by Tom | Mar 11, 2011 | IT
Backupify is another useful tool in the armoury. It backs up lots of online services like Twitter, Facebook and Gmail / Google Apps accounts. I’m not yet sure its worth $20 a month for me (to do what I’d need to). However, spread that over my family and...
by Tom | Mar 4, 2011 | IT
So I wanted to watch the highlights of the cricket match that was on Star yesterday. With no PVR at the apartment, I wanted to see what the BBC had to say. Sadly, it said: you are not in the UK. Thankfully, VPN (Virtual Private Networks) are a solution to this. You...
by Tom | Mar 4, 2011 | IT
So, finding ourselves in a serviced apartment with only one network connection (in the bedroom!), I took it on myself to find some WiFi tethering options for my PC (given that I can do it on my phone, surely it wouldn’t be too difficult?). Well, actually it...
by Tom | Mar 3, 2011 | IT
With the arrival of my MacBook Air, I can’t justify forking out another US$250 for MindManager, especially as it is one version behind the Windows one, so I’m trying some alternatives. Freeplane seems pretty good and is a re-write of Freemind, which I also...
by Tom | Mar 2, 2011 | IT
So, it’s time to move away from the Modaco ROMs I’ve been using for the majority of my Desire’s life to something else. I’ve read good things about Cool HD v7 and decided to make the switch. At the same time, I wanted to move from Apps2SD+ to...
by Tom | Feb 27, 2011 | IT
So our internet connection is in the bedroom, which is a bit odd. I wanted to download a streaming programme so we could watch it over dinner. Just so I remember how to do it, having earlier found the software. get_iplayer “rugby” finds a list of...
