Why I Broke Up with Starbucks
This story starts a long time ago, on an island far far away . . . Starbucks and I started seeing each other on and off about 5 years ago. I lived on a small Caribbean Island at the time and was invo ...
Monthly Archives: January 2014
The Case of the Samsung Galaxy S4 Screen Crack (by itself)
Update 2: Despite my previous mis-givings, I replaced the screen with one from Amazon ([easyazon_link cloaking=”default” keywords=”replacement galaxy s4 screen digitizer” local ...
Lenovo Mobile Access by Macheen Discontinued
Lenovo’s Mobile Access service (cellular broadband powered by Macheen) is – for some reason – being discontinued as of 31st of January 2014. Despite being signed up for the service ...
First Bank Stole My Money On Christmas Eve
I recently had the misfortune of having an ATM error while in the UK and withdrawing money from the First Bank account – only half of the money came out. I immediately went to the bank responsi ...
End of Life for Cisco UC500, UC300 and CBE 3000 Units
Today was the official End of Life for the a line of Cisco units that I really felt had brought it to the masses by filling the needs of SOHO for a simply firewall, router and PBX solution. A little ...
Cisco VPN & Windows 8.1 Reason 442: Failed to Enable Virtual Adapter
When I recently tried to install the Cisco VPN Client on my Windows 8 laptop, the installation went OK but all my attempts to connect to our office network (which is based around a Cisco UC540 unit, p ...
Windows Folder Coloured in Green – Encrypted Folders
I recently downloaded a WordPress theme I’d bought and unzipped/extracted in the usual manner on my Windows 7 machine only to notice that some of the folders were coloured green. I didn’t ...
Queens Gambit Accepted Trap
As an appalling chess player and someone with very little spare time, I have only a handful of tricks up my chess playing sleeve and this is my favourite – it’s a simple trap played from t ...
Windows 8.1 Preview Expiry Problems
Be warned, this isn’t so much a tech article as a rant about the inadequacies of the Windows 8 update process and the the Windows 8 App store. A few days ago I turned on my laptop and was prompt ...
Treehouse Review (Learning/Training Platform)
I signed up to Treehouse around a year ago to try and expand on my skill set, formalize some of my self-taught skills and gain certifications. Now that I’ve been using it – and using it h ...