There was me thinking that the Windows Update mechanism was designed to streamline updates to the operating system, eliminating the need to go to a website to download fixes and patches. Ha ha ha. Without realising it, I’ve been repeatedly shutting down to install the same Windows Updates on Vista for the past 2 weeks. […]
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Finally, after months of waiting and an endless stream of complaints from users all over the world, Spotify have updated their Android app and fixed the issues with crashing open opening, crashing when syncing and crashing a few seconds into playing. All these, as you’d expect, lead to a pretty poor experience and one that
Cooking bacon in the microwave… the bacon-ground to the story I had been invited to a friend’s house. It was just 9.17am, so it was far too early to arrive with a bottle of wine as a gift. I improvised by grabbing a pack of bacon that I had been thinking about for some time. Upon
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This is old news but… Gutted you missed the lasagne sandwich Tesco were once selling? Really though? Did it seem like a good idea? The Guardian didn’t think so. Anyway. The lasagne sandwich ‘recipe’ The quick and dirty way to a delicious lasagne sandwich is this: 1. Get a bun 2. Cut bun 3. Flop
What follows is a list of made up TV shows, because once all this rubbish is written down, it will leave my mind forever. ‘Tache in the Attic – game show where celebrities must be identified in the dark by touching their facial hair. Gran Designs – Kevin McCloud personally sponsors a family to live
[Edited 2020-05-15: Emerge Desktop’s website no longer exists so I linked to an archive.org backup] I’ve been using a Samsung N145 Plus netbook for a while now. Whilst I am happy with it in general, I do find that sometimes it slows down for no apparent reason. Here are a few tips to help speed
What is Senet? Senet (or “senat”) is (or was) an ancient Egyptian board game. It’s a bit like snakes and ladders, and a bit like backgammon. It’s easy to get into and doesn’t have too many rules either. The Rules of Senet The rules of Senet are not definite — they’ve never been discovered, so
If you’re looking for a tool to strip HTML tags online, perhaps the one at zubrag.com can help. Bit of background: I update a website every week or so with a post based on a newsletter that comes in DOC format. I convert it to HTML to extract the images easily (they’re saved in a