If you’re into statistics like myself then you might love Google Analytics if you also have a website. Being able to track visitors, pageviews, bounce rates and a huge array of other data can be invaluable in tailoring the content and layout to your audience. It’s been a wonder though that you’ve not been able …
Jul 07 2012
Hard Drives with Bad Sectors Living on Borrowed Time
This might seem fairly obvious for those of us in the know but something I thought was worth spelling out for everybody. A lot of us are used to the concept of reinstall or repairing software when something happens to it as a result of a bad shutdown, loss of power or something else. It …
Jul 06 2012
Get the Most out of StreetPass on the Nintendo 3DS
Just a quick tip for those Nintendo 3DS owners out there who keep their console with them most of the time. At work, I’ve been getting quite a large number of StreetPass hits on my 3DS since I moved desks a couple of weeks ago but I have noticed one rather annoying drawback. If you …
Jul 05 2012
Oh Crap, the Fridge is Dead!
The title says it all really – after coming home from work we found that the circuit powering the microwave, coffee machine, insinkerator and fridge had been tripped. After checking everything I reset the circuit and everything sprung back to life except the fridge. It’s a Fisher & Paykel Q E442B fridge which has been trucking …
Jul 03 2012
How to Stop Overtyping Text
A simple but handy tip. If you’ve ever found that when you are editing a slab of text and, when typing, you are losing existing as you type then there is usually one main cause of that problem. The “Insert” key on the keyboard toggles this behaviour and sometimes you can tap it accidentally when …
Jun 29 2012
Quickly Change Tabs in Chrome Beta for Android
There is one thing that bugs me about the way tabs are managed in Safari on iPhone and iPad and it’s the way that you have to go through a menu to get to the tab you want. From a usability perspective, you need to stop what you are doing, work out where you want …
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