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Part 2: Scammers on Gumtree (and other selling platforms of course)
The scammers go to considerable lengths to separate you from your money. I'm selling a car on Gumtree at the moment and a second more...
Sep 16, 20202 min read


Incredibly expensive coloured water - the inkjet printer conundrum
What are you paying for petrol right now? Somewhere around $1.40 per litre. So petrol costs 0.14 cents per ml. How much is a bottle of...
Sep 15, 20202 min read


The things you learn from old episodes of QI
I was watching an old episode of QI with Stephen Fry hosting it. In fact Series L, Episode 16 where a question about "... larceny: out of...
Sep 14, 20202 min read


Synchronising files and photos
I am not going to explain file synchronisation to you. You can read about it here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_synchronization...
Sep 8, 20202 min read


QUICKIE: Safely eject your thumb drives? I don't think so...
Seeing as most people don't do this anyway, it is good to know you don't have to (so much) anymore ... https://www.howtogeek.com/686124/h...
Sep 3, 20201 min read


QUICKIE: NBN Co owes you more money...
Check this out. NBN Co. required to pay out more money for under-delivery. https://www.itnews.com.au/news/nbn-co-agrees-to-pay-up-for-slo...
Sep 2, 20201 min read


Using filters to make mailbox tidying up easy
I'll be talking about and showing images of Gmail, but most email programs and webmail have some form of filtering function that will be...
Aug 31, 20202 min read


Why is my computer a dud?
In my previous post about Task Manager and Resource Monitor (https://www.ihatemypc.com.au/post/task-manager-resource-monitor-finding-bloc...
Aug 27, 20203 min read


Task Manager & Resource Monitor - finding blockages
At one time or another many of us have been, and will be, frustrated by our machine NOT behaving the way we'd like and the way it "used...
Aug 26, 20203 min read


Scammers on Gumtree - they're quick in more ways than one
I recently posted an ad for my car on Gumtree (Australia). Within minutes I'd received a request via Gumtree's built in messaging system...
Aug 24, 20201 min read


You're not an idiot (well, maybe some of you are ;-)
You're probably a victim of poor design...and just a little click baiting from me :-) Recently I went to the local medical centre with a...
Aug 19, 20203 min read


What is a VPN and do I need one?
Have your eyes glazed over already? Don't worry, I'm really going to keep this simple. To that end I'll answer the question before...
Aug 12, 20203 min read


Just Bras
There's a phenomenon that seems especially Tasmanian but I assume is actually global. I'm talking about businesses that are named...
Aug 4, 20202 min read


How to backup your Gmail (and other email too) & aiming for an empty In-box
My previous post on Mailstore Home i.e. the post immediately before this one, came about from my testing and assessment of the Gmail...
Jul 27, 20203 min read


Moving thousands of emails easily
I've written a lot about email and the pain around managing thousands of emails, the pain of email clients failing and corrupting their...
Jul 23, 20201 min read


Chromebooks - not Microsoft Windows and not Apple Mac
In the world of personal computers most people know about Apple and Microsoft having their own operating systems and how those differing...
Jul 21, 20202 min read


Are you sick of SHOUTING!!!
The CAPS LOCK key is a throwback to oldie worldy typewriters. But these days it is pretty much just a pain in the bottom. I hate it so...
Jul 17, 20201 min read


Scaring scammers = great fun!
Recently a video by Jim Browning showed up on my YouTube feed. It was about putting the wind up scammers by finding out their details and...
Jul 2, 20202 min read


"Not one case" identified - COVIDsafe app'
According to 9 News which, it has to be said, must be taken with a grain of salt, the COVIDsafe app has failed to identify a single new...
Jun 27, 20201 min read


It's email Jim, but not as we know it, not as we know it,not as we know it..
As you may imagine, a number of my previous blog posts have been about email... https://www.ihatemypc.com.au/blog/search/email ...but...
Jun 25, 20201 min read
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