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Summer snaps
Summer means holidays. Holidays mean photographs. Lots and lots of photographs. If you’re like me, when you get home and go through them, you’ll find a few that you want to do more with. Or one special one that would make a perfect painting, but you just don’t have the artistic skills. And if you’re…
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The Cloud
I’ve rebranded my column from Computer Corner to Tech Talk. Why? To reflect how computers have evolved from “the PC sitting on your desk” to “the tech you carry around all day”. Think back to the days when the family would crowd round (or fight over) the only computer in the house. When you used…
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Getting organised with Trello
As winter approaches, it’s a good time to look back and see how well I’ve stuck to my News Year’s Resolutions. Some haven’t been great. But “Get more organised” – that’s a YES! How? With the help of Trello. In essence a virtual pinboard, in Trello you can organise almost anything. From a simple list…
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Planting the seed of your family tree
Genealogy was transformed by the internet. Information that once took cross-country trips to record offices or churches to find can now be accessed with a few clicks. It’s probably why genealogy is now one of the most popular online activities. If you want to give it a go, where can you start? Many genealogy sites…
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Time to say goodbye: Windows Live Mail
WINDOWS 10 MAIL The easy option is the Windows 10 Mail app. This offers a very modern look and a simple interface, which makes it easy to learn. Being an inherent part of Windows 10, it integrates well with Microsoft’s other apps such as Calendar and People. But its simple interface brings simple functionality: you…
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Your digital legacy
Where to start? The first thing I’ll do is put together a prioritised list of my accounts. I need to give clear instructions on what needs to happen to them, particularly any that have a financial aspect such as Paypal and my online subscriptions. As this is sensitive data, I need to be careful where…
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Spring-cleaning your computer
This is an updated version of an article I wrote a couple of years ago. I wouldn’t advocate, as some suggest, taking the side off your desktop computer to give it a thorough clean unless you’re confident you know what you’re doing. But there’s no harm in running over the outer casing with the soft-brush…
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Hand-written envelopes? Not any more!
Even accompanied by a steaming glass of mulled wine, there’s one Christmas job I find tedious – addressing Christmas card envelopes. My answer? Use Microsoft Word to automatically create address labels. Here’s how. Start by creating a list of all your names and addresses. Create a new Word document and insert a table with columns…
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If you suspect deceit, hit delete!
Recently, someone in Jakarta changed the details of my Paypal account. Adaline Alexander from Alabama purchased three songs on my iTunes account. And in a moment of madness, I bought an $800 Dell laptop for Loretta Lestrange from New York. Of course, none of these things actually happened. But someone wanted me to believe that…
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Is that a fact?
In 2009, when my Dad forwarded this chain email to me I replied, “Thanks for the heads up, but actually, this is a hoax … see this article on Snopes. It’s always worth checking on Snopes – a site which exists to debunk urban myths and other such things – before forwarding them on.” But…
