As I hinted at in a previous post about the definition of a geek – I had a nice chat with Jan Thom of the Whitstable Times last week, and today the results of that chat appear on page 10 of the Whitstable Times, along with me popping up on the front page too. It’s …
…is caring for your customers. During the ‘day’ job, I spend a lot of time getting to know my customers. Part of this makes good business sense – how can I make a recommendation on a solution without understanding their business? But part of it is just personal and ‘just the way I am.’ This …
Last week I met the lovely Jan from the Whitstable Times (exact reasons for this will be revealed soon enough) and she asked me to describe the term ‘geek’. I tried to explain as best I could, in particular by highlighting the difference between geeks and nerds (I am definitely one and not the other). …
It seems like only five minutes ago that Firefox 4 arrived and impressed us with speed improvements. A few niggles, some of my more esoteric add-ons were not compatible and the Google Toolbar behaved a little strangely with mouse clicks but was fine with the keyboard. If there is one product we recommend time and …
Firefox 5.0 and the Google Toolbar – taken by surprise? Here’s how to fix it! Read More »
No, not some piece of magical hardware or software called Shoe BoxTM, a plain and simple cardboard shoe box. Obviously not just the box, you need some special contents but you should already have all the contents you need. When you buy a PC, bit of software or some hardware, you usually receive a couple …
On my happy travels from sick PC to sick PC each day, it is heartening to see an ever increasing number of silver surfers. Whether it’s more spare time following retirement, a desire to keep in touch with an ever distant family or the need to use online grocery shopping because getting out the house …
A plea to parents – grandchildren and PCs do not mix! Read More »
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About 5 seconds after turning on this PC it became very noisy. Some PCs will do this – you turn them on and as they boot up the fan runs at full speed. Once booted into Windows the fan will slow down again. Not this one. The fan continued running at full speed, like a …
For a brief moment the other day I almost changed my opinion on Blackberrys. I was setting up a new Torch for a client and I caught myself thinking “oh, this is actually quite a nice phone…” I got over it though. When setting up an email account they encourage you to use POP3 and …
Dear Geek, I received a phone call from Microsoft the other day, telling me I had all manner of problems with my PC. Something didn’t feel right, so I hung up. Was I right? Concerned of Canterbury.