IRows

IRows is an online spreadsheet, a competitor with NumSum, in other words. One of the criticisms I have always had with NumSum is that it is just so damn ugly. Not something that IRows can be accused of, which is much prettier: As you can see from the crappy test sheet I created, it’s easy … Keep reading

What I use (at the moment)

Nearly a year ago, I wrote about the applications I use on a regular basis. This was obviously on the Windows laptop I am using right now. This is going to change in a major way pretty soon, when I make the big switch to Linux. So, I thought it would be pretty interesting to … Keep reading

Qumana

Well, this is my first post with Qumana (Version 3 beta 1), a free desktop offline blog post editor. It’s pretty cool, though I do have some issues with it. Feature wise, it does everything you would expect, offering a basic editor with the ability to format text, add links and images and so on; … Keep reading

OpenOffice.org better than M$ Office?

Good article on choosing Openoffice.org over M$ Office (from http://www.pc-tools.net/comment/openoffice/ ) : There are some very good reasons to use OpenOffice.org instead of Microsoft Office, and the best reasons have nothing to do with cost of the software. Although I have regularly used Microsoft Office in the past, I haven’t even had it installed on … Keep reading

PC Security on Windows

My sister has just bought a laptop and she wants to go on Broadband with it. She asked for a bit of advice, and I might just have gone over the top a bit on the security issue… I’d seriously recommend using the following software – I have most of it on disk although all … Keep reading