Drighlingon Digital News

Having said in a previous post about the most useful fre app, well, here is another!  ...and why it would have helped if it had been installed.....   The other day, I was called by one of my relatives who was stuck in the middle of nowhere having realised he had left his wallet at home   The problem was that it was out in the middle of the countryside which had no address. So, he phoned me and luckily I was not far away, so when I asked where he was, the reply was. "Just go up Smith Lane, until you see a white house on the left, just before that there are large fir trees on the left next to a farm gate pull in, I will see you there".   Of course I zoomed past missed the white house and then spend 20 mins going back and forth looking for a white house opposite fir trees.   When I got there, "I asked why did you not WHAT 3 WORDS?" "I dont have it and didnt think I would need it"  "Well it is obvious you needed it now, or rather I needed you to have it a...

  A great session today with 19 people attending, Andy shows how to dismantle an old laptop, examining the components while Steve explained some of the functions. This included how to dispose of old equipment according to the WEEE waste regulations and how to repurpose the M2 memory which was used as the ibternal SSD..     Other issues covered were, default apps, Bitwardwn Password Manager, Windows  Snipping Tool (copies any section of screen and creates a JPEG file) and personalisation of windows cursor.    I would like to say that the Snipping Tool which is included on every Win PC is not well known and is probably the most useful free feature I have used in a long time.

  Timetable for this term: Week No Month Date Topic 20 May 15 Blogs 21   22 Backups 22   29 Internet Browers & Search Engines Removing old Hard drives from a laptop 23 Jun 5 File Management 24   12 Photo Editig using ‘FASTSTONE’ 25   19 WORD, 365 version and free online version 26   26 iPad Settings 27 Jul 3 Sending large files by email and other methods (over 25MB) 28   10 EXCEL Spreadsheets 29   17 Effective use of phone camras (Android & iPhone 30   24 WiFi...

  Welcome to the first news blog for Driglington Digital First of all a big thanks to Vic Berry for looking after the group for the past few years, and best wishes for the future. My name is Steve Thompson and I am taking over from Vic starting 8th of May. My background is that I started at BT in 1973 as an apprentice, working on Transmission Systems, Microwave Radio Links and Satellite Television, eventually taking voluntary redundancy in 1994 when I move to Yorkshire Cable (Now Virginmedia). Then leaving there for semi-retirement in 2013 to work for myself teaching various subjects to adults withi the community. You can find a fuller profile for me and a range of skills and courses which I have written and delivered on my Company Website www.ledgardconsulting.co.uk. I also have a seperate website which has a number of Tech Fact sheets and hints /tips on. www.tech-insights.uk    I would like to add that this blog is for any members of the group to add stories ...