If you are like me, trying to blog from anywhere at home, then this little gizmo will look like a God-sent gift - providing that you don’t mind using a virtual keyboard.
This Advent U1A tablet PC has been reduced and marked for a clear out by PC World. It is currently being sold for £199.97 […]

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(Photo by lempicki.maciek) Wordpress has weird idiosyncracies. I was trying to get Microsoft’s Superb Live Writer (This freeware is one of MS’s best kept secret) to work with my blog site, so that I don’t have to access the back end each and every time I want to post something.
While the installation of Live writer […]

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One easy trick to save money (and incidentally reduce your carbon footprint) is to change your house lighting. My house has 15 halogen MR16 50w Philips light bulbs. If I were to switch them on simultaneously, they would suck in a worrying large 750w worth of power.
MR16 lamps are recessed bulbs (they go in the […]

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(Photo by rooshv) For those who are as technically inept as me, installing Wordpress leaves you with only one alternative, Fantastico’s fantastic installation system which allows you to install dozens of services (shall we say) in a few seconds. I have used it countless times to get Wordpress blogs up and running in no […]

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(Photo by by foTommEn) Well, I’m off again starting to blog. And hopefully, this time around, I will stick to it. I’ve got myself a clean sheet now - that is another blank Wordpress blog - and there’s seemingly nothing that should prevent me from making this blog a bit better every day. Expect […]

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