Here is where I will be posting technology tips, hints, news and views to
help you make technology make a difference. I use weblog or blog technology to
write and publish these articles simply and easily from any computer on the web.
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Well here's something to keep you busy during the windy winter months. Philip Torrone tell you how at Endgadget. The article is in two parts:
Part 1 -The Camera and
Part 2 - The Kite and Pictures.
I am a big fan of
Sky+ as a personal hard disk video recorder. I have tried DVD recorders and have always given them up in favour of Sky+ with it's excellent, really easy to use programming and replay facilities. Sky+ comes with a 40Gb (20 hours) or 160Gb (80 hours) drive with the boxes costing £99 and £399 respectively. £300 for an extra 120Gb! Aaargh! So can you swap out the 40Gb drive and replace it with a larger bare drive? Yes, of course. I bought a 120Gb drive from
eBuyer for under £50 and installed it myself. Others have been successful installing 250Gb drives. Full instructions are in this
Digital Spy Forum post.
This
Guardian Online Cream of the Crop listing is well worth bookmarking for frequent reference.
There are a lot of great freeware programs out there. Many are as good or even better than their commercial alternatives.
This is my
Tech Support Alert's selection of the best of the best.
