I met up with Ian today in Solihull (The Touchwood Shopping Centre) – our mission was to consider the various options for his replacement computer. First stop was a coffee to discuss our plans – Macs first and then possibly John Lewis for PCs. Luckily, there was …
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Category:Technology
Tea anyone?
All this rain we’re getting, does at least have one advantage: by not being able to get out, it allows me to get on with other stuff. The stuff in question this time has been to design a web-site for a long-standing friend and business colleague for his recently purchased Tea-Room in Stratford-upon-Avon. …
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Are Friends Electric?
I met up with Ralph for lunch today at the Toby Carvery at Enderby (we know how to live!). It was the first time I’d seen his new car – the rather spectacular Vauxhall Ampera. I was even more impressed when I got inside. DVD player, Sat Nav and reversing camera are all standard equipment. …
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Website Makeover
I spent some time this week giving my personal website a bit of a makeover. Nothing too drastic, but I haven’t touched it since June 2010, and it deserved a bit of a tidy-up. The major changes included: adding links to my LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter accounts removing some crappy graphics enlarging the page …
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Test Blog
Hello world! This is a test blog to try out a new facility that posts my blogs to my ‘wall’ on Facebook automatically. The previous script just posted a LINK to the Blog, so if you’re reading this on Facebook, it’s come from my Blog, so that means the technology is working! PS That reminds …
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“I have a Dream (Weaver)”
Well, that’s sorted Julie’s web-site out nicely. The site is already up and running but I’ve I’ve now put all the source files onto her PC so that she can use Dreamweaver to update it all more easily Job done! Steve PalmerI got into blogging quite late in life, not publishing my first post until …
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Moving Tenerife!
A bit of a ‘tech’ afternoon here today. I spent a hour-or-so ‘moving’ a friend’s website files from their temporary home (a sub-folder on my website) to their very own shiny new web-space, courtesy of those nice people at 1 and 1. So, if you want to test-drive it, (oh, and book a holiday in …
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MP3 update
Just finished ‘MP3ing’ a new Album – “Chill Lounge Del Mar – Ibiza Beach Café” (snappy title huh!!!) 🙂My collection now consists of: 14818 Tracks 1522 Albums 890 Artists 114 GenresTotal playing time = 1131 hours…so that should keep me going for a bit! Steve PalmerI got into blogging quite late in life, not publishing …
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Tech Day with Paul J
A rare ‘day-off’ today! No wedding to think about, no work to think about and no school centenary meal event to think about. Phew! So it was off to Paul J’s to help him set up his new PC and to digitise some business videos. Switching to ‘nerd-mode’ for the rest of the day!!! Steve …
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Vauxhall Ampera/Jane Eyre/Colombiana/Last Night of the Proms
Ralph, Karen, Lee, Ann and I took the 9.30 out of Kettering today and headed for London. For Karen, Lee and Ann, the mission was to seek out some suitable material for THE wedding dress. For Ralph and I, we concentrated on much more important things like Vauxhall’s soon-to-be-launched Ampera – their first extended range …
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Weekend with Roger, Jane and Oliver – Sunday
As planned, we had a lazy morning. After breakfast, we caught up with the newspapers and I helped Roger understand the extra functions of his new Panasonic LCD TV and Humax Fox T2 box. After a rather full-on roast chicken lunch we did very little afterwards – apart from nearly fall asleep! It’s been a …
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Photo Shoot
I was up with the lark this morning (what a surprise!). I picked up John W and we headed to Burton Latimer for a photo shoot featuring my new car. We wanted to make best use of the natural early-morning light. More piccys to follow, but here’s one that makes it look really eco friendly …
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Mrs T’s PC Sorted!
Popped round to Julie’s today to finish the job on her that I started a while ago on her PC. I also managed to sort out a small problem she was having with her email diverts. Job done!!! Steve PalmerI got into blogging quite late in life, not publishing my first post until 2004 – …
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A Good Day with Technology
Well, that was rewarding! I managed to retrieve most of JT’s emails from her knackered hard disk and sort out one or two other techy-challenges on her PC too! I feel a beer coming on! Steve PalmerI got into blogging quite late in life, not publishing my first post until 2004 – well into my …
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Cats in/Phone down/Humans out!
