Category Archives: Computers and Internet

Another Day, Another Meal – and other things

Posted on 3 February 2022 by Alan Bell

My cooking skills are improving – and I’ve got the cuts and burns to prove it A couple of pictures to make your mouth water:       Top Right: Mexican Bean Stew with cheddar and parsley mash Middle Left: … Continue reading →

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Windows 8.1 Changes

Posted on 29 June 2013 by Alan Bell

Now here is a change I really like: In the control panel has become which opens up the task bar properties; as in earlier versions you can also get to these by right clicking on the Taskbar and selecting Properties. … Continue reading →

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Windows 8.1: the first thing you notice

Posted on 28 June 2013 by Alan Bell

The most obvious thing about the new version is the new size app icons; as you can see there are now four sizes and they can be grouped under a title.

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Be Safe Online

Posted on 20 June 2013 by Alan Bell

I was reading this story on the BBC News and thought most people will take a look; think about it and then ignore it because they don’t realise how easy it is: so this post is intended as a quick … Continue reading →

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Back to Basics

Posted on 14 July 2009 by Alan Bell

I have spent several hours of hair pulling trying to understand and fix a bug in the Silverlight application I am working on. The application gets it’s data from some WCF web services, the first of which works just fine; … Continue reading →

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Computer Security – A brighter Future?

Posted on 10 December 2004 by Alan Bell

If you are interested in Computer Security this article writen by Dru Nelson is really worth reading. It is slightly out of date as Windows XP SP2 is now out but that shouldn’t detract from the issue. With a bit … Continue reading →

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Finger problems

Posted on 9 December 2004 by Alan Bell

Finger problems Actually finger v brain problems – the brain knows what I want to do but the fingers type something else. In my defence I have been working in C# quite a lot and the mistake was in VB6 … Continue reading →

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