I have been troubled with my finger nails splitting. I find myself having to file them almost daily, resulting in them exposing the end of the nail bed. I often wake up -- after filing them the...
I have been using this media for transporting data between Mac OS X, Ubuntu, and Win XP. I'm not sure exactly what happened, but I wanted to copy files from XP - but the usb stick was not recognised,...
I have generally image files as .png & .tif, both of which in uncompressed format suffer no loss and no degradation. I am keen to process a number of .jpg image files, which would result in renewed...
Now that BRexit has been achieved, will we see the BLUE passport again? I should say so, but no doubt all those 'orrible red ones must be dished out first.
Every Summer, there are blackbirds in the garden, an always welcoming sight. But I've been made aware of blackbird calls that are not the usual, pleasant chirp. One call is an insistent and rapid...
Suffering long-term epilepsy, I have received 'steadily-improved' medicines, the current one being Valproic acid - this replacing Phenytoin. The past 5/6 years have seen my having difficulty with fine...
My ancient CRT TV is occasionally playing up, with the picture jumping up and down. To date, the long-recognised method has been successful: banging on top of the housing. A colleague has advised my...
I was given no Win7 installation DVD. Where can one find the -- presumably -- ISO for Win 7 that I can burn to an optical medium? ___As an addendum to that, and having Win7 DVD as a security, I then...
My mother has been told by neighbours that they have seen a grey squirrel disappear under her house roof. Are both red and grey such species regarded as vermin = pest, namely being "eradicated" as one...
I was recently informed that these two terms refer to different bodily functions, having seemingly grown up not being told anything properly here. The bliss of ignorance. Can anybody please enlighten...
My Win XP Prof runs with a German desktop. I have recently purchased an Epson scanner, and one has to install the software before inserting USB and power plugs. Nothing new there, really, having done...
To have photos for albums, one ideally needs as much image content as possible. This, naturally, is reflected in the much greater storage requirement for PNG & TIFF images. Unfortunately, most...
I have a laptop with two S0DIMM slots, each with a 1GB DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) SDRAM card. According to the handbook, the laptop supports dual-channel memory. It also states that I can upgrade to 2x 2GB....
My HDD is more frequently huffing and a-puffing! The HDD activity lamp, after a while in use, starts flashing more often. Then this lamp remains on, barely blinking with the mouse-pointer frozen. More...
SSDs are fast campared to the usual HDDs. Now that the prices of SSDs are becoming affordable (at least for 100-200GB), I was am considering purchasing one. But, I recall one "disadvantage" was that...
Is there any truth that ginger can effectively tackle colds, and winter coughs and sneezes? If there is, how can this best be used for this purpose (dosage, frequency)? Thank you.
I've mislaid my guide for using the satellite receiver OPENBOX X-820CI. Referring to the Internet resulted in an interesting list - all in Russian. I think that's where this box of tricks originates....
Whilst sitting & waiting for the kettle to boil -- tea & pot all prepared -- it always makes an awful din as the temperature rises. There seems to be an excessive amount of energy being wasted just to...
I have one HDD, on which I had Win XP and Ubuntu. There was so much junk on both, I decided to delete the partitions. It was also a good opportunity to give more space to Ubuntu, as Win XP runs...