I remember back when we first moved to Spain, some 12 years ago now, (wow, how much has changed in that time!) we used to experience multiple, long running power failures. They seemed to happen almost daily, and these created some unfortunate effects on many people’s computers. Nowadays, we’re more used to regular un-interrupted power so thankfully the power outages seem to be fewer and shorter in length. Read this entire article »
Last month we looked at how you could physically connect your mobile phone to your telescope so that you could take pictures of the moon (and other night sky objects). If you decided to have a play then you will have taken a number of videos of the things you saw and you should, quite rightly, be very pleased with them. Read this entire article »
With the nights drawing in and things getting darker earlier and lighter later, my thoughts turn to the skies. You may (or may not) be aware that we live in some of the best areas for stargazing in the world. Its not that difficult to find a “dark area” within easy walk/drive of most of our homes here on the Costa Blanca. There are plenty of nature reserves and areas without street lighting that enable us even with the naked eye to see some of the wonders of the Universe. Read this entire article »
Yes, I know I bang on about backups all of the time, but really – there is a very good reason for doing so. Only last week I collected a computer from a business and the PC was exhibiting signs of a damaged hard drive (the bit inside a computer where your important stuff is stored). As I carry the ailing computer out of the office, its owner asks “I won’t lose any of my stuff will I?”. Of course I tried to reassure him that I would do everything possible to save the precious data, but the fact was that it was certainly possible that the data could be lost. Now the frustrating thing about this anecdote is that I have mentioned backups to this company on at least 5 separate occasions, each time it was accepted that they were a good thing but also something that would be “thought about”. Fortunately I did manage to recover the data and sorted out the computer, the owner was very pleased when I returned it, all working great but to my knowledge they still don’t backup their important data. Read this entire article »
Back in June I wrote an article entitled “Yes Microsoft really is offering you a free copy of Windows 10”, it was aimed at dispelling the myth that many people had about this being one of the latest scams. By then I had been using the pre-release version of Windows 10 for about a year and although it was impossible to tell what the end product would be like I found it a stable and easy to use system. Read this entire article »