Yesterday, I made the leisurely drive from Sydney to Melbourne in the Prius and as per usual I used the GPS just so I could keep an eye on my arrival time as well as the traffic conditions once I got back into the metropolitan areas. However, as much as every GPS attempts to be …
Category: Technology
Sep 25 2013
Disable the Sticky Keys Prompts in Windows
Don’t you just hate it when you’re playing a game and you are mashing the shift key only to be mercilessly thrown back to the desktop with a StickyKeys prompt? If you’re playing an online game it could mean the difference between winning or losing a narrow game. Fortunately, it is fairly easy to turn …
Sep 24 2013
Check Eligibility for the Family Energy Rebate
This is for those of you with families in New South Wales. Whilst keeping an eye on your household energy consumption is perhaps the best solution to reduce your power bill you can get some extra help in counteracting the cost by checking if you are eligible for the Family Energy Rebate. You can have …
Sep 23 2013
Resolve Distorted Video in Skype
One of the main causes of a poor video experience in Skype is a low quality internet connection but there are other things that can also impact upon a reliable video conversation. I am going to cover one of the more quirky issues I have encountered personally. Upon initiating a video conversation you may find …
Sep 22 2013
Enabling the Safe Mode Menu Under Windows 8
Silly me let updated nVidia drivers through Windows Update which caused my computer to encounter the blue screen of death upon every boot. As a rule of thumb, I don’t accept such driver updates for this very reason despite usually being able to get out of any resulting mess. Unfortunately, because I could not seem …
Sep 21 2013
Cruise Control Not Available Error in Toyota Prius
Here’s a quick tip. If you’ve got a Prius with radar cruise control then you may find under certain conditions that it will disengage and flash up an error saying “cruise control not available”. You could be forgiven for thinking that there may be a computer fault with the vehicle but there is another situation …
Sep 20 2013
The Result of Prepaid Abroad’s International Data Roaming Offer
Earlier this month I wrote about Prepaid Abroad and their offer of 10GB valid for thirty days for €42.90 which is significantly more generous than many other offers in the global marketplace. I guess the most important thing about the offer was was it worth shelling out the money? Aside from a minor hiccup with …
Sep 19 2013
How to Embed Flash in a Sharepoint Website
I’m currently getting up to speed with using Sharepoint as an intranet solution and had a requirement to embed a Flash object in a webpage. As I found out, it’s not straightforward but possible if you follow a few steps. Upload your SWF file into the documents library for your site, Copy the hyperlink to …
Sep 18 2013
Panasonic SC-BTT880 3D Blu-ray Home Theatre System Preview
Hopefully you managed to get a look at the unboxing video of the Panasonic SC-BTT880 3D Blu-ray home theatre system from yesterday so leading on from that I have a preview video to give you a closer look at the amplifier and remote units. I will try and get another video up on how the …
Sep 17 2013
Panasonic SC-BTT880 3D Blu-ray Home Theatre System Unboxing
It’s been a while between receiving this unit and being able to unbox it but I was waiting to sell the old SC-BTT755 home theatre system so I didn’t have the house cluttered up 🙂 For the sake of clarification, there was nothing really wrong with the BTT755 – it was in great nick and …
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