In the end, we were only disconnected for about a week, but even that’s quite enough nowadays, especially since so many daily interactions are processed online. For example, my wife, being an accountant, is currently bogged down with clients’ tax returns, all of which are […]
As readers will know, I’m a big fan of the Tomb Raider franchise and, like many followers of the intrepid Lara Croft, we find that news of her next adventures is either thin on the ground or veering off in predictable and woke directions. The
Warning – this post contains much ranting! Last Wednesday at 11.15 am, our Internet service unexpectedly went down and my immediate thought was that it was a glitch and it would probably come back in a few minutes. Five days later and we still have
It’s been years since I bought a new laptop and the only reason I’m considering buying one now is that I’ll be travelling for several weeks in the near future. Added to this, there are dozens of tasks that need to be done on a
Prime Gaming This is just a reminder that Prime Gaming gives away free games nearly every week for Prime members. In August last year, I posted Claim Free Games On Amazon Prime and since then, I’ve claimed 10 games, including Rise Of The Tomb Raider,
Forza Horizon 4 (FH4) was launched in October 2018 and is one of my favourite arcade racing games, mainly because it’s set in the UK which, for a small island, has loads to offer in terms of natural beauty and twisty roads. It’s also one
Last week I upgraded a customer PC with a 240GB SSD and installed Windows 10 Pro. I also gave it a good clean up which involved removing the Intel heatsink, blowing away all the dust that had built up, and reapplying thermal paste. The motherboard
Originally published in 2014, this is the first in a series recounting Marc’s interesting and often humorous encounters as a PC Technician, including colorful characters and unusual situations Catch up with all previous articles in Marc’s series: All A Day in the Life Of A
I finally finished copying 37 VHS tapes on Friday and bearing in mind that each tape contained an average of 90 minutes of video, that’s about 55 hours of tape. Fortunately, I was able to get on with other work while the tapes were being
Back in August 2019, I wrote about my experiences in transferring VHS tapes to digital format in Golden Videos VHS To DVD Converter Review and How To Transfer VHS Tapes To Digital Media. Since then, I’ve converted hundreds of VHS videos for my customers, but
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It’s yet another year since my last Day In The Life Of A PC Technician and since I now wear several hats, I’ve been busier than ever. Argentina has also elected an outsider as president when the country went to the polls last October and
For the past few weeks, I’ve been tasked with upgrading six computers at a customer’s office; a challenge that I was more than happy to undertake until a Lenovo laptop with Windows 11 Home Edition entered the loop. The scenario was five desktop PCs with
Remember the hoo-hah when Windows 8 was released? We hope you enjoy reading this Blast From The Past article by Marc Thomas originally published in July 2014 Let’s face it, Windows 8 is a hybrid operating system which, by definition, is something that is
YouTube Premium With Music As mentioned in a previous article, I subscribed to Spotify a couple of years ago because in Argentina it’s very cheap – around $3 a month after taxes, compared to around $15 in other countries. However, one must always view such
