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Bushfire crisis - make sure your charity goes to the right place
While crisis usually brings out the best in people, those who are horrid take it as an opportunity to prey on goodness. The ACCC...
Jan 13, 20202 min read


Wine + Laptop = Dead
Every so often I receive a call from someone who has spilled wine or coke or some other beverage on their laptop. If you are reading this...
Jan 7, 20202 min read


These are not the bills you are looking for
When you register a new business name with ASIC in Australia certain elements of your registration become public knowledge. This is done...
Dec 31, 20192 min read


The Rise of Skywalker, well what did you expect?
Everyone is going to have an opinion so I figured I may as well have my say here. If you've seen it, what did you expect? I mean... It is...
Dec 30, 20193 min read


Drones - the logical progression
Humans have wanted personal flight for a very long, very long time. Science fictions movies promised us jet packs and flying cars and, to...
Dec 26, 20193 min read


When computer people go to presentations
I'm sure it can't be, but it feels like every presentation, meeting or event I've ever been to has had some kind of technical failure...
Dec 16, 20195 min read


The Holiday (Christmas) Scams are off and running (as usual)...
Hi everyone, Just a quick warning that the usual up-surge in email, messaging, SMS and phone scam is upon us. Every time a holiday or a...
Dec 13, 20191 min read


When someone "leaves" <ahem>...
Every now and then someone has to be cut out of our computer lives for one reason or another. I am not here to judge or probe why. What I...
Dec 10, 20197 min read


Blurry login? Don't get new glasses, it is a feature...usually...
I've had a few people come to me worried that their windows login is now blurry. Most have had no reason to worry and explaining this as...
Dec 2, 20193 min read


Have you tried turning your Bumblebee off and back on again?
"Have you tried turning it off and back on again?" It is a comedic trope applied to computer help and support. The thing is, as I have...
Dec 1, 20192 min read


Dashcam for dummies
Over the last few years, as a result of there being a lot of driving for my job, I have seen a lot of stupidity on the roads. As a result...
Nov 29, 20192 min read


Telstra Payback
A lot of people have been stung by overuse charges. But Telstra identified the problem, outed itself to ACMA and has set about rectifying...
Nov 27, 20191 min read


You are what you consume
The old adage "you are what you" may have originally been coined to encourage us to eat less junk food and fatty things. But I suspect...
Nov 26, 20193 min read


Computer help banned by Google Ads
Computer help businesses, like mine, are simply banned from advertising...globally...on Google.
Nov 18, 20192 min read


Your "Smart TV" IS a computer
Almost everything connected to a power source these days has some sort of computer in it. You probably won't see it or be told about it,...
Nov 12, 20192 min read


A great tip for you, a treat for me...
No mucking about this time, here's the tip: You can use your Windows 7 product key to activate a fresh installation of Windows 10 on a...
Nov 11, 20192 min read


When email goes bad...
These days email is ubiquitous. We expect it to be everywhere, work on everything and communicate instantly. Unfortunately, that's not...
Nov 7, 20192 min read


Uninstalling the uninstallable
Ever since computer programs started living on your computer on your hard disk, there's been some need for some form of "Installation" to...
Nov 5, 20192 min read


Refurbished laptops find wonderful new homes
I bang on about it a bit. I am one small link in an amazing chain of people much better than I. These people help build and fit out...
Oct 30, 20191 min read


The ultimate pedant
All of us know someone who just can't let those little things go. For me, that IS me. I am the stickler. I've been outed by the TV show...
Oct 28, 20192 min read
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