Do you know that great calm that comes from abject terror where you are so scared that you cannot even allow yourself the luxury of a scream? Having a hard drive with 20,000 image files on it resolutely refusing to be recognised by any of your computers engenders that…I know.
The item is a 1TB Western [...]
If it was something I could have done with my bandsaw then my new website: www.paulharcourtdavies.com would have been active ages ago.
I love the control that Photoshop™ and Lightroom™ give over my images and I wanted to be able to do the same with a website. Thus, I bought Rapidweaver™ which is well set out [...]
Well, if you have followed earlier posts on this printer, you’ll know that my relationship with it hasn’t always been happy. One of the main problems I’ve had has been its uptake, through the rear “art paper” feeder of heavy stock – in my case, 320 g PhotoRag Pearl. It goes through the positioning procedure [...]
I’m an enthusiastic user of Boinx FotoMagico 3 for my slide shows. It is very easy to learn but provides some sophisticated tools for making impressive slide shows with sound, stills and HD video (if you have a Mac, that is).
I was less impressed last Sunday, however, when I found that the Apple Remote, which [...]
Have you ever seen these boxes when you try to print with a printer that was there 5 minutes ago and that your computer admits, via its system preferences, is already installed? It looks like I – we -are not alone.
I haven’t seen any definitive answers as to what is causing it but I know [...]
During a conversation with a friend the other day, the phrase, “making do” came up. It struck me that although the majority of people have to “make do” in all sorts of ways, the notion is rather at odds with a culture based on consumption and growth. That economic model relies on dissatisfaction, of always [...]
In a word – fabulous! My two and a half year old Spectraview 2690 developed a fault last week which resulted in a magenta haze appearing over parts of the screen and a general tendency to polarization. The re-seller I deal with, Bodoni Systems, reminded me that it was still in warranty for another 6 [...]
I can’t profess the technical expertise of many readers when it comes to computers but I’ve had so many hiccups (and life-threatening choking episodes) with my Macs over the years that I’ve found out quite a lot of things along the way. This might solve a problem for some of you…
When Apple released the latest [...]