Category Archives: Computing – general

PaulBourke.net

Posted on 23/07/2011 by dougaj4

Another link from Al Vachris: PaulBourke.net. The link above has a general subject index, and google site search; for a full list of the site content go to the detailed site index. Here’s what the author says about it: “The … Continue reading →

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Android apps

Posted on 19/05/2011 by dougaj4

Following yesterday’s post about my new toy, this one is about some of the applications to make it go. It will be fairly brief because I haven’t had a lot of time to explore, but the main aim is to … Continue reading →

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Acer A500 Tablet Review and Total Commander

Posted on 18/05/2011 by dougaj4

Having got fed up waiting for supplies of the iPad2 to become available, I bought myself an Acer A500 Tablet about 3 weeks ago, so here are my first impressions.  Remember that I’m very much a tablet newbie, who still uses dumb phone … Continue reading →

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Seeing through Mingus eyes

Posted on 28/01/2011 by dougaj4

At the top of Bob Phillips’ Blog home page is a quote from Charles Mingus, the great jazz bassist, band leader and composer: “Making the simple complicated is commonplace; making the complicated simple, awesomely simple, that’s creativity” If Bob hadn’t … Continue reading →

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2010 in review

Posted on 02/01/2011 by dougaj4

The stats helper monkeys at WordPress.com mulled over how this blog did in 2010, and here’s a high level summary of its overall blog health: The Blog-Health-o-Meter™ reads Wow. Crunchy numbers The Louvre Museum has 8.5 million visitors per year. … Continue reading →

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