Thoughts On The Book “The End Of Mr. Y”
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I bought the book “The End Of Mr. Y”, by Scarlett Thomas, as a Christmas gift but for a number of reasons I ended up reading it and I am glad I did, in fact …

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Backup Methods
Tuesday, 26 Jun, 2007 | 3 Comments

IntroductionThere are a number of back up rotation methodologies including the Grandfather, Father, Son [1] method, the Tower of Hanoi [2] method, the Incremental Backup [3] method and the Incremented Media Backup [4] method. In …

Gordon Browns technological future
Tuesday, 26 Jun, 2007 | No Comment

According to IT Week on the 25th June 2007 [1], Gordon Brown is a “self-confessed computer ignoramus” and this makes me wonder what effect it’s likely to have on the technology industry in the UK …

Emails from unknown senders
Tuesday, 26 Jun, 2007 | No Comment

One of the more common reasons for users experiencing problems with their email is due to them opening emails, and more specifically attachments, from unknown senders. Usually this is a .EXE (executable - ie a …

Laptop Management part 2
Monday, 25 Jun, 2007 | No Comment

Carrying on from part 1 about Laptop Management. The next major hurdle is building the machine as typically the user wants it the moment it arrives. “But it’s pre-built isn’t it?” is the common retort. …

Excel Print Comments
Monday, 25 Jun, 2007 | One Comment

A user just asked me if it is possible to print the comments on an Excel Spreadsheet.
This option is actually buried in the Page Setup dialog box under the Sheet tab.
From there, you can elect …

A Round Table Discussion
Monday, 25 Jun, 2007 | No Comment

This rather interesting piece of equipment is a 360-degree view webcam that can track who, around a table, is talking and identify the speaker thus following the flow of discussion.
It’s name is RoundTable and was …

SAP A1S
Monday, 25 Jun, 2007 | No Comment

I can’t help noticing these days that a lot of big players are making early steps to recognising the SME/SMB marketplace - and it’s about time. The latest addition to this trend seems to be …

Monday is my favourite day
Monday, 25 Jun, 2007 | No Comment

I woke up this morning to a household of sick people. Sharon and Jess are the worst affected - Sharon has been fighting off tonsilitis for a week now and Jess hasn’t been right since …

Computer Health
Sunday, 24 Jun, 2007 | No Comment

So many people I know keep their computer on the floor and this is often the main cause of a computer physically breaking down. The air inlets on the power supply often get covered in …

Weekend Working
Sunday, 24 Jun, 2007 | No Comment

I came in to work this weekend for a number of reasons but one of them was to install the additional batteries for my workstation UPS. Once installed these are going to take my backup …