I use my Android tablet for reading. PDFs, emails, books, blogs – everything. I do great guilt, so I try to actually pay for things like books. I had an old paperback Dick Francis novel – a great one about a mystery set on a train across Canada, and had a hankering to read some...

It sometimes seems that I only write whinges about companies that fail. I prefer to think of it as being thoughtful, sharing information to help others avoid problems I’ve bumped into. Groupon is one of those. I’ve ordered two items from Groupon.com.au and neither have been...

Had a little play with Google’s new boutiques.com. It’s kind of fun to play with. There’s a bit of setting up in the beginning, as it tries to work out your style, using a good old Google algorithm. It shows about 20 pairs of fashion photos for you to choose between, and...

There’s a handsome new swimming costume site in town, if you’re looking for Vintage Swimwear. It’s called Siren’s Swimwear, and it really will make you feel like a siren of the sea. They have three main styles – the classic one-piece, the halter bikini and the...

The ideal website would be one you could create and leave, letting it chug along earning money, not having to go back and update it. Unfortunately, those sites are pretty mythical. Even if you take the lazy man’s approach to earning money online,  building websites with affiliate links...

gotta say bing is nice is some ways. it’s shorter to type than google. and it really loves my old-fashioned hyphenated domain names. i was playing with my online shopping site – www.myonlineshops.com.au tonight, cos a couple of shops asked if they could be added. then thought...