View from the Potting Shed

Now, firstly I’m not a customer of the Bank of Scotland, so I’m not entirely certain why they sent me this piece of junk mail, and secondly I’m no financial expert but I can’t help think that they’ve got something fundamentally wrong in the message they sent me.
It’s not been that long since the Northern […]

Microsoft have just announced Service Pack 3 for Microsoft Office 2003, which has prompted me to make sure that all my Microsoft Office applications are up-to-date.
What is a Service Pack?
A service pack (often abbreviated as SP) is a collection of updates, fixes and enhancements to a software application or operating system — such as Microsoft […]

This is one of my favourite series of videos on YouTube: Mark Erickson’s Infinite Solutions.
The videos are packed full of great tips, from how to recharge batteries using other batteries, how to de-fogg goggles to how to find small dinosaur remains. Good useful, everyday stuff.
Also check out his website: Mark’s Infinite Solutions and the videos […]

These last few weeks I’ve been doing some DIY on the new house and thought that you might appreciate a few tips that I’ve learned.

When drilling through bathroom tiles make sure that the drill isn’t set to the ‘hammer action’ setting.
While preparing to drill through bathroom tiles — say for example in a shower cubicle […]

This week I received something in my e-mail inbox that I’ve not had in a while: a hoax e-mail ‘kindly’ forwarded to me by a friend or family member trying to help me and ensure that my hard drive wouldn’t be destroyed by the latest terrible virus.
Olympic Torch hoax
The hoax e-mail sent was the Olympic […]

Here’s something that a couple of people recently have asked about when they’ve seen my desktop, either on my laptop or on my home PC. Many of you may know about this; this is posted for the benefit of those who don’t.
You may see from the screenshot above that I have an extra toolbar […]

I got up early this morning so that I could get a couple of hours of web development in before Jane rose and we had to get involved in Operation Clear Kadesh.
Which was a nice plan … but it has just taken me 90 minutes to work out why I couldn’t login to my new […]