you a social media guru? You need this video.
I've met quite a few social media "experts" and suffered some of their presentations. Many of them like to show a motivational video to remind you just how important social media is. So when I saw … Read more...
Microsoft’s answer to Google+: perhaps a little anti-so.cl?
My first taste of so.cl today. An experiment by Microsoft to make search more social. It has a certain Facebook look to it, but their equivalent of the cover photo is a slideshow of latest searches … Read more...