A very quick message just to say a Merry Christmas to everyone!

I’m visiting Mum & Dad from now (assuming the snow lets us get from Cumbria to Plymouth!) until Wednesday 30th so I won’t be answering questions on the clubroom until after then.  feel free to leave questions – I’ll get to them [...]

I ummed and ah-ed a bit about calling this “The Tiscali Con” for two reasons – first, I’d guess that other broadband companies do the same thing and secondly, it suggests there’s only one Tiscali con, which may or may not be true…  But anyway, I thought you should know about it.

If you [...]

You’ve probably heard that on the 1st January the VAT rate goes back up to 17.5% and so prices of most things will go up.

But you’ll be glad to know that I’m not changing the price of the Inner Circle.  We’re covering the increase on all our products so you don’t lose out.  If [...]

When you have several programs running at once, there are several different ways of switching between them.  The simplest is to click on the one you want on the screen – but that’s no good if it’s hidden by the program currently running.

There are some other nifty ways – you can see them [...]

One of the reasons computers can be so blummin’ frustrating is that similar bits of jargon mean such different things.

“Toolbar” and “Taskbar” for example.

The taskbar is that bar across the bottom of the screen, with the clock, the start button and buttons for all the programs you have running (that’s why it’s called the [...]

I always keep an eye on any handy programs you can download and there are three I’d like to tell you about today.

First is the WorldWide Telescope, from Microsoft.  It’s a bit like Google maps – but for the sky!  You can use your computer as if it was a powerful telescope and [...]

A new article today – all about Webmail.  Webmail is more useful than it sounds – it’s how you can access your emails (and send new ones) from someone else’s computer – even from a public one in a library or internet cafe.  It can be handy if you’re away from home for a [...]