joeydaly.com … tech blog & sometimes more

5Jan/130

headphones working, but microphone is not working

Posted by Joey

I had this issue with my Dell XPS L502x – it was working fine one day and then the next it wasn’t.

So if you right click on the volume icon in the taskbar and click on Recording Devices, this will prompt the Sound window with the Recording tab highlighted. What I got was nothing, it said no audio devices are installed. This is a pretty lame message since… Continue reading

26Dec/120

Wacom Bamboo not working and draws dots

Posted by Joey

Got a Wacom Bamboo for Christmas and got it out of the box and tried to draw stuff… didn’t work. After a while I got it working so here’s how to fix it – you may fix it half way through the steps, if so great!

- Turn off Flicks, there’s a program called Flicks that runs in the background. It should be in your taskbar.
- Turn off… Continue reading

24Dec/121

Myer biggest boxing day sales EVER

Posted by Joey

So Myer will be having an epic stocktake sale starting boxing day. To find out what time they open check out this link; Myer Boxing Day Sales Store Opening Hours

24Dec/120

Fountain Gate Boxing Day Sales – Where to go?

Posted by Joey

First things first. Do your homework, work out what you need and where to go.

Store Opening Times

Boxing Day sales at Fountain Gate start at 8:00am.
7:00am – Myer, Big W
8:00am – K Mart, Target
8:30am – Aldi
9:00am – most stores
10:00am Subway are launching $5 subs! So check that out in the food… Continue reading

10Dec/120

Australian Open 2013 Play-offs LIVE STREAM

Posted by Joey

The tennis season is about to start today with the AO 2013 play-offs. The best thing I love about this tournament is that the AO stream it love on their YouTube Channel (http://www.youtube.com/user/australianopentv?feature=g-user-lss&v=2dmB6AOgRfk). Matches start at 10am… Continue reading

3Dec/120

Housekeeping

Posted by Joey

Whoops! Recently I’ve been mucking around with this blog and changed it from validusconcepts.com to blog.joeydaly.com with that change I accidently screwed up the urls for screenshots. Anyway, that’s been fixed now! So enjoy all the lovely screenshots.

If there’s any issues please don’t hestitate to tweet, email or comment. This is a resource for everyone and anyone :)Continue reading

3Dec/120

iTunes 11 – yeah ok, but I’m still not going to use it.

Posted by Joey

So Apple have released iTunes 11, which to be honest looks great. But hasn’t interested me in downloading it yet.

What’s changed?

New icon.
Hidden sidebar
Universal Searching
Expanded View of albums instead of that other thing
MiniPlayer got more junk in the trunk
Pausing on one device, will remain when you view it on another. Great… Continue reading

29Nov/120

Hey I’ve updated LinkedIn, have you?

Posted by Joey

Well just saying… my LinkedIn profile is updated!

http://au.linkedin.com/in/joeydaly

Why? well I think most people just setup their profile once and that’s it. But for me, I’ve found that keeping it up to date and using it as a launching platform for my freelance web development its rather essential. Most my work has been through word of mouth & networking – mostly via LinkedIn.

So maybe this… Continue reading

28Nov/120

General Motors will now include Siri integration

Posted by Joey

Okay so, there’s a few ads going around with the Ford Focus showing off the voice recognition. Basically you speak “play bob marley” and it’ll play bob marley music.

Well GM (General Motors) have announced they will start shipping the latest models with Siri integration for iPhone. Hooray for iPhone users. For the moment I think it’ll only do the basic iPod-y features… Play, Stop, Volumne Up/Down. But it… Continue reading

20Nov/123

Click Frenzy – Myer

Posted by Joey

Hey guys,

If you can’t get to www.clickfrenzy.com.au just go directly to retailer websites.

Here’s the one for Myer. Enjoy :)

http://shop.myer.com.au/shop/mystore/au-women-r-5/click-frenzy… Continue reading