Carlinkit CPC200-ibox (Tbox-MINI Basic) Review

About a year ago, I bought a new-to-me car. The car is a 2015 Skoda Octavia which came with an “infotainment” system with an 8″ screen, a USB input and Bluetooth to connect your phone to it. It also has an feature called SmartLink, which is Skoda’s name for a feature that enables Apple CarPlay …
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Working in the Sticks – Broadband in a Rural Area

I am no longer living in London. Hurray! We moved away from there about a year ago to a house in rural south-west Scotland. I’m working from home on a permanent basis now, which is what has made this move possible. Therefore, a reasonably fast and most of all stable internet connection is a must …
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Spam

So, this morning I received a very, um, interesting email from the contact form on my site. Here it is: Name: Sabina ****** Email: ****sabina*******@outlook.com Message: Hi, I am from Wise OutReach, the content delivery wing of Wise Media, a UK-based digital marketing agency. We have read your content on norphus.co.uk and would very much like …
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Microsoft Ergonomic Keyboard LXM-00004 Review

I’ve been using ergonomic keyboards from Microsoft, on and off, for around 10 years now. I originally started because I’m on a computer all day long and I started to get sore wrists. Stop sniggering at the back there. My first ergonomic keyboard was the Microsoft Natural Ergonomic Keyboard 4000. I loved that thing. I …
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Updating Exchange Distribution Lists from a CSV file

I was recently asked to create a load of distribution lists in Exchange Online. I was also asked to give the owner of the distribution list a simple method of keeping them up to date and frankly, I was more than happy to oblige with that. I have enough to do during the day, keeping …
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Why I Don’t Use Social Media

In today’s episode of “Who cares what you think? You’re just some weirdo on the Internet who runs a blog that no-one reads!”, I’m going to have a go at explaining why I don’t use social media. Minor spoiler, it’s not just because I’m an anti-social computer nerd. On most of the other blogging sites …
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