Computer Corner

Real-world Computer and Internet Access issues are addressed here.

Please note that if you are having performance issues with Apple computers, I suggest that you read Why is my Mac Running Slow? at ChrisWrites.com.

PC Upgrade on a budget

29 Dec 2011

Our lounge PC - used as a media centre and for gaming - was due for an upgrade. It consisted of an AMD Althlon X64 system in an ancient mini ...

Cloudflare for Better Web Performance?

Web Hosting 13 Dec 2011

There is a company that offers a firewall service fir your web hosting, and it does this using the so-called 'cloud'. Furthermore, its starter ...

Capturing selected text in Javascript

Web Programming 29 Nov 2011

Here's how to immediately capture the text on your web page that a visitor has highlighted with their mouse. Select some text on this page ...

Make Your Headlines Shine

Web Programming 06 Oct 2011

Here we learn how to create a text shadow affect, using only a bit of CSS. div.box{ background-color:#000000; } h4.glow { padding ...

Google Web Fonts

Web Programming 12 Sep 2011

Google Web Fonts lets you browse all the fonts available via the Google Web Fonts API. All fonts in the directory are available for use on ...

How Windows Determines Your Internet Access

30 May 2011

If you've ever wondered how Microsoft Windows knows whether you have a solid Internet connection or not, it isn't magic: Windows networking ...

Rasmus Lerdorf: Founder of PHP

Influencers 21 May 2011

Greenland has its very own computing influencer! Way back in 1995, Rasmus Lerdorf got PHP (PHP Hypertext Preprocessor) off the ground and thus ...

Facebook Commenting for Websites

Web Programming 06 Mar 2011

Facebook has opened up its commenting system to all websites. What this means is that there is no need for a website owner to develop, run and ...

How to copy (clone) a hard disk drive

12 Feb 2011

If you have your computer nicely configured but you are running out of disk space, the last thing you want to do is re-install everything on ...

Hit Counter

Web Programming 08 Feb 2011

Here's a simple hit counter: div#hitcounter { width:20em; padding:1em; margin:1em 0 0 1em; border:1px solid black; background-color ...

Jonathan Ive: Apple in his eye

Influencers 05 Feb 2011

He is an industrial enginner, British-born and promoted to Apple's vice president of industrial design by Steve Jobs in 1997. Ive and his design ...

Richard Stallman: freeing software

Influencers 05 Feb 2011

He crusades against the clutches of vendor-led computing and is know as the "father oof free computing". He founded the Free Software Foundation ...

Andrew Vitterbi: wireless man

Influencers 05 Feb 2011

He invented the wi-fi signal processing algorithm in 1967 as a way to correct errors in noisy digital communications links. It is also used ...

Tim Berners-Lee: WWW inventor

Influencers 05 Feb 2011

First working at Plessey, and then at CERN in Geneva, Berners-Lee, wrote 'Enquire' in 1980 which linked fragments of information together. In ...

Ray Ozzie: software architect extraordinaire

Influencers 05 Feb 2011

He is chief software architect at Microsoft, and is "responsible for oversight of the company's technical strategy and product architecture" ...

Andy Hopper: Cambridge entrepreneur

Influencers 05 Feb 2011

He gained a Cambridge PhD in 1978 and co-founded computer maker Acorn. Acorn later spun of chip-maker ARM.

Gordon Moore: he made Moore's Law

Influencers 05 Feb 2011

His quick calculations and extrapolations defined the pace of growth in computer power, and he went on to form chipmaker giant Intel.

Vinton Cerf: Godfather of the Internet

Influencers 05 Feb 2011

Also know as Vint Cerf, and is Chief Internet Evangelist for Google. He co-designed TCP/IP and the architecture of the Internet.

Art View: Great Technology Re-use

01 Feb 2011

It is pleasing when a tried and tested technology finds a use in a substantially different environment, and especially when you say "That was ...

Rackspace Ups and Downs

Web Hosting 06 Jan 2011

You pay a lot of money for Rackspace managed hosting. You pay for decent hardware in a top-notch data centre, with great Internet connectivity ...