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Broadband connection - monitoring

Having problems with dropped connections and periodic inaccessibility. Is there a free app that will monitor this sort of problem? Specifically recording the time a connection is dropped?

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Magnavox LCD tv acting weird

The past couple of days my Magnavox tv has been hosed up so to speak. The remote at times, will only going to the menu settings no matter what button you press. It affects even the cable remote. It...

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Cat5 cable and sockets - can you put a double socket on the end?

My son is moaning that his XBox is suffering from "dropped connections" and "lag". Thinking of putting a cat5 cable in the sunroom running through the attic. This will give him a more reliable...

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Any programmers?

Greeting Pilgrims, I am currently an engineering student who find my current subject uninteresting and out of taste. During my 1st semester as an engineering student, I was required to take a course in...

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Choose LAN over wi-fi

Just finished installing the cabling for my LAN. I now have cat5e cabling in three rooms and it is WAY better than the wifi. Speed on LAN cabling 25-30Mbps, no dropped connections Speed on wi-fi...

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News pop up notes on my computer screen

For some reason I am getting news pop up notes appear on the right hand side of my computer screen. I don't recall authorising these and I don't know how to get rid of them. Any advice? Thank you

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USB 3.0 to RJ45 Adaptor

Those following my LAN exploits may not be surprised but I was thinking of buying a new laptop with LAN rj45 socket for my wifes Birthday. Sadly for her and luckily for me I came across this convertor!...

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What's the best platform for an online multi-party chat?

Our worship service will be broadcast over YouTube, but Sunday School is interactive and it would be nice to have some kind of platform where online attendants could ask questions, interact with the...

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Live Streaming Advice

Given the current situation, concerning the coronavirus, and the advice in the UK for over 70's to self isolate, I'm looking for some advice on live streaming, for the benefit of those who can't make...

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SKYPE FAQ's

Q. Why can't I see the other person I am talking to as the larger screen? A. This happened when chatting to my mother in lock-down 350 miles away. I believe it is because one of us inadvertantly...

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ZOOM FAQ's

Q. Are you limited to 40 mins with the free account? A. Our minister has a zoom account so as long as he hosts the meeting then it has no time limit for the rest of us

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Zoom live for worship?

I'm hoping those of you involved in last week's Psalm singing (or other events) can give me insight into how well online participation sessions worked. We've just had additional restrictions placed...

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International mail workaround - pdf flipbooks

Mucking around with pdf converters I produced a pdf flipbook of one of my amazon "vanity publishings". It occurred to me that I could scan my handwritten letters and make them into a pdf "book". I...

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How to switch from computer screen to camera during youtube record?

I've started a youtube channel. Part of this is for my students and part for book reviews. How do I record what is on my screen and then switch back to the camera?

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Helpful/Biblical kids APPs during lockdown?

Hi, We have 4 small kids and it's been tough not being able to get out to parks as everything is closed down. We've been letting them do more "screen time" for our own sanity, but it would be great if...

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eBook Making Apps?

Are there any free apps for the iPad that can be used to make eBooks?

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Kindle Publishing

This may sound daft but is it possible to find out what you have sold in the kdp.amazon interface? It is definitely not user friendly! With a few things up there I can't seem to find out what I have...

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Donorbox

I wanted to make you aware of a useful website for collecting donations. I use it to collect support for the Puritan Board: Support the Puritan Board | WebsiteMaven (Powered by Donorbox) donorbox.org...

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Problems with a time travel equation.

So............ I'll jump right into it: If the following equation is true: CHARGE (in C) = CURRENT (in A) X TIME (in S) then you can also say: CHARGE/CURRENT = TIME So now if you can get either a...

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Spotify hacked?

My spotify is jumping and playing rubbish, listening to yiddish Klezmer in the shower it jumped to four letter rap! It shows as playing in a chrome browser, not mine which is Firefox. I have changed...

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A problem when copying and pasting from PDFs

Here is a question that some of you may be able to answer. I was previously reading through a PDF file on Google Books on an old periodical that was printed in double columns. Previously, it had...

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Random issue with blurry font on my document

I'm using OpenOffice, and all of a sudden my font went blurry; not that you can't read it but definitely blurry; like I need glasses. It's ONLY happened to ONE document. Also, it won't let me click the...

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Inexpensive Internet Security Software

Does anyone know of inexpensive (or free) Internet Security Software that has a good reputation - ideally one that also cleans system junk from the computer. I use Avast free anti virus softward but...

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Is Your Website Accessible?

What if anything have you done regarding accessibility standards for your church website? We are at low risk for legal action -- retail sites in certain locations (i.e. California) are at higher risk,...

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Kindle randomly merging pages

Spent the better part of the day trying to get kindle to seperate pages properly. It is a word doc with graphics. One graphic per page (no text) kindle insists on putting two images/pages on a page for...

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Inserting images into the Wordpress blocks

Regretfully, Wordpress has imposed the new editor on me so that I cannot continue to use the old editor for my blog posts. While I have figured out how to justify the text, I am having a problem...

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Using Cloudflare DNS

Has anyone here (@Semper Fidelis !) used Cloudflare's DNS settings? Any experience to relate? Additionally, it appears that Cloudflare has something called WARP and WARP+ that works now on mobile and...

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Apple Arcade

Who here uses Apple Arcade? I'm curious about it because I may get the Apple One subscription when it comes out - it would give me AppleTV+ and Apple Arcade for free because I already have family Apple...

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Internet Radios?

My Robert is dying. The mains socket has survived a few falls but is finally giving up. My Roberts stream 107 used someone else as their platform for the internet radio and half way through that...

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What is the best way to record congregational singing?

This was a thread that was started in 2010. But i recon things have changed since then. Basically im looking for advice on getting my own congregation recorded. We sing from a Hymnal and Psalter (Irish...

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