This month sees publication of an article I have written for Computer Buyer magazine. It’s a feature discussing using a computer alongside a mobile phone to text, share contacts etc. It’s a piece aimed at beginners to intermediate users and it’s in the shops now.
Archive for August, 2008
August 20, 2008
WEB: healthyretreat.co.uk re-design now live
By benfrain in Website DesignI’ve just finished re-designing www.healthyretreat.co.uk, the website of ‘The Retreat’ health and beauty Spa in North Staffordshire. The project was a little complex due to the sheer volume of treatments they offer and therefore ordering them into some (hopefully) logical order that was easy to navigate was a challenge. Hopefully, for the viewing customer, it’s [...]
August 15, 2008
SPEED: Have we got it all wrong?
By benfrain in RantLike many motorists, I spend a great deal of time stuck behind other vehicles or simply slowing down for speed cameras and different speed zones. All the while the TV bombards us with messages: ‘Kill your speed, not a child’, ‘Think – stop!’ etc. Meanwhile congestion continues to grow and we all get frustrated as [...]
August 14, 2008
TECH: 96% of an Orange e-mail account is spam…
By benfrain in Rant, Tech-tipIf you have Orange as an ISP you will already know what an absolutely obscene amount of spam you get delivered to your inbox. I’ve moaned about it before here Well, a report mentioned here reveals that “…of the emails received by consumers who use Orange as their ISP, some 96 percent was spam” Orange [...]
August 4, 2008
GLOBAL WARMING: Nelson’s gas guzzling HMS Victory?
By benfrain in Personal, RantI stumbled across another thorn in the man made global warming theory today when I read this short piece in the Telegraph newspaper. Good old Nelson (a big hero of mine) and other seafarers of his day kept detailed meteorological logs including pressure, wind speed, air and sea temperature etc. The men in white coats, [...]
