October 2010 – Ask Owen

What’s the IP address of my router?

I need to access the settings page on my router, but I need to point my browser at it. How do I find out the IP address for my router?

How do I conserve battery on my Android phone?

I have a Motorola Droid and am looking for good suggestions to help conserve battery power to keep the phone going longer. How do you usually keep your phone lasting all day without limiting yourself too much? What apps drain the battery the most? Is there an app to help conservation?

How do I split names into two columns in Excel?

I have a spreadsheet with a list of names in it. They’re combined names and surnames, but I’d like to split them into seperete columns, one for name and one for surname. How do I do that?

Why do I need to keep track of the stats on my site?

My hosting provider includes a selection of statistics packages. Do I really need these? What’s the benefit?

What does “Kerning” mean?

I’ve been talking to some friends about fonts and they mentioned the word “Kerning”. What does this mean?

How can I listen to my iPod with my Bluetooth headphones?

I love my iPod, it goes everywhere I go, but the one thing I hate is the tangled headphone wires I have to keep sorting out. I have a Bluetooth headset, but I haven’t figured out how to activate Bluetooth on the iPod. Any ideas?

What does “Premature end of script” mean and how do I fix it?

My web server has been throwing “Internal Error 500″s and “Premature end of script”s. What does this mean and how do I resolve it?

Month: October 2010