The more I use Google Home, the more I want to do with it. It’s become second nature for things like the time, weather and shopping list, and now for my to do list as well. I use Asana for both work and personal task management and I just integrated the two, here’s how. IFTTT […]
I had some money in Ratesetter for a while and my brother commented that the return wasn’t high enough to justify the risk – I was making about 3-5%. I’m no expert, I’ve done no research, but my feeling is that the ones that go wrong get more publicity than the ones that go well […]
I’ve just signed up with Bulb for home energy and will change our business over to them when our existing contract runs out. I chose Bulb because they’re a modern energy company. Disclaimer: This post contains referral links and thoughts on energy companies.
Noticed that when adding my signature to Foxit Reader that it was coming out very pixelated. Tried searching and found no solution. Nearly created a support ticket and then happened to test unticking ‘convert signature to black & white’ and that solved the issue. Pixelated Smooth
Although it might not be in the news as much, the Syrian refugee crisis is still ongoing and thousands of people still need help. I have a friend who decided to do something about it and recently went to the Greek island of Samos to help. He asked for donations before he left and managed […]
SIP ALG is controlled per device attached to the router, it’s not a setting for the router as a whole. Log into your router Navigate to: Settings>Advanced Settings>Business Network>Devices Select a device by clicking on it Change ‘Disable SIP ALG’ to ‘Yes’ Hit ‘Apply’ This applies to the BT Business Hub 3 (BH3) and possibly […]
I just set up a Yealink W52P on BT’s SIP service and it was a bit of a PITA. I couldn’t find anything concrete on how to do it, so am posting some useful tips for other people trying to do the same. The basic account details are: domain: bmnhb-03.bt.com outbound proxy: www.bbvservice-560348.bt.com (I’ve read […]
Update 28/08/14: Since Dropbox announced they give you 1000GB for $99 a month, not much point considering Copy or anything else. I’ve posted in the past comparing Dropbox to Google Drive and SkyDrive (now OneDrive) and my conclusion was that Dropbox was the best in terms of stability and reliability, and therefore the first choice […]
I was awarded £580 in compensation for damages that occurred when one of my motorbikes was stolen last year. One of the people responsible was caught, pleaded guilty and was ordered to pay compensation to both me and the Met Police. Approximately 9 months on from that date, I’ve been repaid a total of £68.02. […]
I started meditating for 10 minutes a day a couple of months ago, after reading The Monk That Sold His Ferrari by Robin Sharma. It described meditation in a new way, which made me want to try it. The suggestion was to take a rose and look at it for 5-10 minutes a day while […]
