Last updated on July 6th, 2015 at 02:51 pmYears ago I moved to an email server accessible from my iPhone, laptop, netbook, notepad or desktop computer. Initially this was achieved by using the IMAP protocol which was supported by MS Outlook, Thunderbird, Mail.app and many other email clients on my various machines. I had configured […]
Category Archives: Technology
Update Play Count in iTunes for Windows
Last updated on June 10th, 2019 at 01:22 pmUpdate 10 Jun 2019: The new Apple Music.app for MacOS is scriptable, but I’ll need to update the script if Apple decides to drop iTunes for Windows in favour of a Music for Windows app. In the meantime the script still works. I lost the playcount in […]
How to unlock an iPod screen lock
Last updated on July 6th, 2015 at 02:56 pmwhile keeping all your photos and music! My daughter’s friend has an iPod with a forgotten the screen lock combination. It had a bunch of photos on it that she’d like to keep too. So we searched for a fix and finally came up with this simple […]
Vista LPR printing
Last updated on July 6th, 2015 at 03:12 pmThanks to the Delphi Geek’s post When Vista Doesn’t Print I finally got Vista to print to my multiport print server a D-Link DP 300U. Earlier versions of Windows worked by just adding a local port. Windows Vista allows you to do it just like always, but […]
Vista Home Basic is not good
Last updated on July 6th, 2015 at 03:13 pmI’m using a new budget laptop at the moment. It’s a Compaq c700 (actually a c763TU) that will eventually go to my kids, so I thought I’d checkout what Vista Home Basic is like. On a laptop it makes no sense! Laptops move from location to location, […]
Upgraded to WordPress 2.6
Last updated on July 6th, 2015 at 03:12 pmUpdate:21 July 2008 Don’t upgrade to 2.6! wait until 2.6.1 as there are permalink, login and posting problems. Of course this is the first time in years I haven’t taken complete backups before upgrading 🙁 I thought I should mention that I’ve upgraded this blog to WordPress […]
How to pronounce Pfizer
Last updated on March 27th, 2017 at 02:31 pmMy wife was watching commercial TV tonight and an ad came on saying Australians should get a cholesterol test. This ad and the website being promoted is sponsored by Pfizer Australia. That was in small print in screen at the bottom. So I’m guessing Pfizer sells the […]
OpenStreetMap.org Free as in Speach Street Maps
Last updated on July 4th, 2015 at 12:03 pmOpenStreetMap is a project aimed squarely at creating and providing free geographic data such as street maps to anyone who wants them. The project was started because most maps you think of as free actually have legal or technical restrictions on their use, holding back people from […]
Twitter for status updates
Last updated on July 4th, 2015 at 01:05 amI like the idea of Twitter as a micro-blogging tool. What is Twitter? Twitter is for staying in touch and keeping up with friends no matter where you are or what you?re doing. For some friends you might want instant mobile updates?for others, you can just check […]
Last.FM widget test
Last updated on July 4th, 2015 at 12:50 amI?m experimenting with what this blog means to me. You can?t see it, but the tag line isTechnology, Travel, eBay, Airline seating, Social Networking ? a life online, but I sometimes struggle to differentiate it from my other blogs, forums and online writing. This is the closest […]