Bits and pieces that aren’t necessarily tech or computer related.
I confess to being a stickler for correct grammar, but whether that makes me a grammar Nazi is not for me to say. There’s no doubt that the standard of our languages has fallen dramatically in recent years, and I’m not just referring to English. […]
Are You A Grammar Nazi? Read More »
We’re spoilt for choice nowadays when it comes to viewing entertainment, and if your thing is free videos, there’s a lot of choice, including YouTube, Dailymotion, Vimeo, and others. However, where I live, most streaming subscriptions are priced for the third world, so the likes
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In this article, originally published in 2019, Dick takes a look back at his extensive experience with floppy disks. A look back at a look back from the sadly late and very much missed Dick Evans. I know I am dating myself but I programmed
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As many of you know, I ride a motorcycle for both work and pleasure, but I never hankered for motorcycling and hadn’t even sat on a bike before. It was more of a fait accompli because we had sold a car, I needed wheels and
Use It Or Lose It – How Do You Cope With Ageing? Read More »
Although I was trained as a salesman back in the ’80s when the mantra was and still is, the customer is always right, it’s a device used in rigorous sales training in order to allow the customer to think they are right. This is much
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I spent most of my life living in the United Kingdom where you can experience four different seasons in just one day. Christmas can either be wet and windy, crisp, clear and frosty, or buried in snow drifts. Clearly, one gets accustomed to the climates
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In April 2004, Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman set off on motorcycles from London and travelled east in search of adventure. Their destination was New York, some 20,000 miles away, and into a world that was very different from what it is today. No Google
An Excellent Series On Apple TV+ Read More »
This week I decided to change gears and share something different. It has been a few years since I have given you my Top 10 Tech Gifts list. I used to do one of these each year. Since I have been shopping for birthdays and
Top 10 Tech Gifts For The Family Read More »
The old lady and the naughty cat, the burning gaming machine, and the angry masseuse. All in a day’s work for Marc the PC technician. The cat, the tablet and the mysterious virus A few weeks ago an elderly lady phoned me sounding more than
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Take a look back at what topics were trending in 2016. Top 10 List For the curious, I’ve compiled a list of the most-viewed articles published by Dave’s Computer Tips in the year 2016. I’ll start with number 11, and work my way up (down?)
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With only a couple of more weeks before Halloween here are my 5 top picks from YouTube for the best short horror videos. Descriptions are from YouTube. Click here for last year’s picks: My Top 5 Short Horror Picks From YouTube 1. Thingamajig A man
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Happy Labor Day from all of us at Dave’s Computer Tips! —
Happy Labor Day 2024! Read More »
Just because two of my articles related to AI (Artificial Intelligence) were about its failures with math (https://davescomputertips.com/artificial-intelligence-failed-a-math-test/ & https://davescomputertips.com/another-ai-math-flop/) doesn’t necessarily mean AI is a failure. What I will be describing here is one of the best uses of AI that I’ve seen so
AI Can Do Some Great Things Read More »
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
Living Without Internet – Part 1 Read More »
