Like most people who’ve been dabbling in computer-building and repairs for more years than I care to think about, coupled with my ‘come in handy one day’ mentality meant I’d acquired a fair-sized pile of spare parts. Some are even brand new, in their original boxes. It’s the sort of stuff that charity shops tend […]
I think this is the second update since iOS7 was released (escaped?) mid-September. The first one apparently fixed the bug which allowed the lock screen to be by-passed. There’s quite a long list of changes associated with this latest update (7.0.3). The most notable addition is probably iCloud Keychain. From a quick read of the […]
Anyone who happens to glance at my front windows first thing in the morning, might think I’m the classic ‘nosy neighbour’ if they catch me peeping through a crack in the curtains, trying hard not to be seen. Truth is, I’m hiding from a flock of ducks! Eight or so of them wait patiently on […]
My iPhone 4 has been pestering me the last few days to upgrade to the latest operating system iOS7. A friend, who’s much more confident in messing around with these things visited on Saturday, so it seemed a good opportunity to upgrade while I had the benefit of his expertise. So we upgraded to iOS7. […]
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Just walked into the living room deciding what to have for my evening meal and spotted the cat staring intently at the gas fire – well, actually, at a butterfly that had become trapped behind the glass! It’s a sealed unit gas fire so it can only have come in through the outside flue and […]
No, not Mrs Slocombe’s! During these hot sticky nights, Misty, my cat, has been pestering to be let out around 3 o’clock in the morning. The problem is, she’s found a way out of the back garden by jumping off a fence but, she’s too fat or too lazy to get back in again. As […]
I gave my new fence a coat of fence preservative a week or two ago. I wanted the natural wood grain to show through so I used a preserver rather than the usual ‘paint’. Now that the shrubbery has had chance to re-establish itself, I think it looks quite nice even though the preservative was […]
I recently received my quarterly electricity statement from Scottish Power which was based on an estimate of the amount of juice I’d used. In the next post, I received a letter saying my Direct Debit was going to be increased from £40 to £47 per month starting in April. Nobody likes price increases but I […]
My roofers lost a Brownie point today. There was only about 30 minutes of work left to do but they arrived nearly 4 hours later than previous days. I wouldn’t have minded if they had let me know in advance but, as it was, I wasted the entire morning waiting in for them for the […]