USB Memory Sticks

Ever over-loaded with e.mail, pix, proggies, film clips, music, notes, lectures and audiobooks, I ‘ve ordered a new 8GB Corsair Flash Voyager USB Memory Stick to take some of the strain from my (gunnel-pummelled) 2GB version.
Amazon have these usefully spacious conveniences available at a highly competitive £13.99. It’s a pricier solution than purchasing a pair [...]

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The Missing D-Link

I am typing this (inner-peace (piece)) in a comfy chair – like a proper human being (!!) like a proper human being being, compelled, propelled to proper comfy.
Oh so so (un-”so/so”) sweet is a suite servin’ such sumptious, scrumptious,  (s)lumber support.
[So sez my report]
It’s the 4-Port (4-Me) D-Link what ‘as done so ’scaped me from the <slime & [...]

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Medieval Total War Kingdoms – Graphics Issues

The biggest fight Creative Assembly’s “Medieval Total War – Kingdoms” is giving me at the moment is – AGAIN – a visual issue.
I don’t know if the symptoms I am witnessing are indicative of my graphics card being dodgy at a hardware level. I was able to start the game O.K. today – with the [...]

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Computer Hope – Look up, look ‘em up and look UP to ‘em !

Well, not that a recommendation at my meek blog is going to generate much traffic for —>
http://www.computerhope.com/
and not that I can EVER extend enough thanks to its kindly community for the incredible assistance they have afforded me over the past weeks but here’s a link anyway. Look up, look ‘em up ‘n’ look up to [...]

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Pooter What I Gots the Hots For

I admit I haven’t tried Vista but knowing that I won’t be able to run Premiere, my modem or my printer on any computer it’s installed on has caused me to steer well clear of it – and actually become quite confused about where I CAN go next as I don’t imagine the subsequent iteration [...]

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ALT-CTRL-”Del(l)”ete Elite

Periodically, I visit the Dell configurator to do the “Create Your Own” (Pizza) bit on customising a dream machine. Today I was prompted by a headline in the PC Advisor e.mail newsletter resolving at:
http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/businessadvisor/news/index.cfm?newsid=12850&ba
NOT to get a quote for the highest possible spec’ but just to make something similar to the VERY DEL(l)iberat(ing)ely Windows Vista-dodging [...]

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Last Resorts with External Hard Drives

My 500GB Western Digital My Book failed this week. From the time I first had it, there were moments when it would pretend that it had “had it”…… but then it would revive, giggle,  and we’d skip along merrily (verily !) together again for a time ; “borrowed time”, as is now evident.
I thought we had [...]

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Alack there’s No Lack of a Clack Clack CLACK !

If you are me (and be glad that you are not) it’s not until (the) you ((which is me)  (and watches me (me-mo-ing around)))) NEED TO FIND SOMETHING that you realise which items are IRRETRIEVABLY LOST when a 500GB Western Digital My Book Premium Edition decides to call “CLACK CLACK CLACK” and refuse ever again to be [...]

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Corsair Flash Voyager – 1GB USB Memory Stick Review

Good While it Lasted, 20 April 2007
The lesson learned from buying this highly-regarded, top-brand (and accordingly priced) memory stick, with its leading 10 Year Warranty boast, is that its internals are just as vulnerable as those of any electronic storage device. There’s always the potential for malfunction and loss and the replacement scheme is based [...]

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