I read on a forum elsewhere a list of useful, and sometimes obvious, ways to keep costs downs and help beat the current downturn in the economy. I’ve stripped that list down, taking out anything contentious, condescending, personal, etc. Here is my version… List and prioritise your outgoings – pay attention to larger, unnecessary or…

I don’t normally take part in debates such as this but for once I’m going to break my own rule. The issue over Russell Brand and Jonathan Ross making “lewd” phone calls to actor Andrew Sachs is, in my mind, being blown out of all kind of proportion. The main issue that the media is…

After my recent post about making changes to your phone line to improve broadband performance, I thought I’d mention a helpful test facility that allows you to hear a quiet line (and hence check if there is any interference). To access… Hopefully, there should be no pops, clicks, whistles, buzzing, etc. If there is, though,…

Firefox 3 is great. Particularly the new tag facility for bookmarks. However, it would appear that this initial version is, possibly, a bit buggy. I say “possibly” because after reading some of the forums it would seem that these may not be bugs but intentionally done to “save the user from themselves”. Let me explain.…