Advice For Those Starting Out
DaleSome years ago, Ernie Halter wrote this short list on his website. It’s now gone, but I saved you a copy :-) Nobody Wants To Work With The A-hole. Stay…
MacBook slows down on purpose!
If the battery is removed from a MacBook or MacBook Pro, the computer will automatically reduce the processor speed. This prevents the computer from shutting down if it demands more…
On Teams
We trained hard but it seemed that every time we were beginning to form up into teams we would be reorganised. I was to learn later in life that we…
4 favourite Google search tips
Search a particular site. To search a particular site, use the site parameter. will search the Microsoft Knowledge Base, for articles about Vista and KBQFE. (KBQFE stands for Knowledge Base,…
Still a pack of cheap bastards
HP’s Universal Print Driver (UPD) v4.7.0 has finally been released. You might remember that I wrote that HP designed UPD because they are a pack of cheap bastards. The one…
The server has been shutdown – opps.
My first BlackBerry incident. The problem was that the Enterprise Messenger service was writing an error message to the Windows event log file every 3 seconds. The fix was to…
7 crap IT products I shouldn’t have brought
Hand-held image scanner Seemed like a real good idea, when flat bed image scanners were so expensive. The hand-held scanner would let me scan anything I wanted at 75dpi. Of…
Oh, but they donate so much to charity
But, on the other hand, drive a $300,000 Aston Martin. Oh, I don’t begrudge someone having a nice car, but don’t expect me to think a lot of you if…
Dead Dick
Seen in Monday’s Age: The most eye-catching wearer was a pregnant woman waddling around with the "Sick of Dick" message. Dick being Dick Gross, St. Kilda councillor who voted for…
10 Tech Things I pack when I travel.
Power board and travel power plug adapter. Laptop power supply supply. With all my devices being chargeable via USB cable, I don’t need to pack separate phone/PDA/headset chargers. PDA &…