Beardy types, in a training course.
I was at a Microsoft training course today, and all the beardy types were there too. You know, the “we want everything for free” types. Read More …
Meet FIDO – Mascot of the FIDOnet network
FIDO is the mascot of the FidoNet community. A sad bunch of lonely IT geeks wonderful group of community-spirited people who ran Bulletin Board Systems Read More …
I could just grab a scalpel …
Seen over at the Daily WTF, this gem, … K.G. tried to reason with him, kidding-on-the-square with an example a doctor might understand: “Granted, I Read More …
Sharp practice – eBay seller postage rip-off scam
Since I last wrote, I’ve managed to expand my collection of cufflinks to 20ish sets. It’s all the fault of eBay. They were priced so Read More …
On bad (computer generated) advice.
Lemmings, a popular PC game released in 1991. It involved you (the player) guiding lemmings to safely over gorges, broken bridges & cliffs (see screen Read More …
Making your laptop battery run for longer
I’m not a Macbook Pro user, so I don’t suffer from a hot lap. But if I did, I’d zoom right along to here and Read More …
Advertising Windows Errors
I tolerate Microsoft Windows. I would probably like it if I wasn’t involved in supporting it. On occasion, systems running Windows do something REALLY stupid. Read More …
Purpose: Install new data line set, and switch all 5 sites across.
… just another Sunday night … 1945hrs – Travel into work. 2030hrs – Some bastard parked across our company car park driveway. 2045hrs – Find Read More …
Canna hand a man a grander spanner – Copernic
Update 2013: I no longer use these two products, I am using Agent Ransack instead. I call it Copernic It works, and has indexed just Read More …
Eating Your Own Dog Food – Windows Vista Testing
Readers might remember that I was testing Windows Vista… Well I’ve just finished, and I’m back with the trusty Windows XP. So why did I Read More …