Category Archives: Tech stuff

If you’re trying to set up or fix HP ePrint and you get the message “unable to check for firmware update” You’ll be happy to know it’s very easy to fix. Stop using internet explorer, use firefox instead. HP will … Continue reading →

Many users have a very straight-forward retention policy: KEEP ALL THE EMAILS. Which is great and in theory should be just fine. In the real world, it isn’t. The simple solution is to split the emails into several differing PST … Continue reading →

Virtual Router is a free little application that will let you use your laptop of PC as a wifi router. Handy!

Oracle’s VirtualBox has been updated to version 5. Among other things it has better drag and drop support as well as support for USB 3.0 devices. Nice! You can grab it at the official VirtualBox site.

So it looks like the U.S. has exhausted their supply of IPv4 addresses. Time to get more interested in IPv6…

Things are about to get all draconian, so it’s time to start ensuring you can carry on as usual. Torrentfreak have done a fairly solid job of reviewing several VPN service providers to find out which ones value your privacy … Continue reading →

Just in case you’ve been living under a rock: it’s become horribly apparent that Sourceforge, once a great home to FOSS projects (and thus a great resource for FOSS tools) can no longer be trusted. There have been some great … Continue reading →

Google cardboard is a low-tech way to get into VR using only your Android phone and…. carboard. This post on reddit is an excellent introduction; for less than $2 you too can get vertigo wherever you sit!

Like Synergy, this app lets you share one keyboard and mouse across up to four machines. Available from the Microsoft Garage for free.

Scribus, a free and open source page composition application, has released version 1.5. It can be grabbed from the Scribus web site now!