It took six weeks but my wife’s brand new Amazon Kindle (3G + Wi-Fi)arrived in the mail today. Needless to say she was rather eager to use it so we recorded the unboxing video quick smart so she could start using it! As usual, the unboxing video will give you a quick look at the …
Category: Content & Search
Dec 30 2010
Learn How to Narrow Your Google Searches
Back when I used to be on the phones for an ISP technical support helpdesk it was essential to research those more obscure problems. These days, most people know how to get to Google and type in a few search terms but, more importantly, being able to cultivate those results quickly and accurately is an …
Dec 28 2010
Find Older Versions of a Website with the Wayback Machine
Another quick tip for this evening. With a vast amount of content appearing, changing and disappearing on the Internet every day, month and year there may come a time when you want to find something that once existed in a particular form. Unless you were lucky enough to save a copy of a particular website …
Nov 27 2010
Incoming Gadget Alert – Amazon Kindle
Just a brief note to let you all know that my wife has ordered an Amazon Kindle for her Christmas present this year which will mean another round of the unboxing, preview and review videos. Not being such a huge reader of books (or ebooks) myself, my wife may actually end up doing the guest …
Sep 05 2010
Opt Out of Paper Telephone Directories
This may have flown under the radar for most people but if you’re like me you might find those paper telephone directories awfully wasteful especially when you can get a phone number off the web or call up one of those premium directory service numbers. Personally, I like to save myself a bit of dosh …
Jul 21 2010
Keep YouTube Videos for Posterity with KeepVid
I’m sure we have all come across a YouTube video or two that, for one reason or another, became an instant favourite or stirred up some sort of nostalgia for the old days. Whilst broadband speeds have been increasing and video sharing has become more popular, sometimes it isn’t so possible to get to YouTube …
Jul 09 2010
Rotten Tomatoes – Your Online Film Guide
Have you found yourself spoilt for choice at the cinema and wanted to find out what is the best pick of the flicks? The missus and I have found ourselves in this situation many times, usually over lunch on the weekend or after work on Friday afternoon. Sometimes the previews don’t show a film in …
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