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Bring on the Bubble Calendar

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Completely random post: Fans of bubble wrap now have 365 reasons to look forward to next year. The immensely desirable Bubble Calendar is a handmade poster sized calendar with a finger sized bubble t... (more)

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In | 15/11/2008 22:36:06

Remembering your IP addresses

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If you occasionally need to change settings on devices connected to your network like your modem router or other computers, you’ll know it’s difficult to remember their IP addresses. One way is to wri... (more)

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In | 04/11/2008 09:15:58

Get Me Out Of Here

Posted on alfrost's Blog, by alfrost

Have three months really flown by since my last blog post? So it would seem. And for that I apologise. I've been rather busy creating this and some TV ads and much more. But the pace of useful technol... (more)

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In | 26/10/2008 20:52:44

Get minimised

Posted on alfrost's Blog, by alfrost

Got Windows Live Messenger? Want a new display picture? Try this, it’s free: www.minimise-me.com. (more)

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In | 24/07/2008 14:47:23

New downloads for Outlook

Posted on alfrost's Blog, by alfrost

Hot off the press this month, two new must have add-ons for Outlook: Microsoft Office Outlook Connector 12.1 Beta (with added ooomph!)With Microsoft Office Outlook Connector, you can use Microsoft Off... (more)

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In | 24/07/2008 14:28:51

Customise your Microsoft Word Status bar

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Microsoft Word 2007 can report a wealth of information in the status bar that adorns the bottom of the screen. To change what you have on display simply right click on the status bar and you’ll see th... (more)

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In | 24/07/2008 13:23:48

Rumours of my demise are greatly exaggerated

Posted on alfrost's Blog, by alfrost

Sorry for the woeful lack of posts recently. Life has been busy on all fronts. However I was reminded this evening of the importance of maintaining one’s blog by an old friend in France who called me... (more)

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In | 22/07/2008 22:07:18

Is RSS making Outlook run slow?

Posted on alfrost's Blog, by alfrost

Following on from yesterday's post about shutting down (or rather not shutting down) Outlook, I'm reminded of these performance enhancing tips. If, when you look at the outlook.exe process in Task Man... (more)

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In | 06/06/2008 09:47:42

Shutting down Outlook properly

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Ever seen one of these messages? If your computer reports that a data file did not close properly the last time you used Outlook the chance are you interrupted the normal shut down routine of your o... (more)

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In | 05/06/2008 17:30:25

BigPockets Bag O' Crap Winner Announced

Posted on alfrost's Blog, by alfrost

You're not going to believe this. After mentioning BigPockets.co.uk's clever 'Bag O' Crap' promotion several times on - this - blog, I decided to enter my own video. And it only went and won the top p... (more)

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In | 20/05/2008 16:59:15

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