What are the advantages or disadvantages of Plain Text versus Rich Text (HTML)? I frequently include a picture in the body of an email, but it seems the addressees don't always see them.
I have no difficulty in accepting that Christ lived and was the sort of person history tells us about, but why do we celebrate Christmas? No-one knows what a new born baby will grow up to be. I see...
A bit late to share for Christmas perhaps, but I have received as an attachment to an email a seasonal presentation of 18 slides created with PowerPoint. I'd like to share it with others but can't...
This subject has been raised before, but I don't know whether this particular point has been made. I went through a bad patch with cold sores after having shingles on my face. I read somewhere that a...
I endeavour to run a local Neighbourhood Watch scheme that involves sending out 54 emails usually two or three times a month. I've been doing this for several years, but on the last two occasions 4...
I have a built-in Stoves Newhome cooker (oven and hob). The timer/clock doesn't work, except for making intermittent, loud, piercing 'beeps', so I've given up using the oven and try to make do with...
I am considering opening a Post Office savings account but note the P.O. booklet shows several accounts are provided by the Bank of Ireland. It wasn't so long ago we were hearing about Ireland being...
I've had peculiar phones calls recently. This morning a gent with a 'difficult to understand accent' spoke of interference and spying whilst browsing web pages. I said I had a good security system to...
Orange ISP has just 're-organised' its website. I've spent ages trying to access my familiar web-mail page, but cannot find it. Are others having this problem? Perhaps there is a way, but at the...
Hacking has become a wearisome subject, but it's in the news nearly every day and doesn't look like going away. One thing I've yet to read is what law is being broken - presumably there is a statutory...
I'm running Internet Explorer 7 and know I could update to versions 8 or 9, but have read that some people found a few problems with them. What is your experience of 8 and 9 please and if I did update...
I'm interested in having a web cam but don't know the first thing about them. Presumably they are portable and battery operated. What would I need to be able to load a moving pic onto my PC or a web...
I am looking for some USB data sticks/pens but am not sure which to buy - I use Windows XP and need 2GB or more storage. There are many adverts for USB drives, USB flash drives, USB data storage pens,...
Several times in the past I have saved 'My Documents' File on a CD. Now I find it stops and asks if I want to continue saving to CD. It shows icons that I haven't seen before with a heavy black...
I have recently bought on line, downloaded and installed Norton 360 Premier Edition Internet Security on my main desktop PC. It is supposed to provide cover for three computers but I cannot find how...
'Corporate greed' is a fashionable expression in the news these days, but there's lack of actual examples to illustrate what people mean by it. What does it mean to you?
I've used the name Coldicote on AB for about 5 years and wish I had chosen something different from the outset - rather than the name of my grandparents' home!! Am I allowed to change it and amend my...
I frequently see notifications telling me that Java updates are available but I'm never sure whether to accept them and what use they would be if I did. Often I just delete them. Am I missing anything...
A big new turbine has just appeared on the Sussex Downs to serve Glyndebourne Opera House. This makes me curious about small turbines for private gardens or roof tops. There are references on the...
I'm searching but so far have not found what I'm looking for: A comfortable chair that unfolds as a single guest-bed, but raised on supports - not flat on the floor which could be difficult to get up...
