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Accurate Time on a Windows Computer by Barry Smith 11th May 2008 This is the second part of Barry's article about receiving satellite weather images. As Barry explains, to overlay a weather image on an outline of the UK, you need to know the time with great accuracy!

The Death of a Favourite Gadget by Alan Lancashire 18th February 2008 Alan's article is about automatic toasters

Go Green - with your Lighting by Barry Jerome, Barry Smith and Chris Wlaker 18th February 2008 This article appeared originally in Living with Technology The authors discuss 'greener' alternatives to incandescent lighting This is the second of three parts - the final part will be posted to this website soon You can obtain all the articles printed in Living with Technology They are in HTML format on CD from: Abbey Press 32 Norbins Road Glastonbury BA6 9JG

Go Green - with your Lighting by Barry Jerome, Barry Smith and Chris Wlaker 7th January 2008 This article appeared originally in Living with Technology Volume 2, Issue 4, Autumn 2004 The authors discuss 'greener' alternatives to incandescent lighting This is the first of three parts - the others will be posted to this website soon You can obtain all the articles printed in Living with Technology They are in HTML format on CD from: Abbey Press 32 Norbins Road Glastonbury BA6 9JG

Go Wild in Your Garden by Barry Jerome 19th November 2007 Barry describes his experiences of installing and operating a 'Birdcam'. This is a video camera mounted inside a bird box connected to his TV set

TechnoTips has been upgraded coordinated by Barry Jerome 30th October 2007

TechnoSnips has been upgraded coordinated by Barry Jerome 30th October 2007

Gerald Fitton has produced a Partial Cylindrical Panorama which runs in QuickTime 10th October 2007 To download the (200 degrees of arc) Partial Cylindrical Panorama of Sutton Bank click on the thumbnail Note that this is a 8.8MB download - however the amount of detail which can be seen is excellent

Barry Thompson has produced a Full Cylindrical Panorama which runs in QuickTime 14th October 2007 To download the 360 degree Cylindrical Panorama of Calke Abbey click on the thumbnail Note that although this is a 4.11MB download the 360 degree view makes it worth the wait Note that if you zoom in (use the "+" button) then you can tilt as well as pan

Receiving and Viewing Weather Satellite Pictures - Part 1 (883 KB) by Barry Smith 10th October 2007 Barry writes: "This article describes how you can build your own system for receiving APT (automatic picture transmission) weather satellite images, but first let me indulge in some 'waffle' and history." "David Duff, a radio amateur and very good friend, was the physics teacher at a secondary school in Lancashire. One Sunday, I was invited over and, together with a handful of enthusiastic pupils, we set about receiving a weather satellite signal."

TechnoSnips for 2007 coordinated by Barry Jerome 13th March 2007

Let There Be Light - Part 3 (181 KB) by Alan Wilburn 8th February 2007 Alan writes: " Using the lighting effects that have been covered in the three articles have helped us to alleviate stress and promote relaxation"

Let There Be Light - Part 2 (763 KB) by Alan Wilburn 25th January 2007 Alan writes: "Blue and orange lights from LEDs are projected upwards through the moving crystal, giving the ceiling blue and orange waves of light"

Let There Be Light - Part 1 (84 KB) by Alan Wilburn 15th December 2006 Alan writes: "My wife and I have always been interested in lighting effects to brighten up our house" The Solar Powered Rainbow Maker in action (WMV format)

TechnoSnips for October and November 2006 coordinated by Barry Jerome 5th December 2006 TechnoSnips are back!

Copernic Upgraded (382 KB) by Barry Thompson 20th November 2006 The program Copernic Desk Top Search has been upgraded in November 2006 Barry describes the most recent version of this software.

Connecting AV Units by Richard Watkinson and T.O.M.S. 19th November 2006 A set of four articles about connecting AV Units such as a Sky box, DVD Recorder, Freeview, Video and TV These articles and many other media articles can be found on the AVLine CD produced by Abacus Training. For examples of a range of media files visit the AVLine website

Choosing a Digital Camera (26 KB) by Barry Thompson 17th November 2006 Barry discusses the factors you should consider when chooing a digital camera. Download a zip archive containing some camera pictures (6701 KB)

Creating Panoramic Views (641 KB) by Barry Thompson 17th November 2006 Barry describes in detail how you can create Panoramic pictures from a set of stills.

Using EZBackUp (279 KB) by Barry Thompson 17th November 2006 In this article Barry describes the use of a particular utility, EZBackUp.

How to Back Up (180 KB) by Barry Thompson 17th November 2006 In this article Barry explains in great detail how to back up your important data.

A Very Useful Grabber (20 KB) by Alan Wilburn 16th November 2006 As anyone who has had a hip replacement will know, the inability to bend down and pick things up can be very frustrating. Alan Wilburn describes a very capable 'grabber' from Lakeland, and asks if anyone knows of one better.

A Review of the Panasonic DMR-EH60DEB DVD Recorder (641 KB) by Alan Wilburn 16th November 2006 In 2004 Alan Wilburne bought a Panasonic DVD Recorder with Hard Disc and wrote a review in LwT covering its main features. When it failed it was replaced free of charge. Alan describes his new machine.

Laminator Problem 21st October 2006 Barry Smith has had a problem with his laminator. Gerald offers a few tips.

Feedback from Readers 19th October 2006 Paul (our editor) has been sitting on some feedback to articles in the printed magazine for some time now. Also we have some TechnoTips and TechnoClips outstanding.

Copernic Desktop Search by Barry Thompson 16th October 2006 On a Windows PC with gigabytes of data, it can often be difficult to find that elusive bit of data somewhere in an email, a datafile, a Word file, etc. Barry Thompson shares his experience of using the free Copernic Desktop Search facility and finds it fast and versatile.

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