I am about to buy a new electric kettle - my third in a year! My Humax freeview hard disc recorder failed at the weekend, after less than six months' use ... working now, but I can't access existing...
I use external loudspeakers to improve the sound of my TV over that of the horrible little ones fitted in the set. They were made by Creative and came with a power supply incorporated in the mains...
Suppose one has a folder containing a number of files, each of which includes a number in its filename, and those numbers are consecutive, eg a collection of JPEGs or bitmaps. Is there an EASY way to...
Does anybody out there know anything about a painter, presumed to be English, of the early 20th century / late 19th century, named G Fennell, who seems to have specialised in maritime / nautical...
I have a Dell Inspiron Mini 10 netbook. Circular images on the screen appear slightly squashed vertically, eg when using CAD. Is there a way to adjust the screen's vertical amplitude to restore...
Could any of you recommend an inkjet printer that will handle (automatically) A4 card up to 240 g/m² weight, and envelopes? Ideally it should also handle A3 paper, but that's not critical....
Do any of you AB oldies remember a late-night programme called "Sounds Interesting" on Radio 3 (the only 'rock' programme on Radio 3) in the 1970s/80s? What was the theme tune?...
Does anybody out there in AB-land know anything about a band called Lemon, who in 1971 recorded a version of the Alan Hull song "Lady Eleanor". I heard it when it was new, and preferred it to the more...
I know how to use Excel to create an xy chart from two columns of data, but if the columns are very long is there a way to split them into two or three shorter pairs of columns side-by-side, without...
Running IE8 on XP desktop ... every few days two of the IE8 toolbars change from the usual colour to black, and I'm finding it a bit hard to read black text on a black background. The only solution...
Hitachi 32HXC01U LED TV (exclusive to Argos?) ... preferred settings can be made in picture menu, but after several channel changes, or when switching-on the next day, the colour has changed; but on...
I have been revisiting my vinyl record collection recently, and realised that some of my LPs would benefit from a thorough cleaning. Would any of you out there in AB land have any recommendations for...
There seems to be little interest in classical music in the ranks of AB readers (apart from Invictas a couple of years ago), so let me start the ball rolling ... Would you agree with me that the...
