Category: Rants

Why “New and Noteworthy” and releasing multiple episodes first for podcasting is not the be all and end all.

There are many people who have followed the helpful advice by several successful podcasters such as John Lee Dumas; myself included but I’m about to go against all that advice and training offered. Don’t get me wrong, without the help of John Lee Dumas I wouldn’t have started a podcast, well, that’s probably not accurate… Continue reading Why “New and Noteworthy” and releasing multiple episodes first for podcasting is not the be all and end all.

Orange, close but no cigar

I recently changed my mobile phone package with Orange as I was paying £35 a month on my contract but my bills including data usage were often over £40. This is now back down to a more reasonable £10 a month. When I was discussing my contract whilst activating my new SIM card I got… Continue reading Orange, close but no cigar

10 ways to ensure you receive great IT support.

1) Not know the difference between the Google Search bar and the Internet Address bar. When you get asked to type in a web address it always helps immensely if you type that address into the Google Search bar as opposed to the address bar. Here is the difference: Google Search Box The Address Bar/Box… Continue reading 10 ways to ensure you receive great IT support.

“Windows Vista’s effects are pointless”

Here is something to ponder, do Windows users claim that Windows Vistas effects are a waste of time because they have already been done, and done better on other systems such as Mac OSX and Linux? If Windows Vista was the ONLY OS that had those special effects, I bet the Windows user camp would… Continue reading “Windows Vista’s effects are pointless”

Britain’s Got The Pop Factor … And Possibly A New Celebrity Jesus Christ Soapstar Superstar Strictly On Ice.

Well, this was on TV last night, I wasn’t exactly eager to watch it, I’ll be honest. So, I sat down and watched about 20 minutes – 40 minutes of it before I had to stop. I know lots of people out there will like it, but to me, it just felt like a long… Continue reading Britain’s Got The Pop Factor … And Possibly A New Celebrity Jesus Christ Soapstar Superstar Strictly On Ice.

Got Wind?

MSI Wind laptops have more returned running Linux then Windows… Well, according to their U.S. Director of Sales Andy Tung he is saying that there are upto 4 times more MSI winds returned that are running Linux then the equivalent Windows XP version. His suspicions are that: “People would love to pay $299 or $399… Continue reading Got Wind?

Thomson TG585v7 Hell

Thomson TG585v7 This is quite possibly the worst router I’ve had to deal with, maybe not the worst but its certainly up there, top 5. The issue I had was I wanted to forward ports 80 and 443 through it to a web server. So, I did as you’d expect, used its interface, Applications and… Continue reading Thomson TG585v7 Hell