DalePeople used to say it sounded like a machine gun …
... when it starts to print. If you click on the video, you’d see that they would be wrong. Impact, or more accurately, band printers, have a sound all of…
Yet another Farnham comeback.
And to think, the D-Gen was talking about one 20 years ago.
Formatting … Please wait just for a while
It might be better to display, “Please wait for a short while”. I suspect it’s lost in translation. There are sites devoted to humorous English mistakes that appear in advertising…
Patching off-network PCs with AutoPatcher
One of the cleverest guys I’ve ever worked with, came up with a idea to provide patch updates on compact disc. It allowed our home office users to pickup a…
Send in the undercover cops and
“ ... bash the bastards.” ... “The local police sergeant and his size 15 boot causing a reign of terror in communities” - Mediawatch quoting the Illlawarra Mercury editor, Peter…
The Good, the Bad, and the “Git Off My Lawn, Boy”
I’ve carried these four PDA’s around for the last three weeks. If it was my money, there are only two I’d consider. Leaving one I could live with, and one…
Being short $10 dollars
Sometimes, peoples’ lack of maths skills amaze me. I was at the airport the other night, buying some stuff. Total cost $41.35. Gave the old bloke $60 (3 x $20).…
How to convert an OST file to a PST file
(if you don’t know what an OST file is, see below) There are four options, one of these below might work for you. NOTE: This is a work in progress…
Counting lines of VB6 code.
Was asked to analyse a library of Visual Basic 6 to determine the effort required to migrate it Visual Basic 2005/2008. The good news was that most of the VB6…