Computing
ADSL signal to noise ratio and line attenuation chart
Whilst trying to diagnose my broadband connection problems I found many articles telling me to look at my modems values for signal to noise ratio and line attenuation values. The articles would then give big and complicated descriptions talking about distance to exchanges, DSLAMS, frequencies and all kinds of other things which I’d classify as [...]
Converting file extensions to lower case
Recently I needed to convert a large number of photo file extensions to lower case. Doing this manually would take ages and wouldn’t be a fun job. I wrote a quick batch file to look through all the sub-directories from the one it is executed from and change selected file extensions to lower case. To use this script place the below code in [...]
Upgrading Samsung N140 RAM to 2GB
The Samsung N140 netbook – as reviewed here, is a great machine – but it is much better if you upgrade the 1GB RAM that it ships with to 2GB. Here’s a quick guide, with photos, of how I upgraded the memory of mine. First you’ll need to buy a 2GB RAM module – they aren’t expensive and you can buy them from computer shops or online. [...]
Samsung N140 netbook real world review
I bought the Samsung N140 netbook from Amazon very soon after it was released and have been working with it regularly for a few months now. I’m going to review it based my real world experiences of using it. The Samsung N140 comes in a fairly compact box. If you are used to buying standard sized laptops then you’ll notice the difference [...]
How to recover accidentally deleted files
It is something that has happened to most of us. We are writing an essay or doing some other piece of work on the computer and it accidentally gets deleted or corrupted. At this point you are probably upset or maybe even distraught – depending on how much you have lost. You probably remember being told something about keeping backups and [...]
2011 One Page Excel Calendar
2010 is still over a month away and yet I've already had several requests for a 2011 one page excel calendar. The format of my 2010 excel calendar seems to be a good one so I'm repeating it for the 2011 version. As in previous years I've made a blank calendar with just the days / months marked out, and a calendar with the 2011 UK bank [...]
2010 One Page Excel Calendar
We're well into 2009 so to follow on from my 2009 Excel one page calendar it seems time to put up the yearly calendar for 2010. As before I've done a blank calendar with just the days / months marked out, and a calendar with the 2010 UK bank holidays highlighted. 2010 Excel calendar - blank (7kb) 2010 Excel calendar - with UK Bank [...]
Phoload interview
Phoload is a new website where you can download free mobile software. Here is our interview with Phoload CEO Jamie McDonald. What is phoload? Phoload showcases free-to-download mobile games and applications that have been uploaded directly to the site by software developers. Users of the website can download, rate, review and recommend the [...]
nbClipboard – a clipboard extender
Overview nbClipboard adds stack, queue and simple text transformations to the Windows clipboard when using the clipboard's keyboard shortcuts. As well as storing successive clipboard items in either a queue or a stack nbClipboard can perform search/replace operations on the clipboard data and can automatically convert the text to either [...]
2009 One Page Excel Calendar
Following on from my 2008 Excel one page calendar I've produced a new yearly calendar for 2009. This time I've done a blank one with just the days / months marked out, and one with the UK bank holidays highlighted. 2009 Excel calendar - blank (7kb) 2009 Excel calendar - with UK Bank Holidays highlighted (7kb) Like before you should [...]
