Sometimes, software gets corrupted during the daily grind and we need to undertake an exercise of repairing the affected software. In some cases you may need to resort to a full uninstall and reinstall (or maybe a reinstall over the top if you’re lazy but I would recommend against it) but in other situations you …
Aug 23 2011
There Was a Problem Installing Mac OS X (Lion)
I had a couple of MacBook Pro laptops grace my desk and I have been upgrading them to Mac OS X 10.7 (Lion). The first one (maybe eighteen months old) went through without a hitch but the second one (which is a few years old) had all manner of problems including reading my original DVD-RW …
Aug 22 2011
Determine the Optimal Viewing Distance From Your Screen
Ever sat in front of your screen and have been disappointed by how blocky or pixelated things look but then find that other content looks fine? Not all content is created equal and is one factor that will impact an optimal viewing experience. To keep things simple, the viewing experience is influence by three factors, …
Aug 21 2011
Recover Lost Firefox Performance with SpeedyFox
Leading on from yesterday’s article covering the release of Firefox 8 on the Aurora channel I mentioned a potential way for you to restore performance in existing installation of Firefox which has become sluggish. In the case where performance has been lost as a result of bloated and fragmented SQLITE database files (which is where …
Aug 20 2011
Firefox 8 Hits the Aurora Channel
Just a quick update for tonight Well, Firefox 6 only just came out earlier this week and the Aurora channel has just ticked over from 7 to 8 in the last 24 hours. I am hoping to see improvements in the memory management of the browser at some point (particularly as it was supposed to …
Aug 19 2011
Aim for “Centre Centre” With Your Television Mount
I don’t know how frequently people are buying a new television for their home these days but now that we have flat panel displays we now face a choice of either having it on a stand or mounted on a wall. Of course, when you have the television on a stand it affords you the …
Aug 18 2011
Cleanup Your Hotmail Contacts
Here’s a quick tip for tonight. If you’ve had a Hotmail address for a while you might have accumulated a lot of addresses in the contacts list. Particularly as Hotmail has gained more features in the form of Exchange-like functionality (including Exchange ActiveSync) people can use the service in a way similar to how most …
Aug 17 2011
Sometimes Firefox Needs a Manual Upgrade
Here’s a quick reminder for the Firefox users out there. Sometimes when you are using an instance of Firefox that is a couple of versions off the pace you won’t receive the automatic prompts to upgrade to the latest version. Instead, you’ll receive notices to upgrade to the point updates for the major release you …
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