Oct 21 2012
It’s been a big week and a big year for the blog. Not too long ago the blog racked up 1000,000 visits and well over 100,000 pageviews in the process which was quite pleasing for something that started out as a way to keep me in the rhythm of writing in between university semesters and …
Oct 20 2012
If there is one thing I have really appreciated about having near ubiquitous access to the web around Australia, and to an extent overseas, it has been the ability to further my tertiary education whilst holding down full-time employment. I resumed my tertiary studies just before moving to Sydney a bit over eight years ago …
Oct 19 2012
Here’s a quick tip if you have an aging iPad in your technology collection particularly if it is an original iPad. If there is one thing that drives me nuts with a touchscreen device it would be when it becomes slow or unresponsive to touch. Mobile devices are less powerful than your laptop or desktop …
Oct 18 2012
In a nutshell, I caved. Yesterday, I pulled the trigger on a pre-order of the Microsoft Surface which is a Windows RT tablet (an ARM only version of Windows 8). The thing that was really irking me about getting one was the lack of cellular radio in the device which meant that on the go …
Oct 17 2012
With the update to iOS 6 for Apple mobile devices comes a new way to track your online activities without using the UUID burnt into the device. This new IFA number of “Identifier for Advertisers” is a random but anonymous number allocated to each user and device combination. However, unlike UUIDs which are permanently burnt into …
Oct 16 2012
The weekend just gone past I had the opportunity to unbox the Apple iPhone 5 prior to getting it setup and activated for my mother-in-law to replace her iPhone 4. As per usual, you’ll get to see what is in the box as well as a quick look at the phone itself, a comparison of …
Oct 15 2012
Sometimes uploading videos to YouTube can be a bit of a trial in itself. If the video upload is very large and you’re up against a deadline then you need to leave plenty of time to send the file up to YouTube plus contingency should the transfer fail. However, if you didn’t want the video …
Oct 14 2012
A couple of weeks ago I managed to take delivery of a new Panasonic refrigerator to replace our aging and capacity strapped Fisher and Paykel Q 442L fridge. It took some effort to get the fridge into the house and shuffle the old and new fridges around but my wife and I finally managed to …
Oct 13 2012
The Windows 8 tips keep on coming! Earlier this week I found that a number of Metro apps stopped working for some reason so the obvious solution was to uninstall and reinstall them. You might think that the bundled apps that come with Windows 8 are special in that they only exist when a fresh …
Oct 12 2012
Here’s another quick tip fo Windows 8 users out there. If you encounter error 0x80073D05 when attempting to download and install a Windows 8 app from the Windows 8 store there is a quick and simple fix. Reboot and login with your full password (not a PIN or picture password). At a glance, it looks …
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