Homer Thompson Posted May 7, 2023 Share Posted May 7, 2023 I would say that's pretty decent. Will certainly cope with what you're doing with no problems 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busta Nut Posted May 30, 2023 Share Posted May 30, 2023 Smart watches, what the best yins about? Also not apple. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TxRover Posted June 3, 2023 Share Posted June 3, 2023 On 30/05/2023 at 15:46, Busta Nut said: Smart watches, what the best yins about? Also not apple. Best for what? Not being smart, but what do you actually want it for…what is it important it does well? And by not Apple, Android ecosystem only? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homer Thompson Posted June 3, 2023 Share Posted June 3, 2023 On 30/05/2023 at 21:46, Busta Nut said: Smart watches, what the best yins about? Also not apple. I have a ticwatch. This is my seocnd one, I really like them. Has Android wear on it, but also has two screens. The lcd screen is used most of the time, so it just tells the time, which means you get days and days of battery life 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busta Nut Posted June 3, 2023 Share Posted June 3, 2023 4 hours ago, TxRover said: Best for what? Not being smart, but what do you actually want it for…what is it important it does well? And by not Apple, Android ecosystem only? TRacking things like walks, cycles, runs, exercise etc anaw. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TxRover Posted June 3, 2023 Share Posted June 3, 2023 (edited) 1 hour ago, Busta Nut said: TRacking things like walks, cycles, runs, exercise etc anaw. Fitbit is always pretty good, and the Charge 5 works well with Android. Edited June 3, 2023 by TxRover 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
die hard doonhamer Posted June 5, 2023 Share Posted June 5, 2023 Internet connection question, bit of a strange one. My broadband connection is pretty stable, handles multiple devices streaming video at the same time no bother. However, certain websites just never seem to load when I’m on my phone connected to my home wifi, with P&B being one of them. As soon as I switch to mobile data it works fine, and the site loads fine on my laptop via wifi. Anyone any suggestions on how to resolve? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
54_and_counting Posted June 5, 2023 Share Posted June 5, 2023 4 hours ago, die hard doonhamer said: Internet connection question, bit of a strange one. My broadband connection is pretty stable, handles multiple devices streaming video at the same time no bother. However, certain websites just never seem to load when I’m on my phone connected to my home wifi, with P&B being one of them. As soon as I switch to mobile data it works fine, and the site loads fine on my laptop via wifi. Anyone any suggestions on how to resolve? Would that not be more of a phone browser issue, if the sites load fine elsewhere via wifi but not on your phone, it sounds like your phone is the issues Maybe some browser add on or something (pretty sure someone smarter than me will know better) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
die hard doonhamer Posted June 5, 2023 Share Posted June 5, 2023 2 hours ago, 54_and_counting said: Would that not be more of a phone browser issue, if the sites load fine elsewhere via wifi but not on your phone, it sounds like your phone is the issues Maybe some browser add on or something (pretty sure someone smarter than me will know better) It works fine over mobile data, though, or when I use a VPN, or on wifi in a different house, so I don’t think it’s my browser. It’s a really confusing one. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
54_and_counting Posted June 5, 2023 Share Posted June 5, 2023 10 minutes ago, die hard doonhamer said: It works fine over mobile data, though, or when I use a VPN, or on wifi in a different house, so I don’t think it’s my browser. It’s a really confusing one. That sounds bloody weird, does it show any error message when you try or just not load up? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginaro Posted June 5, 2023 Share Posted June 5, 2023 16 minutes ago, die hard doonhamer said: It works fine over mobile data, though, or when I use a VPN, or on wifi in a different house, so I don’t think it’s my browser. It’s a really confusing one. Seems like the common denominator here for some reason is your phone + your IP address, reset your router or something to get a new one at home (check your IP before and after to make sure it's changed) and see if there's still an issue? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
die hard doonhamer Posted June 6, 2023 Share Posted June 6, 2023 11 hours ago, 54_and_counting said: That sounds bloody weird, does it show any error message when you try or just not load up? It just hangs. Sometimes it loads eventually, but that’s rare. 10 hours ago, Ginaro said: Seems like the common denominator here for some reason is your phone + your IP address, reset your router or something to get a new one at home (check your IP before and after to make sure it's changed) and see if there's still an issue? Thanks, will give that a try. