Outdated but possibly interesting

In the last post I extolled the virtues of Windows 8 and recommended that you buy before the current offer expires at the end of January 2013.  There is one more bargain on offer that also expires tomorrow, but before rushing – be aware there is a problem with Pentium 4 class PCs and before. …

I meant to write this post last month – and now this warning is very late – for reasons that will become clear below.  But in summary – if you run Microsoft  XP on your PC, read this post urgently – it could save you a lot of money! Many years ago my role was…

British design breakthrough – fastest ever speed attained in a sailing boat.  The video is amazing, as is the story, which reveals interesting differences between the French and British approaches to the problem.  Not to mention the Australian approach to announcing the record-breaking nautical mile run (see headline). Who knew there had been a 40…

This story continues to surpass all normal levels of conjecture. The reported 20-30,000 page Kelly/Allen exchange for example would average around 20 pages of emails a day.  To further illustrate this, only one of these clips is a spoof.   Can you tell which it is? By the way, both are  very puerile and likely to…

On one or other of my Android tablets I scan around 90 web sites daily, just to keep in touch. In a future post I’ll show how I do that, and what sites I currently like most. Because it’s easy, I post links I particularly like to Facebook. I recently discovered that it’s just as…

In prior posts I have waxed on and so on and so forth about my latest camera, the Sony RX-100.  Every now and again I actually take photographs with it, which I hope allays the boredom for non-technically minded readers of this site.  Recent test results have shown the little beauty performs better than some…