Most people I know use Netflix, and I’m no exception. I pay for the Premium service since my kids and wife love watching it, too. Plus, I hate when my 5-year-old watches a bunch of kid shows, then Netflix keeps suggesting other kid shows that I might want to see. (No, Netflix, I do not […]
When Things Go Wrong… …they generally go very wrong and when the cause of a website crash isn’t immediately apparent, putting things right can be a challenging exercise. The above image is what confronted me following an aborted forum software upgrade last week, indicating that the flux capacitors had blown somewhere along the line and […]
My Website Was Hacked In January I wrote an article How To Set Up A Community Forum following the disastrous experience I had with a local Argentine hosting company and that my friends, is not the end of the story. When I set up my Compufix business in 2009 I struggled and sweated with Microsoft […]
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What is FTP? You hear these terms thrown around by Geeks as if everyone within earshot knows, but what is FTP? FTP simply stands for File Transfer Protocol, which is a standard, like the HTTP you use to load web pages, that uses the client server model to transfer files between computers. FTP functionality is […]
Did you know that many people use their PayPal account for everyday transactions with Amazon, eBay and many other on-line retailers? So I asked myself, “Can I send an invoice to someone using my personal PayPal account?” With a business account it’s a fairly easy decision to send an invoice to a client, but with a […]
Cool YouTube Darkness Apparently Google is working on a not-so-secret Dark Mode for YouTube and you can activate it yourself in just three easy steps. Personally, I find a darker background to be easier on the eyes and certainly hope that Google incorporate this feature into YouTube on a permanent basis. How to Activate Dark […]
Netflix Is Now a Dating App Without doubt, Netflix is the world’s most popular media streaming service; it’s easy to use, offers an amazing variety of content and until very recently used a tried and tested five-star rating system that made sense and was logical for viewers to relate to. All that has now changed […]
Free Information My late Father dabbled in genealogy and my Father-In-Law enjoys genealogy as well. I am continuing where my Father left off and find it very interesting, as do many other people I am sure. Therefore, when I hear of genealogy sites to gather more information, I listen intently. Imagine my surprise, I had […]
Subscription Service I’m assuming that you have a PayPal account and know how to make payments. But what if you pay for a subscription service that deducts a set amount from your account every month. I subscribe to a service where I pay every three months and get a notice from PayPal saying I can […]
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 emit a loud what the….f***! It’s worth mentioning at this […]
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 Catch 22 situation when I wanted to buy a certain […]