Category Archives: computers

Why is Windows WiFi so slow?

Posted on October 19, 2009 by blogmywiki

A friend of mine has just bought a netbook – a Samsung… I tell everyone I love my Lenovo and they buy Samsungs anyway – and he noticed how slow its wireless networking was compared to his MacBook. I fired … Continue reading →

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Hands on with the Lenovo IdeaPad S10

Posted on September 13, 2009 by blogmywiki

Times are hard and my Apple PowerBook G4 is on its last pixels… its Firewire port doesn’t work, I think the Bluetooth is bust and the final straw was the screen – most of the time two thirds of it … Continue reading →

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Word association football

Posted on November 3, 2008 by blogmywiki

I was doing a bit of writing this evening and ended up at one point including the phrase ‘ee-ay-addio’ which had me wondering about its origins. Via Private Eye’s football reporter E I Addio, I ended up looking at football … Continue reading →

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iPod Nano – 4th Generation

Posted on October 23, 2008 by blogmywiki

It’s like a piece of time travel… my first generation 5GB iPod is getting hard to charge and put new music on, as its Firewire connector is dodgy – and the Firewire port on my PowerBook is broken which doesn’t … Continue reading →

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WiFi forgetfulness solved

Posted on September 24, 2008 by blogmywiki

Following a security update, my PowerBook kept losing its wireless connection when waking from sleep or starting up. This was a pain as my WiFi base station doesn’t transmit its SSID and I had to enter its name and long … Continue reading →

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