I popped over the Paul and Sue’s today to help them sort out a few niggles on their PCs. I guess it was a day of success and failure! New anti-virus installed – check; Uninstallation of un-needed programs – check; installation of Office 2003 – check; a general tidy-up – check. What proved to be …
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Category:Technology
Short break: Portsmouth (Day 3)
I didn’t get up until 8am!! Looking out the window, the weather looks good at the moment although the forecast is cloudy. We plan to primarily use today to take photographs and try out our new camcorder. 9.00am. We got down to breakfast and found it a lot quieter than yesterday. The service was still …
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Visit to Lee and Humberto’s
Image via Wikipedia We drove over to Cromer today to catch up with L and B, primarily to get them on-line and into cyberspace! We had a really good journey time – just 2 hours 15 minutes and that included a driver-change just after half way. L and B hadn’t got an internet connection when …
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Look…no brakes!
Today, a real techy-innovation. I’m test-driving the new Volvo XC60 with ‘CitySafe’. It’s an innovative piece of technology that senses a vehicle in front and slows the car down if you don’t! And this is 2009! 👍😉 Steve PalmerI got into blogging quite late in life, not publishing my first post until 2004 – well …
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Ralph and Karen – here for the weekend
Saturday We drove down to Bicester Shopping Village to meet R and K. The girls did a little some shopping, (but didn’t buy much) whilst Ralph and I pursued more manly activities by like heading to the BOSE shop to see the latest kit. Ralph and I then headed back to ours to chill-out and …
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Lee and Bertie enter cyber-space!
I sorted out internet access for Lee and Bertie and got them a really good deal with PlusNet – £5.99 a month including: 10GB usage allowance Up to 8Mb speeds Free wireless router Free connection 24/7 support I’ll wire it all up and get them on-line when we see them next month. Steve PalmerI got …
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Our new Blu-Ray DVD Player/Great Shopping Trip
It’s time to pension-off our trusty Sony DVP-S735D DVD player which is now more than 15 years old. Technically, there is nothing wrong with it – it still attracts good reviews on-line, but technology marches on!! After lots and lots (and lots) of research, step forward the snappily titled Panasonic DMPBD80, the most technologically advanced …
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Saturday at Nicki’s
I was up first at 7.15. Although I slept well, I seemed to be suffering from sort of sinus problem (which began earlier this week), so I was totally bunged-up. Nicki was up next, closely followed by Ann. It was a gorgeous day here and so we still planned to go to Windsor Castle. We …
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Lunch with Simon/Trish’s Computer
I drove down to South Mimms to meet up with Simon Herrington. We haven’t seen each other since we worked together on the Nokia project some 8-9 years ago. He hadn’t changed a bit, and it was great to catch-up with all his news (including a new addition to the family – a daughter!) On …
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Bank Holiday Weekend at Lee and Bertie’s – Sunday
We woke late (for us) at 7.45 and were surprised by the weather – the forecast had predicted rain but it was brilliant sunshine! I took a shower and then had a light breakfast of brioche and jams with coffee. After breakfast we got ready and that’s when the weather turned, and it started to …
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Easter with Ralph and Karen – Saturday
We slept well and woke up about 6. A little later Karen brought us both a very welcome cup of tea each! The weather outside looks a bit grey and unsettled – but maybe it’ll brighten up later. We had a a light breakfast of cereal, yoghurt and fruit and then, just after 10 we …
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Wire-free!
I’m not sure why it took me so long to sort this out – I’d been thinking about the advantages of buying a router-modem that had wireless capability ever since, well… forever. With three PCs and a and a laptop already wired in to my existing wired-router, I had run out of Ethernet ports. Daft …
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Laptop Battery
I suppose I should have realised that the original battery on my Dell Laptop was ‘on its last legs’. Symptoms such as the battery only lasting 5 minutes after a full-charge and arriving at my Accountant’s today to find that it wouldn’t even boot-up on battery-power! Bugger! A quick search using Google found a suitable …
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Dubai and Oman photographs ‘re-done’
I realised that the photographs I’d uploaded to my site whilst we were in Dubai were too small to be fully appreciated on some large-screen monitors so I re-coded all the html. They’re a lot larger now. See them HERE Steve PalmerI got into blogging quite late in life, not publishing my first post until …
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PC Wizard!
