I've recently started using Firefox browser with Adblock Plus but cannot find a way of getting rid of occasional Flash Player type adverts which are a distracting nuisance. They make me furious! Many...
I've always understood that rhubarb leaves are poisonous, not that I've ever tried eating them. Because of that, I'm also wary of eating rhubarb stems as used in cookery. Are there any chemistry...
We all know the switchover from analogue to digital is coming and for some it has already happened. There is much said about getting ready for it and that every TV in the house must be prepared for...
I frequently use rewritable CDs and I would like to understand the difference between full erase and quick erase. I usually full erase to be on the safe side. If a CD is quick erased I understand not...
Does anyone out there use NoteWorthy Composer to create music? This involves inserting note by note and chord by chord onto a typical blank music staff, then saving the end product as a MIDI or other...
Within the past 3 hours or so I've received over 3,000 junk emails that Orange consigned to my junk bin, also several hundred in the 'InBox' that I deleted. I guess they're still coming in as I write...
I dislike supermarket tactics where so many items display prominent price signs saying 'Buy 2' or 'Buy any three' for ?x number of pounds. Paying less for buying quantity is not unusual in business,...
Previously I've made web pages with background music but now my usual method doesn't work any more. My PC was recently 'cleaned up' and programs re-installed as it had become very slow. I have XP and...
Is anyone else having a problem with emails not downloading? MailWasher shows me that messages exist on the Orange (ISP) webmail server, but when I click to Process Mail, then Send/Receive on Outlook...
I created and uploaded some web pages with sound (MIDI) files and have used different ISPs from time to time. There was no problem with Internet Explorer 6 but now I have upgraded to IE 7 there is no...
My PC has recently been in dock for an upgrade and re-installation, partly because it had become very slow. I'm a bit disappointed that it now makes an irritating humming noise. Sometimes It's not too...
I'm short of storage space and looking for a decorative cover for my upright vacuum cleaner, something like a doll, so it can stand in my spare bedroom. I've seen them in other people's homes from...
I know Google's opening page has odd decorations at times, but am I alone in finding it now opens with an all black background? Is something wrong with my PC? I've changed settings to open with...
I see there are many references in AB to digital TV but I don't know where to start, so advice would be welcome please. Maybe I am still in the dark ages with just four TV channels - BBC 1 and 2, and...
The news media often refers to poverty, especially child poverty, but never actually defines it. What do ABERs understand by poverty? With all the benefits people claim these days does child poverty...
I have IncrediMail among my Program Files, and don't remember downloading it or how it got there. I use Outlook Express and MailWasher which are quite sufficient and cannot find how to uninstall...
I live in an old bungalow and have problems with moss from the tiled roof roof blocking the gutters. I explored Guttershield (a kind of strainer covering) but this could not be fitted because the...
It's the time of year when Yellow Pages are appearing on people's doorsteps all over the place - whether they want them or not. They are bigger and heavier than other kinds of directory advertising;...
My modest home is 'all electric' with off-peak storage heaters. Power failures have happened occasionally but luckily they've been fairly brief. I do wonder whether to have gas connected and would it...
