Category: COMPUTING

I HAVE FINALLY QUIT FACEBOOK

FROT August 1, 2016

So Long, and Thanks for All the Facebook On the 1st of July 2016 I logged out of Facebook and stopped using it. It’s been a month now, and I’m pleased to be free of its grip. I haven’t closed down my account, but I have finally managed to do what I was planning to […]

FACEBOOK

FROT July 31, 2016

FAKEBOOK NO MORE How to quit Facebook and happily stop using it. Like giving up addictive foods, such as sugar, alcohol, bread, or coffee, I think the easiest way to quit Facebook is to do a clean 100% quit – no reducing, cutting down, or vaguely avoiding – just totally quit, all or nothing. Like […]

WINDOWS 2

FROT June 20, 2016

Why did I do a bunch of posts about windows? In 2010 I was asked to find and copy some files from an old computer that had just been replaced. It had an old operating system I hadn’t used before, and the computer was a relic that barely ran. But amazingly it did run. Checking […]

COMPUTING

FROT June 9, 2016

MENU FACEBOOK LINUX LINUX MINT WINDOWS WINDOWS 2000 WINDOWS XP WINDOWS 7 WINDOWS 8 WINDOWS 10      

HOW TO CHANGE WORDPRESS POSTS TO PAGES

FROT June 5, 2016

HOW TO CHANGE WORDPRESS POSTS TO PAGES AND VICE VERSA Install the Post Type Switcher plug in In your WordPress Dashboard go to “Plugins” -> “Add Plugin”. Search for “Post Type Switcher”. Install the plugin by pressing the “Install” button. Activate the plugin by pressing the “Activate” button. From the post edit screen, above the […]

How to make a low res jpeg look sharper with photoshop

FROT March 14, 2016

Make crap pictures look OK 1. Image > Image Size > Resolution – change to 300dpi (Resample Bicubic Smoother) 2. Filter > Noise > Despeckle 3. Filter > Stylize > Defuse (Anisotropic) 4. Filter > Sharpen > Unsharp Mask ( 200%) 5. Filter > Noise > Add Noise… ( 2%) 6. Duplicate the layer; Select […]

WINDOWS 10 IS A STEAMING PILE OF DUNG

FROT February 24, 2016

WINDOWS 10 IS A STEAMING PILE OF DUNG There is a line and Microsoft has crossed it with Windows 10 – this is a summary of why we won’t be using it. Windows 10 is badly designed spyware There are two kinds of issues with the Windows operating systems created by Microsoft. Problems common to […]

DEVOLUTION OF WINDOWS

FROT February 17, 2016

DEVOLUTION OF WINDOWS. I have updated the classic “evolution of windows” meme to include windows 10. It would have been more accurate to use a picture of a bucket of shit with a massive leak in the bottom, but I wanted to stick with the house theme.  PS. The font used on this picture, that […]

Who’s Afraid of the Internet?

FROT February 5, 2016

Who’s Afraid of the Internet? Elites panic as information control flounders Do you want the good news first or the bad news? Alright, here’s the bad news: Google is about to start ranking sites according to their conformity with mainstream opinion. Or at least that’s what the headlines would have you believe. The usual sources […]