27th October 2009
I’ve said in lots of places that if you use an electric razor and suffer from razor burn, bumps or rash, my advice to you is to get a double edged safety razor. When I use an electric razor, the underside of my chin is covered in razor rash. But nowad...
15th June 2009
There are some standard tips on shaving well: change the blade often enough, use smooth strokes and don’t drink too much of your favorite single malt first.
But I’ve found a few tricks that people don’t seem to talk about – that still make big...
20th March 2009
Techies like to call ebay an 'online marketplace'. To me it's more like a massive online auction. If you want to sell, say, a gramophone, you put in all the details, maybe set a reserve price and say how long you want the auction to go on for. You can als...
25th February 2009
You might have heard that there's a new version of Windows in the pipeline. It's called (cleverly enough) Windows 7. Now it might seem like it's not very long since Vista came out. But Vista hasn't sold as well as Microsoft hoped, so they're bringing forw...
23rd June 2008
Olive oil spread
There are loads of olive oil spreads available in the shops, all promoting health benefits.
And they are generally better for you than butter or margarine.
But making your own is even better – it’s purer, cheaper and only takes 30 ...
18th April 2008
Lots has been said about Windows Vista – but it seems like everyone wants to talk about all the fancy little features that you’d hardly ever use.
If you’re wondering whether you should splash out on upgrading to Windows Vista there are a few ques...
07th December 2006
I sometimes get asked “Will programs from older versions of Windows run on new versions?” Usually the answer is yes, they’ll be fine. Most Windows 95 or 98 programs urn on XP as normal. And most Windows 3 or 3.1 programs will run on 95 o...
07th December 2006
These are two little tricks that can make using a PC so much easier.
Undo
In most programs (including Microsoft Word, Excel, graphics programs, Open Office, Wordpad) there’s a feature called “undo”. As the name suggests, it “un-does” the last...
07th December 2006
First off, if you don’t have Windows XP, sorry. This new version of Internet Explorer won’t work on earlier versions of Windows. IE 7 will be standard with the next version of Windows, coming out in January, so you might want to read this anyway to ...
27th September 2005
My Mum and Dad came to visit last week and as always they'd saved up some PC questions for me (they also brought some French crepes so I didn't mind too much!) One thing Dad asked about was how you change the size of text on the screen. He knows how to ...
02nd August 2005
Intro
One of the big advantages of PCs over earlier types of computers is that they're upgradable. If you get to the point where you need a faster computer, more storage space or whatever, you don't have to buy a new PC. You can upgrade it by buying ju...
22nd July 2005
It can often seem like kids nowadays pop into the world already able to use a PC. But there's no reason why you can't learn as well. It doesn't have to be as hard as it can look if you go about it the right way.
You can learn how to use a PC howe...
