Category Archives: Technology

Peace of mind for valuables at the gym

I have for some time been concerned about leaving valuables in the locker at my gym (DW Fitness) – not specifically because of any problems reported at the branches I use but because lockers in such locations are clearly vulnerable and there have been reports of gyms being targeted by thieving gangs.

Processor upgrade

My main desktop computer at home as been a little neglected for some considerable time. This is mostly because despite my taking what I thought was a lot of care in its various rebuilds over the years, including provididing a very high quality and powerful modular PSU and 8Gb of excellent fast DDR2 memory, it

Linux revisited

Once upon a time, I was very familiar with Unix, included the BSD variations (legal wranglings over which triggered the development of Linux by Linus Torvalds) both at the management/operational level and as a programmer. However, as I have mostly used Windows for my desktop activities rather than say an Apple Mac (which is built

Kindle failed but Amazon customer service replacing

Wow. I went to use my Kindle this evening only to find the screen frozen. A quick Google showed this was a problem with a small number of Kindles. Went onto the Amazon customer service page, clicked a few buttons to say my Kindle (bought by my wife) had a fault. I was advised to

Resisting the iPhone 4

For the last 17 months I have been the relatively happy use of an iPhone 3G on O2. I have made extension use of the device and it has become an integral part of my life. In principle, I would prefer to use an Android phone as I am more inclined to the open standards

Windows 7

I have finally made the leap from Windows XP to Windows 7 for my home machine. I never bothered with Vista (although I did have to manage the development of a build including Virtual PCs running both XP and NT for a client) and did not get around to trying out the Windows 7 release

Yet another photography user group on the web

There are a huge number of photography/photographer user groups on the web. These vary from the highly-generic (e.g. holiday pics) to the very specialist (e.g. macro photography of a particular subject matter using a particular lens/camera combination for example). I am a member of many, a subscriber to a few, an occasional contributor to a

The Independent — The folding plug: a revolution for consumer electronics

Article in The Independent about a folding 3-pin plug that takes up a lot less room in your luggage than a conventional plug (and causes less damage as well) The folding plug: a revolution for consumer electronics   When Min-kyu Choi saw an advert for Apple’s swish laptop the MacBook Air, famously marketed as being

It Took A Year, But Fitness Gadget Fitbit Will Finally Launch

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How to control the page numbering in a Word document

How to control the page numbering in a Word document Article contributed by Bill Coan Word’s page numbering scheme isn’t directly obvious but it isn’t needlessly complex, either. Indirect might be a good term for it. Once you understand how it works, all sorts of possibilities open up. Unfortunately, the built-in tools that simplify the