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Open or closed? Whose choice?

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Posted in computers, ripping CDs, privacy, Internet on November 3, 2008 at 1:38 pm

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The gist is that the Ts&Cs for this company state you cannot knowingly or unknowingly leave your wi-fi unencrypted. If you do they will cut you off. Read more

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Scareware beware (?)

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Posted in computers, Internet on October 1, 2008 at 10:00 am

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The BBC News Tchnology page is running this story at the moment about scareware merchants. Read more

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I feel ashamed

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Posted in ubuntu, computers, linux on September 10, 2008 at 2:20 pm

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I am no longer a Hardy Heron. The PC I used started playing up. First it wouldn’t connect to the internet through the cable and then the wireless. I tried lots of things but in the end gave up as I didn’t have the time to play. I ended up stripping it of its memory to upgrade my son’s pc too. Read more

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Preparing for clean up

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Posted in computers, Uncategorized on August 7, 2008 at 3:39 pm

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My Vaio laptop is driving me nuts. Read more

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Grrrrr!

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Posted in computers, Internet on July 16, 2008 at 3:37 pm

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I knew this day would come eventually. You’ll know the day, when your friends say -  ‘hey [name inserted] knows about computers let’s call them with my PC problem’. Read more

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TV quote…

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Posted in tv, computers on May 28, 2008 at 7:05 pm

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I heard this and really wanted to share; you lot are most likely to see the joke :-)

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New AVG (free version)

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Posted in computers on May 12, 2008 at 9:36 am

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Anyone else use the free AVG? Anyone having a bit of a problem finding the free upgrade download? Read more

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Still a ‘Happy Heron’

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Posted in ubuntu, open source, computers, linux on May 11, 2008 at 6:50 am

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Just an update on what else I’ve discovered… Read more

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I’ve turned into a heron

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Posted in computers, linux on May 3, 2008 at 9:18 am

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A ‘hardy heron’ to be exact. I finally fully installed and updated ubuntu on my linux pc. Read more

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Seeing the other side

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Posted in computers on April 17, 2008 at 7:59 am

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I came across this article while procrastinating (I have assignments to do lol).

http://codeclimber.blogspot.com/2008/04/all-i-need-is-programmer.html Read more

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