October 2008 – Ask Owen

How can I be a more productive blogger?

I’d love to be able to use my free time to blog, but I don’t really type very well. Do you know any tricks I can use to help me blog?

Where can I get someone to build a mashup for me?

My company has a website and I’d love to spruce it up using some super-cool mapping stuff like you see on a number of websites. Someone told me I can do a mashup, but when I signed up for API access at Google Maps I realised that I was way out of my depth. Where… Continue reading Where can I get someone to build a mashup for me?

How do I increase website text size?

I’m trying to use a website but I find the text too small to read comfortably. Is there a simple way to make the text larger? I use Internet Explorer 7.

How do I read the contents of an ISO file?

I’ve just got a catalogue from a product supplier and the file he provided is a .ISO file. How do I access the contents?

How can I automate backing up my MySQL database?

I’m off on holiday next week and I’d like a way to automatically backup my database at work (it runs on MySQL). I can schedule a cron job, but is there a way I can script this?

Can you suggest how I can learn new words?

I like learning new words, but picking a random one from a dictionary is so boring, can you suggest anything better?

Where is the Print button in Word 2007?

I’ve just upgraded to Office 2007 and I can’t seem to find the Print button in Word. I know it’s a basic question, but I’ve checked each and every menu and just can’t find how to print. Help please.