by Jack Barrow | Jan 18, 2017 | Technology
I gave Edge a try a few weeks ago and found it wouldn’t do many of the things I used to do with IE, Firefox and other browsers. Notably you’ve taken away the favourites bar which features in every other browser I know. sod Then, after I’ve decided to...
by Jack Barrow | Jun 13, 2016 | Psychology, Technology, Thoughts and Observations
It’s new phone arrival day tomorrow and I’ve got to go into the office so I won’t be home when it arrives. Someone will take it in but I could have planned it better. I’m now wondering if new phone arrival day is a new cultural phenomenon that...
by Jack Barrow | Mar 26, 2014 | General Blog, Technology, Thoughts and Observations
I’m a bit of a fan of Formula 1 motor racing. I’ve been watching it on and off for many years, mostly off during the years of Schumacher/Ferrari domination. When one driver or one team becomes dominant it gets boring. I didn’t watch the last couple of...
by Jack Barrow | Nov 22, 2013 | Technology
I’ve long been troubled by the movement towards licensing the software that we all need to do business and, increasingly, to function in the modern world. The rise of the smart phone is only accelerating this with use of multiple devices, cloud services and the like....
by Jack Barrow | Oct 17, 2013 | Social Media, Technology
I’m a little disturbed. Those of you who have met me might suggest that’s an understatement. It seems Google and others have been harvesting phone numbers and addresses of people from all over the world and the data they are harvesting is for people who do not even...
by Jack Barrow | Apr 23, 2013 | Technology
I changed my password and still appear to be able to log in.
