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Word Grammar Checker – A Nicely Carribean Flavour
This may amuse you. I went to type “Here are my comments” (something I do fairly frequently), but mis-typed it as “Here are me comments”. Word correctly identifies this as incorrect grammar, with a green line under “are”. Right click, Continue reading
Virtual PC vs VMware Player – Further Thoughts
I’ve added a brief addendum to my piece on Virtual PC technologies. It turns out that VMware Player seems to be able to “fix” unreliable VMs. Microsoft’s lack of attention to compatibility has led me to a better product, and Continue reading
Digital Convergence – Still Waiting
Another failed attempt to “converge” my phone. Why don’t I learn? Continue reading
Windows Virtual PC – Breaking Compatibility
How Microsoft have badly broken compatibility (again!) with Virtual PC and Windows 7 Continue reading
A Parable
Lessons for anyone contemplating a disruptive, rewrite from scratch, change to a software product Continue reading
The Alien Has Landed, and It’s &*&^(* Huge
For any of you labouring under the myth that new computer hardware is smaller than old, please meet my new “mini” desktop! 🙂 If you’re struggling with scale, the monitor is 24″. And what’s really scary is that this is Continue reading
Legislative Stupidity
Observations on the stupid “anti-photography” laws introduced in Britain in February 2009 Continue reading
Website Returns, and New Photos
Apologies for the state of the website over the last week – a problem with the hosting server. I seem to have worked around it for now, so thanks for your patience and those who alerted me to the problem. Continue reading
A Shortage of Analysts?
Bemoaning the systemic failings which are leading to a general lack of good business analysts Continue reading
Using Volume Shadowing with Ntbackup Under Vista
The brain-dead backup function of Windows Vista is enormously annoying. There are known ways to get good old ntbackup working, but they have their limitations. Read this article about my attempts to get round some of those limitations. Continue reading
Paradigm Shift – Clear Memory Now!
Why do we in IT insist on forgetting so much valuable knowledge? Continue reading
The Tevye Scale of Approval
Instead of binary accept/reject assessments, here’s a way for an architect to record his true feelings Continue reading
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