I popped round to Joan’s (a friend of David and Val’s) to sort out some niggles with her laptop. There was nothing seriously wrong with the machine although it was suffering (performance-wise) with a lack of RAM (only 512 Mb). I ran a number of diagnostics and generally cleaned up the machine. I wouldn’t say …
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Chinese ‘blow-out’ with Jo and Janet
In preparation for giving-up something for the period of Lent, we were invited to Jo and Janet’s for a mega-Chinese meal! I’m aiming to give up chips and ice-cream (and possibly chocolate too) for forty days! (Cue soundtrack from Mission: Impossible!) Ann is giving up wine and chocolate! The Chinese-food was probably the best …
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Val’s PC and MAC
I tried to help Val set-up her Mac laptop so it would talk to her Netgear wireless router. What I hadn’t realised was that you don’t necessarily need a PC connected to the router in order to access the router wirelessly from elsewhere – you just have to configure the router correctly in the first …
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Learning Network/MoonPig/Case Study
After Thursday’s night’s surprise snow-fall I decided that I wouldn’t travel to London tomorrow for the Learning Network Group meeting. It was a difficult decision as Antoinette was going to be running the session and I was looking forward to it. However, the recent weather conditions made driving a real challenge – even to the …
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Camel CDs Resampled
Mouse-over the Album covers for titles and release dates I had a bit of time on my hands so I resampled all my Albums by Camel. I’d quite forgotten how good they were! There was also a practical reason for doing so – ever since I learned that …
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Test Blog
This is a test blog from the PC in the Den using ‘Windows Live Writer 2009’. Looks like it’s working! I also managed to install it successfully on my NoteBook and NetBook today. I’ll be trying out the new features in the next few days and weeks. Steve PalmerI got into blogging quite late in …
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Test Blog
I’ve just upgraded to Windows Live-Writer 2009 and I want to see if it’s all upgraded properly including that ‘bug’ that mis-interprets apostrophes. If this text’s apostrophes look OK, then it’s working! Steve PalmerI got into blogging quite late in life, not publishing my first post until 2004 – well into my 40s! My lifelong …
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Test Two
Just a second test to see if apostrophes are being uploaded correctly s’s’s’s’s Steve PalmerI got into blogging quite late in life, not publishing my first post until 2004 – well into my 40s! My lifelong love of technology and communication (in all its forms), together with a fondness for the art of writing seemed …
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Test Blog
I just installed LiveWriter, version 14.0.3913.522. If this blog isn‘t showing strange characters where the apostrophes should be then it‘s working! Steve PalmerI got into blogging quite late in life, not publishing my first post until 2004 – well into my 40s! My lifelong love of technology and communication (in all its forms), together with …
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Test
It’s another test blog! from my NetBook!!!!! Steve PalmerI got into blogging quite late in life, not publishing my first post until 2004 – well into my 40s! My lifelong love of technology and communication (in all its forms), together with a fondness for the art of writing seemed to be the perfect combination to …
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Test Blog from NetBook
Here is a short message testing whether I can blog from my new NetBook. Steve PalmerI got into blogging quite late in life, not publishing my first post until 2004 – well into my 40s! My lifelong love of technology and communication (in all its forms), together with a fondness for the art of writing …
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Tech afternoon/Christmas Do
I drove over to Ian’s this afternoon to spend some time sorting out some techy issues on his PC. I then headed for The Lamport Swan as it’s our Christmas ‘do’. Ian gave Mags a lift and they arrived just after me. We eventually sat-down around 7.20. Mags hadn’t been there before whilst Ian and …
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An old girl-friend gets in touch
I received an email from Louise F – an one-time girlfriend and business colleague at Sainsbury’s. Although we had caught-up some years back, I guess like many friendships, it kind of ‘drifted’. Together with her husband Chris, they’ve opened a recording studio nearby – just 20 minutes way! and we’ve agreed to all catch-up with …
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The Cecilian Singers’ Carol Concert
I joined Val and David at The Cecilian Singers‘ Christmas Carol Concert in Leicester tonight. This is becoming a regular thing (we went last year and the year before that) and it’s a brilliant way to get us all in the mood for Christmas. Val and I travelled there in my car because Ann was …
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Meal with ‘The 5ive’
I travelled down to London to meet up with Angela, Antoinette, Philip and June at ‘The Grand’ restaurant in St Pancras Station today. It’s the first time I’d been there. before meeting the gang, I met-up with Philip to set-up his net-book for him. A nice piece of kit…I’m very tempted. Free wi-fi at St …
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MP3s on Amazon.co.uk
I just discovered that Amazon is now selling DRM-free tracks and albums in MP3 format cheaper than iTunes! There’s also a nifty download-utility that ‘talks-to’ iTunes and automatically copies it to the iTunes Library – brilliant! Steve PalmerI got into blogging quite late in life, not publishing my first post until 2004 – …
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