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The clean-up controversy
Life, Wanda Sloan, Published on 11/10/2011
» So the music has ended, and there is actually competition for the apres-disco rice-soup slurping benches with the laptop plug-in ports that line Ratchada. And as our party of seven is getting the khao thom orders straightened out, here comes the first email of the day, apparently from someone at one of the benches, maybe across the 3:30am road.
What time is it everywhere in the world?
Life, Wanda Sloan, Published on 11/10/2011
» If you need to or want to keep track of the time for two, six, or 14 locations around the world, may I recommend a very light, attractive way to do it?
You deserve a break today
Life, Wanda Sloan, Published on 04/10/2011
» There are a number of excellent utilities around that force the user of a personal computer to stop working. And all I can say is _ use one.
Pick your browser
Life, Wanda Sloan, Published on 04/10/2011
» The end of the PC is supposedly at hand, but for most of us _ even then _ it will still be the year of the browser.
Exploring Windows Explorer
Life, Wanda Sloan, Published on 28/06/2011
» When Windows appeared on PCs back in the 20th century, the biggest and most obvious change was moving the management of files from typed commands to mouse clicks. No more DIR, COPY, DEL and the like, but just a click or two of the mouse and mission accomplished.
An app to get apps
Life, Wanda Sloan, Published on 28/06/2011
» With thousands of apps for smartphones, it was inevitable there were going to be apps for the apps.
Trying to keep up with changing technology
Life, Wanda Sloan, Published on 21/06/2011
» Dear reader Patrick Dick of Phra Khanong has an email problem. He gets several hundred a day, and his Outlook program is really groaning.
Keeping tabs
Life, Wanda Sloan, Published on 14/06/2011
» Somehow I have gone through several years without learning about Office Tabs for Microsoft Office, one of the most useful utilities I've ever seen. Useful, that is, to anyone using Microsoft Office for Windows. Sorry Mac people and cloud people and the rest ... Sorry Open Office people and Softmaker people and the like.
Get your music from videos
Life, Wanda Sloan, Published on 05/07/2011
» I read a piece lately on the world's top music download source. It was fascinating - not all the yacking about it, but the name of this website.
Easier tweeting
Life, Wanda Sloan, Published on 05/07/2011
» Twitter has gone well past the passing-fad stage to become a mainstream application, used by tens of millions of people to send and get news and just stay in touch.