I know that a screensaver is a bit passé these days, but a nice bit of eye candy is always good to raise a smile. The electric sheep screen-saver found its way onto my computer in 2006 and is still going strong today. It captured my imagination with its nod to the excellent novel Do…
My project, Fresh Store Builder, is a complete script for making quality Amazon Affiliate stores. Read on for the history of the script and how I came to launch this project to the public.
Backing up your files can never be spoken about enough. There is nothing worse than losing everything, or even something, important. Find out why DVDs and CDs are no good for backing up and read an introduction to other more reliable methods.
Online banking has some catching up to do. While certainly one of the oft quoted reasons for using the internet, banking online has so much more potential. The field has taken a blow recently, at least in the UK, with the introduction of “card readers” passing security problems onto the user and creating a barrier. Read on to find out more about why the card reader is a mistake, good examples of online banking and how improvements could be made.
For many years, one way or another, I have been stumbling back to an interesting and funny article: What is the Monkeyspehere by David Wong on cracked.com. Essentially the article explores the limit of people we can care about. This “Monkeysphere”, cited as about 150, is the rough maximum number of people we can have…
Deaths of public figures and celebrities usually don’t affect me, but the news of Sir Bobby Robson’s Death came with a bit of emotion for me. The 1990 world cup was a big part of my youth. Amongst the memories that stick out from it is Bobby Robson’s interview after being knocked out of the…
Just a quick tip for anyone needing internet access in Koh Samui – check out the food hall at Big C. The food is cheap (30B to 50B for most dishes), and the free internet is really fast compared to the bars/cafes offering wi-fi. They also have conveniently placed plug sockets for keeping your laptop…
As most web geeks will know, the million-dollar homepage was your classic simple-genius idea and prompted people worldwide to proclaim, “I could have done that”. In fact, many people have since done that. Still, none to anywhere near the success of Alex Tew, who famously paid his way through University (and much more!) with the…
I heard a rumour yesterday that a dolphin had washed up on Cleveleys beach – I was doubtful, but here are some pictures shared by Joe Kennedy: After trying to get the dolphin back into deeper water without success, the coastguard wrapped it in a wet blanket and took it away to care for it….
For those of you that listen to Radio 1 over the internet, this might come in handy: http://stream.live.vc.bbcmedia.co.uk/bbc_radio_one It is the direct link to the online stream, so you can paste this into an application like Winamp, VLC or whatever you use instead of having to keep a browser window open. I am sure BBC…
