kkomp.com – Beyond – The Public Newsletter: 20th November 2009
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Hello and welcome to another public newsletter. In this newsletter I’ll mention some changes I’ve made to this blog, we’ll take the usual look at and quick review of the last fortnight’s posts, and I’ll include some general small talk. Ch-ch-ch-changes… Ok, so to turn and face the strain, and get the ball rolling, I’ll mention that the last thing I’ve done, as far as this blog’s layout is concerned, is to have the latest post displayed in its entirety on the Welcome (home) page. This may change to having excerpts of the last few posts displayed with a “read more” link for each post. – I’m still fighting with php along with the assistance of some paid help, in order to get this optimised. – Bear with me on that. Time may change me; but I won’t change time. I’ve also changed the logo again, as you may notice: Whilst the simple black-text on a blue background was easy to download and possibly sufficient, it wasn’t exactly particularly eye-catching, and failed to initially capture the reader’s vision. I apologise to anyone still using dial-up, for the fact that the logo now takes about ten-times the amount of time to download; but such is progress. – In the same way that people no longer spend hours to optimise their blogs in order that any readers still using Internet Explorer 6 (spit) can gain maximum viewing pleasure, so I see no reason to use a minimalistic theme any longer for those still using dial-up. Internet Explorer 6 is yesterday’s browser, despite being the default browser which loads with XP; it’s horrible with a capital H, and these days webmasters expect people to use other browsers, which is easy to do. – Just download and run another browser; it cost nothing and it’s easy. – In the same way, if anyone’s still using dial-up, then I suggest that they start using a decent internet connection: Dial-up is yesteryear’s internet-connection, and should, in the light of necessity, be upgraded. I’ll carry on making small changes to the logo over time, as I have been doing. Another thing is that I’ve changed the name of this blog from “Beyond” to “kkomp.com – Beyond”. “Beyond”, by itself, says not-a-lot: Yes; it does convey a sense of being at the forefront or even ahead of that; but as a brand it sucks. kkomp.com says even less than that, true, but the two together are a definite brand-name ( See PC Mech.com: PC Mech is a linguistic invention in itself; although maybe rather more appropriate for a tech blog..): That’s something which will be important as this blog becomes more and more business-oriented and commercialised over time. – Don’t worry; I’m not going to start charging for every article: There’ll always be free content on this blog, but I can’t continue indefinitely to run this blog for no-profit or at a loss. – It’s just totally unrealistic to expect me to do so. – So I will be slowly and gently turning the blog into a moneymaking-venture in addition to hosting much free content. I do hope that you like the improving layout. Whilst layout is only a part of the whole; it is nevertheless something that contributes to the overall attractiveness of a blog, and a good layout is therefore equally as important as producing great-value content. I’ll be doing another reader-satisfaction-survey in the foreseeable future, and I hope that I get a decent response to this one with regard to numbers participating: The turnout in the case of the last one was worse than that of a British local election.
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Reviews And now; a review of the posts that have been posted since the last Public Newsletter: - It’s not uncommon to reinstall Windows and find that your sound doesn’t work anymore. This article examines why this is and how you can put it right. (- It can be a pain when that happens; particularly when the motherboard’s so old that you have to scour the internet to eventually download the driver from a back-catalogue of a Chinese website that trickles data to you at 10Kb/s!) A partially-automated method of backing-up your entire blog, including the database, and storing the backup on your computer. – Forget using MySQL and phpMyAdmin to back-up your database separately: This method will automatically back your database up to your server, so that you can download the database backup to a local backup-file, along with your other files. The cost? – Nothing. The introduction of Windows 7 brings some explosive-growth figures; yet Apple aren’t doing too badly in comparison. – The OS war continues; with both the major players gaining some ground. Microsoft have provided a free downloadable product guide for Windows 7. Also this article has a link from which you can download the Windows Help program for 7 . – Yes you’re not alone with your new Windows 7 installation: Microsoft have provided much help and tuition online. In this article we take a look at the results of my recent customer satisfaction survey with respect to this blog. Abysmal turnout; but nice, helpful, answers. In the following post I veer towards where the fields of technology and literacy attempt to intersect. Sometimes the terminology and phraseology that I use is misunderstood. – I left a comment on another blog where I used the phrase “32-bit-retardedness. The blog’s owner later went off on one and announced to a live audience that I’d called him retarded because he had installed 32-bit Windows 7. – In this article I explain that the term “retardedness” as I used it refers to slowness, rather than severe mental incapacity. Logging in to your personal accounts on someone else’s computer is never a good idea. – This article looks at a few of the reasons why. – Possible identity-theft being just one of them. Is it possible to do it? Is it worth doing it? – Find out in this article. – Some people may still be running a single-core processor in their system; so is it worth their going 64-bit when they upgrade to Windows 7 on their existing box? Sometimes a computer might shut down by itself without warning. In this article we look at a few of the possible explanations for this. The last thing visually-impaired people want is to search for a magnifying glass when they can’t see anything. Windows 7 doesn’t help much in this regard; but here’s a solution. – The visually disabled could have been catered for a bit better by Microsoft: But not to worry; help is here. I’ll do a deal with you: I’ll trade you a supposedly undocumented shortcut trick for the privilege of having you on my mailing list. (Non-compulsory.) – In this article I show you a tip to help towards enhancing your online security with regard to emails. Weather or not That’s about it then. – Other than to not bother to have to tell you to stay warm if you’re in the UK: The weather is so unbelievably mild for the time of year, it’s incredible. It’s still like Autumn (Fall). – The tree outside my window still has leaves on it; despite the recent gusty winds.
Be ready for the cold snap before the New Year, though: I’ll go on record here and predict that there’s a strong chance, 50/50 I’d venture, of a traditional Victorian-style Christmas weather-wise in the UK this year. – Yes it could be that cold. – Get your central-heating and boilers etc tuned – up now just in case. Witch’s intuition can be wrong; but usually it’s fairly accurate. That’s all. – Enjoy the weekend, or even the strong – end; depending on whatever it is you’re doing.
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