Archive for July, 2007

Webber confirmed at Red Bull for 2008 - maybe that’s not such a bad thing!

Tuesday, July 24th, 2007

Commenting over the weekend on his team’s re-signing of driver David Coulthard, Mark Webber confirmed that his own deal with Red Bull Racing is for two years. In other words, Mark will be at RBR in 2008.

Given the team’s improving form, that may not be a bad thing. RBR seems to be moving clear of [...]

Laser printer drum needs replacing. Solution: buy new printer!

Tuesday, July 24th, 2007

I’ve been using a Brother HL-2040 laser printer for the last couple of years. It’s a small, cheap (available these days for under $100 after not too much shopping around) and fast (up to 20ppm) printer that produces good quality. Frankly, I’ve been very happy with it.

The toner cartridges for this printer cost around $75 [...]

Travels with Vista – security suites

Wednesday, July 11th, 2007

I know that not everybody believes in so-called Internet Security Suites. These collections of security products are designed to keep your net-connected PC free of nasties such as virii, spam, spyware, adware and the like. It is sometimes suggested that these products are, in fact, unnecessary bloatware, and that the operating system (particularly if it’s [...]