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NEW – Being Bulletproof Online

I’m running a limited-time course in January 2023 to educate people about Cyber Security and being generally safer online. When?: (UPDATED!!! No session on the 9th anymore) Wed 11th, Mon 16th and Wed 18th of January 20239:30 am to 12noon each dayWhere?: Melton South Community Centre (41 Exford Rd, Melton South VIC 3338, Australia)Cost?: $75, includes manuals andContinue reading “NEW – Being Bulletproof Online”

New to HobStar – Logos

Hi all, it’s been a while and I hope you’ve all been doing well. I’ve been keeping very busy with life and work. One of my jobs is teaching at the Melton South Community Centre where I teach a variety of classes, one of these is “How to get your Business Online.” One of myContinue reading “New to HobStar – Logos”

MS Office for the Workplace

Starting this Thursday, online from the comfort of your home, “MS Office for the Workplace” Djerriwarrh Community & Education Services https://djerriwarrh.org.au/courses/ms-office-for-the-workplace/FREE for ACFE eligible people. Super flexible learning. All materials have additionally been recorded. Live Zoom sessions. Great training materials.

Melton South Community Centre

This is a test post for the “Get Your Business Online Class, being run at the Melton South Community Centre.

Lifelong Learning Festival

I am going to be be working with my local council during the Lifelong Learning Festival and will be hosting some online sessions coming up soon, (additional details below as well); Talking Web Design – Friday 20 November – 11:00 am – 11:30 amhttps://meltonlearning.com.au/events/lifelong-learning-festival-talking-web-design-with-paul/ How to use Social Media – Friday 20 November – 1:00Continue reading “Lifelong Learning Festival”

Back to the future

My god, what have I done? Can you guess from the title image for this post what I had to do?… Install Windows XP! This was a real throw back for me, being the OS (Operating System) that I used for almost as long as the now also defunct Windows 7, it was a realContinue reading “Back to the future”

So long and thanks for all the fish

That’s my second Douglas Adams refrence I’ve used on my site, can you find the other one? With January 2020 now coming to an end, Microsoft has ceased support for Windows 7… well, kind of. There have been some very serious vunrabilities that Microsoft had to patch and send out for XP, 7, 8.1 andContinue reading “So long and thanks for all the fish”

MOVING to LINUX [Part 5] – “Half way there”

I did a thing! I removed Windows 10 from my main laptop and installed Linux! I wanted to use this blog post to talk a bit about the process and my experiences with making this big step. I’d also like to mention that I’ve documented it on my YouTube Channel, so if you’d like to see the processContinue reading “MOVING to LINUX [Part 5] – “Half way there””

Get with the program(ing)! [Part 0] – an introduction

I can’t guarantee that I’ll always have a pun for my title, but by golly, I’ll sure as heck try to 😉 Also, sorry about missing out last week on having a blog post, I’ve been getting a bit behind. My workload has been increasing, which leaves me with less time for the things IContinue reading “Get with the program(ing)! [Part 0] – an introduction”

Digital Hygiene [Part 4]“A Case for Privacy”

“I don’t have anything to hide, so why should I care what happens to my information?” That’s a question I’ve heard from many people, often phrased in different ways, but the sentiment is the same. It’s a very good question and one which needs more attention in this modern digital age. All too often weContinue reading “Digital Hygiene [Part 4]“A Case for Privacy””