Another quick tip regarding TRIM which has been mentioned a few times on the blog recently. If you’ve got an SSD you might want to double check that TRIM is enabled to ensure that the garbage collection processes can run and keep your SSD in peak performance. Usually, Windows 7 and Windows 8 will set …
Category: Technology
Aug 01 2013
Skip the Intro Screen in Euro Truck Simulator 2
Quick tip for today. If you’re into Euro Truck Simulator 2 you might find having to sit through the intro screens a bit annoying. Sure, it’s only about ten or fifteen seconds but it can grind a bit when you just want to hop into the game and get going. Anyway, in a recent update …
Jul 31 2013
Android 4.3 Hits the Nexus 7
Well, as fate would have it, after my disappointment with my Nexus 7 and its declining flash memory performance the latest version of Jelly Bean in the form of Android 4.3 actually includes support for TRIM. This capability was lacking in prior versions of the operating system unless your rooted your device and used various …
Jul 30 2013
Minimise Your Power Bill at Home Whilst on Holiday
It’s nice to get away from it all and take a holiday every now and then but just because you’re clocking off doesn’t mean your power bill will do the same thing. If you have a home server that will continue to use power as will the fridge, hot water service (if you’ve got an …
Jul 29 2013
Consider a Touch Screen in Your Next Laptop
Just putting something out there for people to consider when it comes to their next laptop purchase. Touch screens are becoming more popular these days in computing with smartphones now having touch-enabled hardware as a staple but laptop and desktop computing hasn’t really bought into touch in a big way until the last year or …
Jul 28 2013
The Case of a Laggy Nexus 7
Not too long ago I picked up a Nexus 7 Android tablet so I could test out my Pebble smartwatch (although the Samsung Galaxy Express has primarily taken over that duty) but in the short time that I have had this tablet it has really started to slow down to woeful speeds. Booting up would …
Jul 27 2013
Live Streaming Television with Vulkano
A while back I wrote about how I was looking at options to stream live television and my focus upon the Slingbox products but I never got around to purchasing one. Don’t get me wrong, I think the technology is fantastic but I’ve just not seen much in the way of innovation or the extension of …
Jul 26 2013
Samsung Galaxy Express Unboxing
As you may know, I won a new smartphone at work when Samsung recently visited which of course was a great surprise! The smartphone I won was the Samsung Galaxy Express which is likened as being a mini Samsung Galaxy S III albeit with more modest specifications (smaller screen, dual core CPU and 8GB memory). …
Jul 24 2013
Find Out What Makes a Website Tick
Here’s a quick tip. If you’re curious as to what makes a particular website work you might have been in a quandary just trying to work it out by looking at the source code. Otherwise, you could try using telnet but that can be a bit fiddly if you’re not comfortable with a command line …
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