Category Archives: Anything I.T.

Erik Stensland recommendation of Jonathan Burrows (on LinkedIn)

I was very pleased to receive the following recommendation on LinkedIn by Erik Stensland. In fact, at first, I didn’t think it was me that Erik was writing about! “I’ve known Jonathan for over 20 years and he continues to amaze me with his ability to link disparate ideas to find creative solutions. He’s someone [...]

Free Anti-virus and Anti-malware programs and other stuff

Free Anti-virus and Anti-malware programs and other stuff Just thought I’d post up here two or three links to some useful programs that will help keep your PC clear of virus related issues. 1. Make sure that your Windows firewall is active (I’m presuming you are using Windows here, apologies if you are not) 2. [...]

Appleby Westward (SPAR) Group Limited – New Website 2011

South West UK Retail Distribution Centre for SPAR UK About the project My latest project just finished is the Appleby Westward Group’s website.  My role within the company is I.T. Systems Analyst/Web Design Analyst and as such it was my responsibility to redesign the company website. The site concept designs were created using Adobe Fireworks CS5. [...]

Live Messenger 2011 – pros and cons of upgrading

So Live Messenger 2011 is now here! Woohooo! (I think!) Download Live Messenger 2011 here (but read the article first!) Here is a quick run down of some of the pros and cons of upgrading.  It might be good for you and it might not.  I have to admit I was a bit miffed at [...]

Keyboard shortcuts for Windows [TECH]

To enhance the post I made on how to create all sorts of smileys, emoticons and other symbols using the PC keyboard, I thought I’d do this one as I get a lot of people asking me how to do these things.  Using keyboard shortcuts does make life a lot easier and simpler when working [...]

Federated Search [TECH]

Federated Search I love this! Windows 7 (Ultimate or Enterprise) has a feature called Federated Search (wikipedia link).  It’s awesome, read on for more! What does it do? You know the Windows 7 search tool within a Windows explorer window? (see screenshot below).  Well, Federated Search allows you to search for pretty much anything, anywhere [...]

ASCII characters (emoticons and smileys like heart) using your PC keyboard ALT key [TECH]

I thought I’d create my own page for these codes as I’m always having to search for the right page.  These little ALT codes are often used inside text forms on websites such as Facebook and Twitter (where people set their status’).  The most used ones seem to be emoticons (or smileys) such the heart [...]

Plymouth web design and hosting services

More information about website design and hosting for people in the Plymouth (UK) area can be found on my ‘Services’ website at: www.jonathanburrows.com Excerpt: I have the expertise to build and support your website from scratch. From domain choice to a complete hosting package. From website design (including mobile phones) to coding, SEO and completion.  [...]

Live Messenger – How to stop and remove those annoying adverts!

Do you, like me, get annoyed with the adverts that come up on Live Messenger?  I mean come on! All I did was move the mouse over that area accidentally and suddenly I have a bigger version of the advert getting in the way of what I wanted to do! SOLUTION There are several solutions to remove [...]