CATS IN – Time for the cats, Biscuit and Bon-Bon, to have their six-weekly ‘service’, courtesy of Patsy, What made it different on this occasion, was that Ann had to wrestle the two fluff-bundles into the cat carriers on her own, as I was already out. Cue lots of scratching, fighting and aggressive behaviour? Well, …
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Lunch with Phil H/Julie’s PC/The Weekend starts here
Phil H cancelled lunch at the last moment – I’m getting a bit concerned for him as ever since he went back to full-time work, he’s cancelled every get-together we’ve planned – he’s obviously under a lot of pressure! Julie popped round, she now has a shiny new, old, PC with the majority of her …
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Busy, Busy…and it’s only 10am!
I rose early (no, really!) to get on with restoring Julie T’s PC to its former glory. It all went very well, and four hours later everything is now running as it should. I just need to locate her Outlook ‘pst’ email file and the job is done. It’s now better, faster and stronger than …
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CD on TV
After a bit of faffing around, I can now listen my CD* collection by choosing them from the TV screen. All thanks to the Seagate GoFlex TV gizmo. *For younger readers, this was the format of choice for music in the late 20th century Steve PalmerI got into blogging quite late in life, not publishing …
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Non-PC
I popped over to Julie T’s this afternoon after receiving a call from her yesterday. Her PC just wouldn’t complete the boot process. After taking it all apart and swapping out various hardware components, it looks like it’s a dead (or dying) hard disk, so there’s a bit of work to do before I can …
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Little Black Number
The Seagate GoFlex TV Check this out! A little black box that allows you to play all your music, video and photos from your PC through your TV! Brilliant!!!! Heck, it even connects to YouTube! (as well as many other online services). Ralph and I spent some time setting this up today after an aborted …
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Guide Her (with Rosi)
I popped round to Rosi’s to sort out a few niggles she had with her HTC HD2 phone and to guide her through some other phone related bits-and-pieces. As it turned out, it was a very productive session – her email is now working and I’ve introduced her to some useful apps too! Steve PalmerI …
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Never Knowingly Unresolved…
I popped over to Lee’s to setup her PC so she can more easily shop online at John Lewis and other stores. It was just a question of sorting out an online account and adding a few shortcut buttons to her browser. Steve PalmerI got into blogging quite late in life, not publishing my first …
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PC Refresher
Popped round to Lee’s to investigate a problem she thought she had with her PC. As it turned out, it was nothing to worry about – just running a little sluggishly because of numerous updates going on in the background. It was a perfect opportunity to give her a short refresher on things like: iPlayer, …
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Techy Day with Ian
I spent the morning with my good friend, Ian, working on sorting out some problems he was experiencing with his Netbook and Laptop. We managed to sort out the Netbook in no time at all, but the Laptop with its constant pop-up screen on boot-up saying ‘cannot install status.msi’ proved to be a little more …
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Snow, Ice and Computers
Bah! the overnight snow forced Ian and I to cancel our techy get-together today. Still, we’ve rebooked it for January – hopefully, the weather will be a bit kinder then!!! Steve PalmerI got into blogging quite late in life, not publishing my first post until 2004 – well into my 40s! My lifelong love of …
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Boys and their Toys (Part 283)
When we visited Ralph and Karen last week, we were mighty impressed with their new PC monitor. It looked enormous and the screen clarity was just… amazing! I couldn’t resist! and today, courtesy of eBuyer, mine arrived – the Samsung SyncMaster P2450H – and all for less than 180 notes. It was easy to set …
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Laptop sorted!
Trish popped round with her (very nice) laptop. I managed to sort out her Facebook access problems, delete a phantom account, sort out her email address and generally have a tidy-up. All-in-all, it went very well. I loves compooooters! 😁 Steve PalmerI got into blogging quite late in life, not publishing my first post until …
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A Decisive Day
The day started with a quick trip to [ssshhhh!] to start the ball rolling for Ann’s surprise 50th Birthday celebration next year. Then it was off a local Letting Agent in Kettering with Lee to attempt to avert a domestic disaster! It would appear that the previous tenant had been a bit naughty, fallen behind …
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Business Blog
For a while now, my business blog has been sitting happily on a WordPress, domain (WordPress provide our free blogging facilities). However, for visitors, it must have seemed a bit strange to suddenly be whisked away from the main SPA Ltd site, to a page hosted elsewhere. I’ve therefore been thinking about how, technologically speaking, …
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Tech Alert: The Eye-Fi Card
Now here is a really clever bit of tech – really, really clever. No, REALLY! If you’ve got a digital camera AND it stores its photos on an ‘SD card’, put one of these on your Christmas list. What does it do? It might look like an ordinary SD card, in fact it’s a ‘class …
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