This is a blog post in two parts…
- A brief review of the new Screen Record feature for Chrome OS
- A mathematical exercise to justify to myself that I was fired because of bad maths.
Category: Computers
Let Your Kids “Hangout” With Their Friends in Isolation
Continue reading “Let Your Kids “Hangout” With Their Friends in Isolation”TLDR: Set up a supervised gmail account for your children using Google Family Link. Set Up their Android/ChromeOS device using Google Family Link. Install Google Hangouts. Swap your kids gmail address with their friends and they should be able to connect to each other for instant messaging, audio calls and video calls. Using Family Link you can restrict how long they use Hangouts.
‘Tis the Season for Santa Photos
It is that time of the year again, the time for Santa photos… and posting those photos to Facebook. Sometimes you will see a perfect digital print and other times you will see a photo of the photo. In the latter case they have probably visited a Santa that won’t let you have a digital … Continue reading “‘Tis the Season for Santa Photos”
It is that time of the year again, the time for Santa photos… and posting those photos to Facebook. Sometimes you will see a perfect digital print and other times you will see a photo of the photo. In the latter case they have probably visited a Santa that won’t let you have a digital copy without purchasing the “Ultra-Mega-Super-Value-Pack” and the quickest way to get the photo onto Facebook is to snap it with your phone. I’d like to show you a method that takes a few more seconds and gives you a much better result.
Hotel Wifi MacGyver
…Or how I bodged together an improvised wifi network with internet (edit: secure internet) access from our hotel room.
…Or how I bodged together an improvised wifi network with internet (edit: secure internet) access from our hotel room. Continue reading “Hotel Wifi MacGyver”
Working on a New Look
Recently I have taken on some Web Design clients so I thought it was time to freshen up my website. The old site was based on Joomla; this one is WordPress.
Recently I have taken on some Web Design clients so I thought it was time to freshen up my website.
The old site was based on Joomla; this one is WordPress.
Fan-NAS-tic!
Over the last few years I have been playing with Network Attached Storage, NAS for short. A NAS is a bit like a portable HDD but instead of connecting it directly to your computer/device you plug it into your network. The most basic NAS is just storage that connects to your network… beyond that the … Continue reading “Fan-NAS-tic!”
Over the last few years I have been playing with Network Attached Storage, NAS for short. A NAS is a bit like a portable HDD but instead of connecting it directly to your computer/device you plug it into your network.
The most basic NAS is just storage that connects to your network… beyond that the feature list is immense. Here are just a few features I have found really cool.
Subscribing to a Google Calendar
I have touched on how excellent Google Calendars are in my other article, this one is about subscribing to additional Google calendars on your smart-phone (iOS or Android).
I have touched on how excellent Google Calendars are in my other article, this one is about subscribing to additional Google calendars on your smart-phone (iOS or Android).
Shared Google Calendars, where have you been all my life…
If Google calendars, and smart phones, had been around while I was in high school I could have avoided having to pick up rubbish at lunchtimes. <skip all this rubbish and just find out how to do it!>
If Google calendars, and smart phones, had been around while I was in high school I could have avoided having to pick up rubbish at lunchtimes.
<skip all this rubbish and just find out how to do it!>
Continue reading “Shared Google Calendars, where have you been all my life…”
Joomla JA Purity II Header Images
This post is as much for me as it is for anyone else. This site is “powered” by Joomla, a very powerful, useful and versatile content management system. One of the most versatile aspects of Joomla is the ability to apply templates to your site to change the look and feel at the click of … Continue reading “Joomla JA Purity II Header Images”
This post is as much for me as it is for anyone else. This site is “powered” by Joomla, a very powerful, useful and versatile content management system. One of the most versatile aspects of Joomla is the ability to apply templates to your site to change the look and feel at the click of your mouse. One of the free to use templates out there is called “JA Purity II” and you are currently looking at a version of it that I have customised.