A standard (free) Dropbox is 2GB.  That can quickly be filled up, particularly if you want to use your Dropbox for photos or videos. You can pay to increase this space to 50 GB ($9.99 per month) or 100 GB ($19.99 per month). Another way to get an additional 3 GB (5 GB total space) […]

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So, I’ve been using dropbox for a couple of weeks, and so far I’m impressed. Yes, it reduces the irritation of having to email things to myself, or remembering to save onto USB key when I want to take a file somewhere, great 🙂 Possibly the best thing about it though, is being able to […]

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What is SEO? SEO stands for “Search Engine Optimisation”.  It means optimizing a website so that search engines will visit, index it and display that website when people search for particular ‘keywords’, the words they type to find things.  The most popular search engine is Google which is why many people concentrate specifically on trying […]

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Responsible parents are interested in protecting their children when they go online. How can you enable them to use the Internet and explore subjects that interest them, without exposing them to danger; whether individuals who would do them harm, or information that is inappropriate for children? Well, there are things that you can do, but […]

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www.dropbox.com – A friend sent me a link to this.  Dropbox gives you 2GB of storage space free (you can pay for more, or get up to 5GB by referring others), where you can synchronize files. A folder on your desktop works like all your other folders, but a little (green) icon tells you whether […]

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mozy.com – Online backup. Mozy gives you 2GB of free backup space (for home users), and you can upgrade if you want/need more. As I’ve mentioned before, backup is a must.  If you’re comfortable about having your data on a remote server somewhere (as with Dropbox etc.) then this service might be worth considering.

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http://disposablewebpage.com/ – I was listing something on eBay, and I wanted to add some extra text and photos for the inquisitive, but not bore people who just wanted a quick run down on the item. I didn’t want to link to one of my websites and give away more information than was necessary to eBay, […]

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Clients receive a weekly email which gives some basic information about the status of their domain / website. To the untrained eye, this might not mean much, so here’s some “eye training” 😉 …

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Over the last few days I’ve visited some sites I’d never been to before.  Some I’d heard about, others were new to me. Here they are.  These aren’t necessarily endorsements, as I’ve just said, they’re new to me too.  But if they are all legitimate, and there aren’t any ‘gotchas’, then they may offer a […]

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I found out something new the other day; how to copy text out of tables in Firefox in the way I want to copy it. Before I used to simply select the area with my mouse, which may or may not include a whole bunch of text I didn’t want or need.  Say for instance, […]

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