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soapy FFC Posted June 30, 2023 Share Posted June 30, 2023 (edited) My internet is currently via FTTC and I get speeds of about 74Mbps down and 20Mbps up. It looks like full fibre to the house is now available so I'm wondering if it would be worth getting. The biggest advantage of full fibre that I can see is being able to get a better upload speed, which would allow me to use cloud storage more. I'm with Sky so to get a 60Mbps upload speed I'd need to get their 500Mbps package. Apart from not really using cloud back up at the moment (I destroyed a backup HDD last year, so I really should use cloud), I can normally do everything else I need on the current connection, so I'm not really sure if I'd benefit paying more for a faster connection.. Any thoughts? Edited June 30, 2023 by Soapy FFC 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbaxters Posted July 3, 2023 Share Posted July 3, 2023 Will be running a predictor competition on another thread this season. Last year I just added up the points from each poster. I am rubbish with Excel so does any of you special people know a spreadsheet I could use? The format of the competition is 6 matches per week to predict and the players post their predictions. Is there something I could copy and paste into and it would generate the score. Lazy, I know but if anyone could help I'd really appreciate it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted July 8, 2023 Share Posted July 8, 2023 On 03/07/2023 at 12:50, jimbaxters said: Will be running a predictor competition on another thread this season. Last year I just added up the points from each poster. I am rubbish with Excel so does any of you special people know a spreadsheet I could use? The format of the competition is 6 matches per week to predict and the players post their predictions. Is there something I could copy and paste into and it would generate the score. Lazy, I know but if anyone could help I'd really appreciate it. Don't know if this is any use, I'm probably more useless than you at spreadsheets so no idea if it's helpful. There's probably be a much simpler way of doing it out there. https://www.spreadsheet-library.co.uk/templates-tools/sport/sport-score-prediction-game/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbaxters Posted July 8, 2023 Share Posted July 8, 2023 1 hour ago, welshbairn said: Don't know if this is any use, I'm probably more useless than you at spreadsheets so no idea if it's helpful. There's probably be a much simpler way of doing it out there. https://www.spreadsheet-library.co.uk/templates-tools/sport/sport-score-prediction-game/ Will check it out. Thanks pal. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doulikefish Posted July 23, 2023 Share Posted July 23, 2023 (edited) Doing a bit of a rejig to my home office due to some work getting done on the house. For my home working we have to use a wired connection (company policy) so my home office is now going to be a bit away from the router so would I be better of running the cable direct from the router or to save the hassle of that would I be better off using a powerline adapter or are there better options? Edited July 23, 2023 by doulikefish 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Molotov Posted July 23, 2023 Share Posted July 23, 2023 7 minutes ago, doulikefish said: Doing a bit of a rejig to my home office due to some work getting done on the house. For my home working we have to use a wired connection (company policy) so my home office is now going to be a bit away from the router so would I be better of running the cable direct from the router or to save the hassle of that would I be better off using a powerline adapter or are there better options? Seriously. How are they going to know? Take some pictures of your system connected direct to router and upload them to satisfy HR or the IT Department. I’ve used power line when it first came out to great effect as it was really useful back in the day. Unlikely I’d use it again with wifi6 capabilities, a quality router and vpn. I would hazard a guess that they would not class power line as a “wired” direct connection. It is probably an old policy that has not been updated to reflect modern technology. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doulikefish Posted July 23, 2023 Share Posted July 23, 2023 3 minutes ago, Molotov said: Seriously. How are they going to know? Take some pictures of your system connected direct to router and upload them to satisfy HR or the IT Department. I’ve used power line when it first came out to great effect as it was really useful back in the day. Unlikely I’d use it again with wifi6 capabilities, a quality router and vpn. I would hazard a guess that they would not class power line as a “wired” direct connection. It is probably an old policy that has not been updated to reflect modern technology. Yeah bit old fashioned but office based staff have had the home working option long before covid and we actually get an old style proper computer instead of a laptop (I have both but again policy dictates I use the computer at home my laptop is for when I go to various sites and being Norwegian the it dept do check)Running a cable from the router is possible,I can just add it to sparkys list for the stuff getting done at home but a few of the guys have been pointing me in the direction of the powerline option to save this and it shows up in our it dept as "wired" 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Molotov Posted July 23, 2023 Share Posted July 23, 2023 31 minutes ago, doulikefish said: Yeah bit old fashioned but office based staff have had the home working option long before covid and we actually get an old style proper computer instead of a laptop (I have both but again policy dictates I use the computer at home my laptop is for when I go to various sites and being Norwegian the it dept do check)Running a cable from the router is possible,I can just add it to sparkys list for the stuff getting done at home but a few of the guys have been pointing me in the direction of the powerline option to save this and it shows up in our it dept as "wired" I used powerline to great effect for well over a decade. I’d certainly recommend it if you can’t run dedicated cables without major cost or disruption. Go for it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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