I can’t bring myself to like Office 2007. My Vista PC came with the software last year. I tried it for a while, got rid of it and installed Office 2003. Liking to experiment, I reinstalled Office 2007 and now wish I didn’t. It’s hard to know why Microsoft changed the traditional interface that worked. [...]
Mathemagic update
Following my earlier post, a concerned user of computer maths tuition software for kids contacted me by email to ask my opinion of the software. I told him I didn’t have an opinion on the actual software, because I hadn’t tried it, but in my view it was much too expensive. As mentioned previously, I [...]
New web gadgets
I’ve been so busy for most of this year that I haven’t had much time to indulge in experimenting with web scripts, online services and widgets. Winding down towards a holiday I had the opportunity this weekend. My first discovery was a free script called PHP Easy Downloader. It cleverly creates a neatly structured directory [...]
Unyverse mobile wiki
I’m still playing with my new JasJam. I haven’t bricked it yet, but still can’t figure out a few things. Exploring the world of mobile applications has been fun. An interesting new tool I thought worth mentioning is the Unyverse mobile wiki. It’s only been around for a few weeks, as far as I can [...]
Windows Vista hardware problems
A few months ago I bought a new Dell PC with Windows Vista Home Premium installed. I now wish that I hadn’t bought the computer, or that I had bought it with XP instead. I have had ongoing problems with hardware recognition and installing software. Firstly, to show that I’m balanced, I will write what [...]
