Archive for the 'Other' Category

Computer Viruses - The Return!

Friday, April 18th, 2008

Ok folks. Something is going on here. Twice in the last 24 hours I’ve been contacted by friends who have just been infected with a new strain of computer virus. One female friend just reinstalled Windows Vista and was done with it (drastic to say the least but she’s stubborn and hates asking for help) [...]

Moving house

Wednesday, April 16th, 2008

They say that moving home is one of the most stressful things you can do and it’s been keeping me busy for the last 60 days at least. I’ve also had to deal with whiplash and a dislocated finger and battered shoulder - that’s a story for another day though.
For now let’s just say that [...]

How To Avoid Being Successful

Wednesday, March 5th, 2008

That’s not a typo the title really does say “How To Avoid Being Successful”. It just confuses people to hear that - why would anyone avoid being successful? Aren’t we all trying to become truly successful in our own way? It’s what you all aspire to isn’t it; that’s why you buy all those self-help [...]

You, Your Computer and Viruses

Sunday, January 27th, 2008

It never ceases to amaze me how little thought people give to the safety of the data on their computer. They’ll continue hoarding personal files and information on it with no thought given to data backups, anti-virus or firewall software. For months (or even years) they use their computer always assuming that viruses, spyware, hacks [...]

Time = The Great Leveller

Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008

It’s funny just how often time changes our perception of things. This only just popped into my head the other day when I was watching a “favorite” old movie that I’d bought from Amazon; a college frat comedy. This movie is at least 20 years old and I had fond memories of watching it and [...]

Excuses Versus Reasons - The Path To Achieving Things

Wednesday, January 2nd, 2008

Now that 2008 has begun and we’re into the first week of it we need to look at how you can be more successful in the coming year. If you look back at 2007 pick out one or two things that you didn’t achieve and ask yourself why that happened?
The first thing that will come [...]