Archive for the 'Tech Tips' Category

The Wonderful World of Colour

Friday, November 20th, 2009

If you’re over 40, the title of today’s post might bring back memories of a very popular TV show. That’s not what this post is about, but I will come back to it, for those who are interested in nostalgia and/or trivia.
Today I’m actually going to talk about choosing colours for [...]

Safety First

Tuesday, October 27th, 2009

The Province of Ontario has just passed a law prohibiting the use of handheld cell phones or other electronic devices while driving. A radio announcer discussing this news story asked, “Will you buy a hands-free kit, or will you just hide your phone if you see a cop?”
How about just not using [...]

How Secure is Your WordPress Site?

Tuesday, September 8th, 2009

For several weeks, I’ve been seeing warnings about WordPress sites being hacked, but I didn’t worry about them too much, since all my sites were already at 2.7 or higher. Admittedly, I was a little reluctant to upgrade to 2.84, having run into some problems the first time I tried upgrading a [...]

A Tidy Blog is a Readable Blog

Monday, May 11th, 2009

Don’t you just love WordPress? It’s so easy to use! Just log into your account, type in your blog post, press Publish, and voilĂ !
In most cases, you probably like to prepare your drafts in Word or another program first, but if you’ve ever copied and pasted your post into WordPress, you [...]

Have You Tried Skype?

Monday, May 4th, 2009

Although I’m a huge fan of technology, I’m not exactly an early adopter. I usually have to be convinced that something’s worthwhile before I’ll give it a try.
Twitter’s a good example of that. I was aware of it for several months before I signed up for an account, and I only [...]