I use Trillian as my instant messaging client. It allows me to be signed in with both Yahoo and Microsoft messaging without having to have two clients running. A problem I had been having with it was after waking my … Continue reading
Back in April I posted ‘How often do you update your software?‘ when I talked checking the versions of installed software other than just Windows and AntiVirus. Anyway, yesterday, being totally certain that I was up to date, I ran … Continue reading
I saw a post on Go! Smell The Flowers the other day when I joined BlogCatalog that reminded me of something I haven’t posted about. About 5 years ago in June 2002, I downloaded and installed the Seti@Home software. The … Continue reading
A couple of days ago I finally got around to scanning the negatives of the photos I took of the lunar eclipse on 3rd March. I set up my film scanner and scanned the films in the same way as … Continue reading
This will only relate to Windows systems. The first two are the types of update that most people will consider. Operating system patches. I have Windows set to download the patches as they become available and notify me. I then … Continue reading
Back in June last year, I changed over to using Voice over Internet Protocol phone (VoIP) for all of my calls. This has worked really well and has allowed several free international calls. This was due to the way that … Continue reading
Here are some of the free utilities that I use. AntiVirus. I have used Avast Home antivirus software for several months. I have found this to be an excellent product and would recommend it. It is free for home use, … Continue reading
I am trying out free webhosting provider www.php0h.com. I am looking at some software that needs a SQL database and my current package with 1and1 does not include one. php0h.com provide free hosting with a MySQL database. I have set … Continue reading
In view of the high cost of 20pence per minute for calls to New Zealand, I experimented today with making phone calls over the internet. I have subscribed to a service from VoipTalk and installed a software phone on my … Continue reading
Following a security problem in phpGedView, which led to my website being defaced on Boxing Day, I have reorganised my website. My family tree information has been separated out into its own subdomain family.ijhedges.com and the online family tree database … Continue reading
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