Bits and pieces that aren’t necessarily tech or computer related.
Many years ago I worked for a bank and the calculators were mechanical and huge. There was no such thing as electronic ones. They had many buttons and a roll of tape that recorded every calculation. We would use them to balance the ledgers for […]
My Calculator Experiences Read More »
Thanks to the onslaught of the obviously highly contagious coronavirus, people are now living their lives in an entirely changed and unusual environment, where isolation is the new norm. COVID-19 – The Good All major grocery stores here in Australia have suspended normal deliveries but
COVID-19 The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly Read More »
Traffic And Dogs Okay, we’ve only been confined to our home since last Friday morning, but already I’m feeling the effects of this abnormal situation which in turn makes me question the very idea of normal. Where we live, the road outside the living room
COVID-19 Is Playing Mind Games With My Head Read More »
Home Is Where The Heart Is Or so they say, but with millions of people now confined to their homes, that expression may seem a little hollow to many. However, there are advantages to spending more time at home, especially if your normal life involves
How To Survive Staying At Home Read More »
When I first started taking pictures it was with a film camera and my dad explained that the person I was focusing on should be in the middle of the picture. From that point on that is what I did. My pictures always had the
Picture-Taking Tips Read More »
”No hay mal que por bien no venga” roughly translates to every cloud has a silver lining, words that may strike many as somewhat hollow during this COVID-19 pandemic. But, as with so many aspects of life, where there is a negative, a positive has
Coronavirus – The Positive Side Read More »
I thought I’d share details of my home workstation and workbench with you good folk. I call it ”workstation” and ”workbench” just to sound fancy. In reality, it is just a section of my dingy old garage. No mod cons here. Here is my workstation
My Home Workstation & Workbench Read More »
Welcome back. If you’ve read my previous article on the possible tech solutions to some of the bigger problems of air travel, well let’s pick right back up where we left off. Sure, it’s a big, bold and possibly unachievable task to try to curb
Change In Flight Plans – Part 2 Read More »
Flying. Once upon a time, this way of travel was as luxurious as it was quick. Full-service meals, recliners, lounges, even the airports were a simple affair. The so-called golden age of air travel of the 1950s and ’60s brings with it the nostalgia of
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Bendy Bananas This is your actual default banana with an angle of curvature at no less than 90 degrees, so if the banana is too bendy, it is to be rejected as sub-standard under EU law. with the stalk intact, without bending, fungal damage or
10 Crazy EU Laws That Britain Will Not Miss Read More »
The Christmas Dinner Picture the scene if you will. You’re seated in the garden with twenty other people, at a long table, on splendid wooden decking and the temperature is around 29C (85F). The guests either side of you don’t speak a word of English,
This Is Why I Hate Freakin’ Christmas! Read More »
2019 has been pretty good to Dave’s Computer Tips (DCT). Thanks to you, our supportive readers and to our prolific writers, we managed to see more than a million page views this year. Of course, some articles were more popular than others and this short
Top 5 DCT Articles In 2019 Read More »
Award Ceremonies? Don’t you just love all that backslapping and air-kissing, with luvees and darlings thanking their cats, hamsters and anyone else within spitting distance, including many others that we’ve never heard of or are ever likely to? You either love ’em or hate ’em,
Should Award Ceremonies Be Gender Neutral? Read More »
Look At Me, I’m Woke! For older duffers like me who were born in the 1950s, the alarming array of new social jargon and labeling that has emerged in the Internet Age can be a tad confusing, if not a trifle pretentious. Without wishing to
Are You Woke, Virtue Signalling? Or Both? Read More »
