Happy New Year – 2009
Happy New Year to all my family, friends and visitors to my websites. My first New Year resolution is to
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WatkissOnline – Stewart's Blog
Various ramblings from an IT professional
Computers
Editing HD Video on Ubuntu Linux (kdenlive / Cinelerra) – is this better than Windows Vista?
One of the main reasons I still Windows Vista is for video editing. Just about everything else I’ve been able
Read MoreQuicktime playing camcorder files – Error opening video files – mp4 h.264 – Error -50: an unknown error
Santa has bought me a nice new camcorder. It’s a Samsung VP-HMX10 HD Flash (SDHC) camcorder. The camcorder is fine,
Read MoreUpgrade of wordpress blog engine to version 2.7
I have successfully upgraded the engine used for this blog on www.watkissonline.co.uk. This is powered by wordpress 2.7 running on
Read MoreBook Review: The Code Book: The Secret History of Codes and Code-breaking by Simon Singh
I have had the opportunity of hearing Simon Singh talk at Batchley Park when I worked in IT security. I
Read MoreSoftware Review – OpenOffice.org 3 – Free Office Suite for Windows, Mac, Linux and more…
OpenOffice.org version 3 is the latest version of a completely free Office Suite. Version 3 was released on the 13
Read MoreComputer upgrade Utopia – Linux Ubuntu upgrade to 8.10
Just Imagine, the latest version of your favourite operating system has become available. You click on a button which says
Read MoreInstalling OpenOffice.org 3 onto Ubuntu – Debian package for Linux
Quick guide to installing the latest version of OpenOffice.org (version 3) on Ubuntu Linux. The next version of Ubuntu is
Read MoreUpgrade your Office software, OpenOffice.org 3 released today
The latest version of OpenOffice.org is now available. Due to it’s popularity the website has been struggling with the incredible
Read MoreCDex, extracting CDs under Windows – Free software and patent issues regarding MP3s
CDex is a free Windows program for converting CDs into MP3 (or other format) files on a computer. It’s been
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