Archive for November, 2008

Swishing Down the Aisles

Friday, November 28th, 2008
Swishing Down the Aisles

It’s the time for the usual Friday routeen. As ever, keep sending in your best jokes, videos and other amusements to the usual address, or use the link above.

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Adobe Flash Player 10 64-bit – Get in the know

Saturday, November 22nd, 2008
Adobe Flash Player 10 64-bit - Get in the know

Note: This article will be completely irrelevant to regular Blogberry readers, it is only relevant to 64-bit Windows users wanting to get Flash Player working

Over the past few weeks, I have noticed that masses of users have been trawling the Blogberry hoping for a fix on their 64-bit Windows machine. (more…)

Alone, Shipwrecked, … but then….

Friday, November 21st, 2008
Alone, Shipwrecked, ... but then....

It’s the time for the usual Friday routeen. As ever, keep sending in your best jokes, videos and other amusements to the usual address, or use the link above.

Be good.

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Clever little clock – batteries not included (or needed!)

Wednesday, November 19th, 2008
Clever little clock - batteries not included (or needed!)

Every so often, I see a new gadget on the horizon and think “that really is a good idea”, it is however rare. This week, of all things, a wall clock caught my eye. (more…)

Visa gives the humble credit card a touch of the 21st Century

Monday, November 17th, 2008
Visa gives the humble credit card a touch of the 21st Century

Shopping online for various items, whether it be the weekly shop, buying books, holidays or just ordering up Sky TV in time for Christmas is becoming a fairly regular day-to-day practice. At the heart of this is the payments using credit cards, but it is a common concern with sharing such personal details regularly that is always a worry. (more…)

Firefox – 12 updates – 6 are critical

Saturday, November 15th, 2008
Firefox - 12 updates - 6 are critical

Mozilla (makers of Firefox) have released a series of updates for both Firefox v2 and v3. The updates are all security related, and fix a dozen security flows. Half of the updates are flagged a critical. (more…)

Financial Crisis Hits the UK

Friday, November 14th, 2008
Financial Crisis Hits the UK

As ever, the last word from me in the week is dedicated to humor. I like to share the best (tasteful) jokes, videos and cartoon strips that are doing the rounds in peoples email boxes. (more…)

How to create your own Smart Playlists in iTunes

Thursday, November 13th, 2008
How to create your own Smart Playlists in iTunes

Last week we looked at simple playlists in iTunes, this week, we are looking at Smart Playlists. The playlists that automatically generate and update themselves. It may sound complex, but they are really easy to create, and really practical. (more…)

How to Troubleshoot a Sky+ box & Upgrade the Firmware

Tuesday, November 11th, 2008
How to Troubleshoot a Sky+ box & Upgrade the Firmware

Whilst out and about seeing customers last week, one of them asked me why they couldn’t get their Sky+ box to record programs. My immediate thought was that the software was either not the latest version, or it was faulty, and not the actual hardware inside the box that was the problem. (more…)

Still Raw

Friday, November 7th, 2008
Still Raw

As ever, enjoy your weekends, be good, chat soon, stay safe.

This week, it’s a carton strip to end the week on. (more…)