Simple File Sharing

Need a place to store files and share them with friends? John explores simple filesharing with Drop.io.

No Internet after Update?

Last evening I lost internet connectivity on my work computer and I just put it down to a local problem, thinking it would probably be sorted out in the morning.
My desktop PC at home did a Windows update before closing down. This morning, lo and behold, no internet connection. I realised that it must be [...]

Firefox Add-ons 3

The add-ons for Firefox make the whole experience of browsing the web so much easier. Here are three more of my essential add-ons - which all work with Firefox 3:
Dictionary - One of the first add-ons you need, although I’ve not previously mentioned it, is a dictionary to check your spelling. Here is the link [...]

Formula 1 Websites

McLaren - one of the contenders for this year’s constructor’s championship

I guess many readers of this blog are interested in Formula 1, so here are some useful links to Formula 1 websites. If you click on the picture you will be taken to the BBC Formula 1 page - a good place to start, but [...]

Share Your Desktop

Following a Twitter conversation with Thomas (headphonaught) we decided to show our desktops to the world! Here’s my current desktop on my home PC. You will also see icons of some of my favourite programs. There are a number of PortableApps - I have a 4GB partition on my hard drive reserved for PortableApps which [...]

Old-Fashioned Electrical Shop

Please tell me I’m not the only one who gets excited about a shop like this! You can even buy altimeters from old aeroplanes!

Defraggler Rocks!

From those wonderful people who brought you CCleaner and Recuva comes Defraggler!
Everyone knows that the defragmenting utility that comes bundled with Windows is next to useless (cue smug comments from Mac users no doubt! ha ha!), so you’ll wonder how you ever managed without Defraggler! I have now given up with Norton Utilities 2002 (where [...]

Firefox Add-ons 2

The add-ons for Firefox make the whole experience of browsing the web so much easier. Here are three of my essential add-ons - which all work with Firefox 3:
CoLT makes it easy to copy either a hyperlink’s text or both the link and the link’s text (in a format you specify). Two handy context-menu items [...]

Creative Commons

I’ve recently licensed my blogs (find links here: www.jvager.f9.co.uk) with a Creative Commons licence. It’s a way of defining how your work can used by others, enabling you to retain the required control. Full details can be found on their website, or on Wikipedia.
You can find my Creative Commons licence here.

Firefox Add-ons 1

I mentioned in my first post for this blog that I would detail more features that make Firefox my browser of choice, and especially the add-ons that enhance the whole web experience. Well, here is the first one about add-ons - although just one in particular!
I use a desktop PC at home and one in [...]