A Thinking Man

It’s been a good week for users of Gmail (Google Mail).  I must admit, I have been a fan from the beginning.  Before the arrival of Gmail I had other internet mail accounts, but the arrival of Gmail seemed to take the experience into another league.  Free webmail, accessible from any computer already existed, but [...]

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Things are definitely changing fast.
I have always tried to embrace technology. I enjoy novelty, regardless of usefulness. I can remember my first computer - a ZX81 purchased from WH Smiths. You couldn’t do anything with it really other than try to learn BASIC. Soon the specialist magazines were filled with programs for it that made [...]

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I have enjoyed 2008, and as I have reflected on why, I have come to the conclusion that part of the reason for my enjoyment is an increased appreciation of the internet.
Some of you, like me, may be able to remember the early days when going online was expensive and extremely slow, and you only [...]

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There are three ways of doing this.
There is the Official Apple way. In this way, you pay Apple for the privilege of downloading the song, and then you pay them again for the privilege of converting the song into a ringtone. Full details of how to do this can be found in the [...]

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Just testing to see if it really is possible to create and post a WordPress blog from an iPhone. If it is, I need to seriously think about the real occasions when I actually might need to / want to do this. I mean the iPhone keyboard is fantastic - even more user-friendly than I [...]

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I have been surfing the web for the past few days reading all about tips and tricks to enable me to exploit the features my new iPhone.  I thought I would compile a brief list here of some of the ones I have found most helpful.  They appear in no particular order.

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I’ve lived with my iPhone 3G for a fortnight now and have decided that enough time has passed for me to be able to make some sensible comments about the experience. Initially I was ‘too intoxicated’ to be able to write clearly, but the passing of time has enabled some more mature reflection.
Things that [...]

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Just testing the new Wordpress Gadget for the iPhone (m.wordpress.com).
If it works I may find myself posting in those brief idle moments when away from a computer, or like now, when I am sitting waitng for a client who has failed to turn up.
New vistas of creative (or boring) productivity (or time wasting) are ever [...]

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I’ve had difficulties in deciding what to do.  Readers who have been following this heart-rending story (see My Dilemma) will know that it has been a harrowing time.  However, things came to a head over a week ago - July 11, the day before I went on holiday.
We were going to Northumberland for a week [...]

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One story which has been causing a fair amount of sniggers in the press this week is a research report by the UK Health Protection Agency indicating that sexually transmitted infections have doubled in under a decade in people over 45 and are now rising faster than in the young. (The overall rate of [...]

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