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Chatting in private
Life, Wanda Sloan, Published on 18/01/2011
» Most Bangkok geeks know by now that no system of blocking websites is perfect, and that there are ways around the web even when their betters decide that they shouldn't see certain sites.
Lots of choices in resizing photos
Life, Wanda Sloan, Published on 18/01/2011
» Last week's column focused quite a lot on why you would want a service or a programme to resize your photos. It's polite, it's convenient and it saves everyone time and trouble.
Seeing the smaller picture
Mylife, Wanda Sloan, Published on 11/01/2011
» So this is what life is like. I mean LIFE. Strange. I could have sworn that it was all about disco. And, of course, khao thom. Now that I've been thrown directly into LIFE, it seems so ... newspaperish.
Best of Appshots - Part 2
Database, Wanda Sloan, Published on 05/01/2011
» Here is the second part of the best dozen Windows computing helpers of 2010 from the weekly Appshot column of Post Database.
A better YouTube
Database, Wanda Sloan, Published on 05/01/2011
» A lot of words have been spoken about Adobe Flash over the years, many of them with four letters. Apple's unelected Steve "President for Life" Jobs is notoriously hostile, but others have often said that they put up with Flash only because there's no viable alternative.
Best of Appshots - Part 1
Database, Wanda Sloan, Published on 29/12/2010
» At the end of every year, it has become a bit of a Post Database tradition to reprise the best of the Appshots of the past 12 months. So here we go again with the baker's dozen of 2010.
An 'essential' security tool
Database, Wanda Sloan, Published on 29/12/2010
» Security software, often still called anti-virus programs, comes in a lot of varieties, but many users remain unaware that one of the best protectors is slim, calm and free from Microsoft.
A sudden chance to recover
Database, Wanda Sloan, Published on 22/12/2010
» Well, here is something really grating, and something really gratifying, all wrapped up in a single package.
Little things mean a lot
Database, Wanda Sloan, Published on 15/12/2010
» Every so often, it's worth looking at the latest in small utilities, what the former Database columnist and programmer John "The Maven" DeHaven called sharp-edged tools. I like to look over the new offerings at least every 100 days.
Plan now to recover files
Database, Wanda Sloan, Published on 15/12/2010
» It is my strong opinion that everyone should have - right now - a program to recover lost files. That is because everyone, once in a while, realises just a half-second too late that, whoops, she just deleted the wrong folder, or wiped the camera card before she copied the photos.