Goodbye McAfee, Hello Avast anti-virus
A tale from February 2014. Still no fan of McAfee but have moved on from Avast to the free version of Bitdefender. When I purchased my new Dell desktop computer about a year ago it […]
Month: December 2018
So Somerset is now a city?
Sky News seemed to think Somerset was a city in this Tweet they posted on Twitter back in 2014. Oops! They then posted the following correction.
Pete Seeger – Die Gedanken Sind Frei
This article was first published in February 2014. As saddened as I was to hear recently of the death of American folk singer Pete Seeger at the age of 94 I rejoiced in the full […]
So how is the electricity you use generated?
I recently changed my electricity supplier after doing a comparison on the uSwitch web site. But who are the electricity end user suppliers getting their electricity from? Well they are buying from the generators who […]
False promises of free milk
A grumble from back in January 2014. Alright the title is probably a bit ‘Over The Top’, but feeling a bit peeved. Last weekend I picked up the free ‘Waitrose Weekend‘ paper in the Bridport […]
British Beaver Sightings
The following was news back in January 2014. Since then there have been many more sightings. BBC 1 South West Spotlight News are carrying a story today about the sighting of a beaver in Devon […]
Dorset Piddle ‘n’ Cider
If you run a brewery in Piddlehinton by the river Piddle it has to be a clever marketing ploy to call yourself the Piddle Brewery and give the beers you brew names like Jimmy and […]
The real reason BBC Radio 4 replaced Ambridge’s Tony Archer?
The following is from January 2014. Regular listeners to the long running BBC Radio 4 rural soap opera ‘The Archers’ will have noticed that organic farmer Tony Archer sounds different these days. Colin Skipp who […]
Cool trick for Doctor Who fans on Google Street View
Google Street View is a great tool and one I turn to regularly both for work and leisure. It can take you to places both at home and in other countries that you would not […]
Seeing the signal a TV remote sends
The remote control you use to change channels on your TV set works by sending an infra red signal which is picked up by a receiver in the TV and decoded. On many TV and […]