Author: sroot

  • How to resize a photo (jpg) to send in an email – (the quick way for Win XP)

    I’ve written this for my sister Sharon, who’s trying to send photos of Lily to everyone she knows but isn’t quite sure how to resize a photo/image to send in an email. At the moment, she does it using Windows built in image program “Paint”. But there’s a much much quicker way. 1) Find the…

  • Linux on a USB Memory Stick

    I’ve finally got it working! Linux running of a USB Key. It wasn’t so hard to set up once I’d found Puppy Linux. As this is going to get more technical, you’ll have to follow the link to the extended entry about this (otherwise I’ll bore most of you reading this).

  • Sharon & Todd have a daughter

    Sharon Bowden (my sister) gave birth to her first child on the 6th of July in Australia. She has been named Lily. The only upseting thing (from my point of view) is that it will be a long time before I get to see them (Todd, Sharon &amp Lily) in the flesh. I’ve got a…