(This is the Online column written for The Southland Times) Mayor Tim has been copping a bit of flak over his efforts in the infamous dance competition but there’s still plenty of support for him. Right now, there’s a thread…
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A weekly tech column written for The Southland Times, a company that pays well enough to keep me in handbags and Drambuie
Cyber Santa
(This is the Online column written for The Southland Times) Are you ready for the big day yet? There are only two sleeps to go until Santa comes scudding down our chimneys. Well maybe not our chimneys. If the weather…
Looking online for presents
(This is the Online column written for The Southland Times) Now that it’s a mere nine sleeps until the 25th, I think it’s safe to start thinking about Christmas presents. Successful gift shopping isn’t as easy as it looks so…
Getting organised with the internet
(This is the Online column written for The Southland Times) It’s time for another look at the seemingly never-ending range of free goodies available online. Plaxo is a clever little address book system. Your contacts, calendar, tasks and notes can…
In the wake of a quake
(This is the Online column written for The Southland Times) Well, Tuesday got off to a bumpy start with the earthquake that rocked our world here in the deep south. I was in bed when the quake hit and was…
Unsuccessfully searching for an early Christmas phobia
(This is the Online column written for The Southland Times) I was talking to a deranged but well-meaning friend last week when she proudly announced that she had completed all her Christmas shopping and had spent the Saturday of Labour…
Etiquette for everyone
(This is the Online column written for The Southland Times) Last week’s etiquette column seemed to strike a chord with many people so I’ve been checking out other sites for the well-intentioned and well-mannered. Etiquette Hell lives up to its…
Vital tips on e-mail etiquette
(This is the Online column written for The Southland Times) Last week, a colleague e-mailed another colleague and received a reply that included mention of her breach e-mail etiquette in not using the recipient’s name at the start of the…
Election time
(This is the Online column written for The Southland Times) Good morning. I don’t know what time it is out there in newspaper reader land but at the time of writing this it’s 5.41 on a rainy Wednesday morning. Not…
Surfing for memories
(This is the Online column written for The Southland Times) Is it your birthday today? If it is, you share it with Burt Reynolds’ former main squeeze Loni Anderson and Neil Armstrong, the original moonwalker (Michael Jackson, eat your heart…