Category Archives: Technology

Remember these must-have gadgets?

Posted on 10/05/2021 by AlanM52

Many memories for me here in particular this Philips N1520 VCR for commercial and education markets – and I had one! Also had the N1500 domestic version; that’s because I worked for Philips in the early seventies – great company. … Continue reading →

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Scam telephone calls

Posted on 10/12/2020 by AlanM52

We have a Panasonic phone system that does a good job of blocking unwanted callers. However over the last few months the Panasonic base station has been busy announcing ‘Call from private caller’ and they seem to be increasing!

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BlitzWolf Smart Watch – updates

Posted on 27/06/2020 by AlanM52

Took me a while to install the FitCloudPro app; supposed to be on Play Store but not there so had to go searching and get it from the developer. Then more time spent getting the app permissions setup for proper … Continue reading →

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BlitzWolf Smart Watch arrived today!

Posted on 26/06/2020 by AlanM52

BlitzWolf Smart Watch arrived today – yay

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Google adverts begone

Posted on 08/06/2020 by AlanM52

Got rid of the bloody thing in particular at the top of news articles. Edit the hosts file in Windows/Sstem32/drivers/etc Add two 127.0.0.1 loopback entries which basically sends those bloody host names back to the same machine.       … Continue reading →

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BlitzWolf Smart Watch – In transit

Posted on 25/05/2020 by AlanM52

The BlitzWolf BW-HL2 Smart Watch from Bang Good is slowly making it’s way here – hurry up.

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The post drop tray is working

Posted on 11/05/2020 by AlanM52

The post drop tray is working, and so is the postal system. Ordered two printer ink sets from IQ Technology on Friday – arrived today

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BlitzWolf® BW-HL2 smart watch – 1

Posted on 09/05/2020 by AlanM52

Just purchased this off BangGood. This is mainly for Al’s Workshop – why it that? I need to watch out for and promptly respond to my customers so came up with idea of a smart watch in particular for the … Continue reading →

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CANON PIXMA iX6860 A3+ Home Office Printer–setup

Posted on 08/05/2020 by AlanM52

Unboxed and setup the printer downstairs in my study. The CD install is very straightforward; opted for LAN connection and at one point prompted to press one of the two buttons and count 11 flashes and release – LAN setup … Continue reading →

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Windows 10 – IPTV

Posted on 13/04/2020 by AlanM52

Windows 10 and simpleTV IPTV – keeping up with the news on the Ozzie Sky News channels plus Sky News UK – very convenient

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