Published by Simon on 30 Dec 2007
Feel safe because you’re using the Windows firewall? Don’t - it’s not very good. Firewall? What’s a firewall? Using the anti-virus program that came with your computer? Are you sure it’s up to date, and have you got anti-spyware software?
This posting tells you how to keep your data as secure as possible when connected to the Internet. And how you can do it for free! Oh! - and it’s easy.
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Published by Simon on 28 Dec 2007
Well, it’s that time of year when many of us turn our thoughts to the old bank balance. 
So, in this post I thought I’d point out one web site and one bit of free software that might help you to get things under control.
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Published by Simon on 27 Dec 2007
Both of the two sites that I’m going to recommend here have been around the net for some time now, and neither actually produce any original content of their own. Even though they’re nothing to do with the Quantocks they’re so good I’ve had them buried away at the bottom of the links page of Quantock Online since 2000.
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Published by Simon on 26 Dec 2007
For my first post I really can’t do better than to introduce you to
TED.com . And by way of introduction I can’t do better than quote from their web site.
[TED] aims to provide a platform for the world’s smartest thinkers, greatest visionaries and most-inspiring teachers, so that millions of people can gain a better understanding of the biggest issues faced by the world, and a desire to help create a better future. Core to this goal is a belief that there is no greater force for changing the world than a powerful idea.