Looking back at 2016 In the lab we have a now ageing Phenom II X4 965, paired with 16GB of RAM and a Radeon 7950 3GB GPU, which has provided sterling service since its original build year of 2010. During that time, I’ve managed to […]
In The Lab – The Technician’s Update – Part 1 Read More »
In this article from November 2015, How is Social Media Affecting Elections? I referred to Donald Trump as The King of Social Media, for no other reason than he seized on the power of an inflammatory Tweets, as a wide-eyed child might grasp a shiny new toy. As
Is Donald Trump The King of Social Media? Read More »
Voyage to Spain Fifteen years ago I was lucky enough to experience the adventure of a lifetime when I sailed my 35′ sailing boat from Wales to Spain via Portugal and Gibraltar. The entire voyage took six weeks and included a storm on the first
A Low Tech Sailing Adventure Read More »
Original 1996 Tomb Raider Reimagined – GLIDOS Free Until the End of February GLIDOS is a Glide emulation for DOS that allows games like Tomb Raider (1996) to show their full detail on modern computers. Essentially, Glidos is a program that emulates the Glide API of
Get GLIDOS – FREE – Until End February Read More »
By some kind of divine cruelty I’ve ended up with the iPhone referred to in my article Apple iPhone 6s vs Samsung Galaxy S3 because my wife’s Motorola finally bit the dust and I felt obliged to rescue her by handing over my much revered
How To Force Android Contacts Into iPhone Read More »
Mirillis Action! In two previous articles How to Record Your Video Game Action Part 1 and Part 2, I reviewed numerous game recording programs, including Mirillis Action! which I was using as a trial at the time. I was so impressed with the program that
Mirillis Action! Screen Recorder Overhauled, Updated Read More »
A Weird Site Redesign A few weeks ago I tuned into Netflix to catch up on Henry VIII and his bodice-busting antics in The Tudors only to find that the good people at Netflix had seen fit to ruin the interface and for me to
How to Opt Out of Netflix Test Participation Read More »
Warning: this article contains no computer tips whatsoever. Pistols at dawn Besides the comings and goings of my troubled customers, the ebb and flow of ordinary life goes on and in the case of the first known residents’ committee meeting was far from ordinary. You
A Day In The Life Of A PC Technician – Day 9 Read More »
Forza Motorsport 6 Apex (PC) FREE What could be more exciting than tearing around the streets of Rio de Janeiro in an Aston Martin whilst enjoying panoramic views of The Sugarloaf and Copacabana Beach? Well this is exactly what you’ll get and much more in
2 Free Forza Motorsport Demos Read More »
Shopping around My recent article, Five Reasons Why Microsoft Store Sucks, not only highlighted some of the shortcomings of that particular online store, but also made reference to other means of obtaining keys for software, notably games. I found myself in a kind of
Is It Safe To Buy Software Keys Online? Read More »
Microsoft, please take my frigging money! It all started last week when I read a mini review in The Telegraph for the best games of 2016 (so far) , spotted Forza Horizon 3 and it all went rapidly downhill from there. You see, this particular game is
Five Reasons Why Microsoft Store Sucks Read More »
Apple iPhone 6s 64Gb vs Samsung Galaxy S3 16Gb Purists would tell you that comparing three year old tech with today’s offerings is like apples and oranges, or in the words of that great justice warrior John McEnroe, you cannot be serious! But why not,
Apple iPhone 6s vs Samsung Galaxy S3 Read More »
It’s practically a year since Windows 10 was released and many of us were using the Insider Preview version for many months prior to that, so we’ve had plenty of time to get to know each other by now. Flat tiles When Windows 8 appeared
Living With Windows 10 – One Year On Read More »
Fifty Shades of Grey Author E L James Publisher Vintage Books First published in 2012 (Published as an eBook and print on demand in 2011) Some interesting facts about Fifty Shades of Grey: Sold over 125 million copies worldwide Translated into 52 languages Women over
Fifty Shades of Grey – Book Review Read More »
