On critics
DaleThere is a quote which basically says something like “Criticism without suggestions for improvement is mean, nasty and unhelpful.” Of course there are exceptions, such as Politicians Logic: "Politician's logic:…
Paintshop Pro opens in Browse Picture mode.
Which is another way of saying Thumbnail view. Annoying if you are wanting to open a picture file for editing. My fix? Check the Default entry for HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Classes\Applications\psp.exe\shell\ open\command and…
On beauty
The first question I ask myself when something doesn't seem to be beautiful is why do I think it's not beautiful. And very shortly you discover that there is no…
If I close my eyes …
(yes, it’s back to the doghouse)
ASCII Art
Dot-matrix printers, and the ASCII character set, combine to mark great computer drawing. The Mona Lisa ASCII art is the best example I ever saw. ASCII Man demonstrates animated GIFS,…
Font substituted for missing font
Fonts are not always free. People make a living out of font design. My first encounter was when I designed and implemented a series of barcode reader installations for a…
Sometimes it’s easier to rebuild a system to fix the underlying problem.
Customer reported an issue with some voice recording software, and our on-site support staff looked at it. Can’t find DLL And they escalated the call to me. Finally agreed a…
Nature does not like to sit idle
Seen when I was strolling around North Melbourne. Plant vine climbing a television antenna wire.
On corporate speak
I was a new employee trainer for 4 years, which means I could talk about my employers strategic direction and Customer Intimacy programs. Customer Intimate? I used to bristle at…