The top 300000 websites in the world

I came across an interesting item yesterday. It is a graphic of the icons of the world’s top 300,000 websites.  Considering that at the end of 2009 it was estimated that there were 234 million websites, then to be in the top 300,000 is quite something. The graphic is a large one.  I’m not going [...]

Windows 7 and Firefox 4

As I mentioned about three weeks ago, I got myself a new laptop. At my age, switching to a new version of an operating system can be a little daunting.  Learning is not the problem.  I have no problem with the learning.  What I do have problems with is habit.  I get into the habit [...]

A new machine

So I have finally done it. I bought a new laptop, so that the Missus can inherit my old one. It is a rather nice machine – a Packard Bell EasyNote LJ71 I have spent the last twelve hours transferring gigabytes of data onto it from the old one.  Not a joyful task.  It has [...]