Posted by
Andy Brown
on 11 December 2023
Wise Owl have form for developing games in VBA (remember Flappy Owl, anyone?), but Tom Hedge has taken this one stage further by providing a portal to 3 popular games from a single webpage.
Posted by
Andy Brown
on 11 December 2023
If you're struggling to think of a present for the nerd in your life (yourself?), here are 3 ideas to help you: a game, a book about games and a book about murder mystery puzzles.
Posted by
Andy Brown
on 16 November 2023
Although our new website is functionally still pretty much the same, it looks completely different. This blog explains why we made the change and the issues we faced.
Posted by
Andy Brown
on 15 November 2023
A nostalgic look back at how our areas of work have changed over the last 30+ years (in 1992 no one was writing blogs or creating videos ... !)
Posted by
Andy Brown
on 26 October 2023
Not happy with how you look? Why not create an idealised avatar of yourself in Teams, which can then replace the real you?
Posted by
Andy Brown
on 26 October 2023
As part of her pre-course checks to assess the suitability of delegates for online training, Jenny gets people to spend no more than 60 seconds drawing in Paint using a computer via Remote Desktop. The results are sometimes astonishingly good - so good that we've decided to reward the best drawing with a prize.
Posted by
Andy Brown
on 25 October 2023
We received 26 correct entries for this logic puzzle - have a look at the answers to the puzzle (and the winner of this month's prize).
Posted by
Andy Brown
on 25 October 2023
When you try to browse to a webpage that doesn't exist, you will see the dreaded 404 page: but don't have to be dull, as these 5 examples prove.
Posted by
Andy Brown
on 25 October 2023
Did you know that the Chrome T-Rex dinosaur is the basis of a game? Or that you could surf in Edge? Or drive on any browser? Wise Owl Training: wasting one of your lunchtimes at a time ...
Posted by
Andy Brown
on 25 October 2023
The problem with AI tools like Chat GPT is often having the imagination to think how to use them. To give you some ideas here are 5 ways in which you can use image-based AI questions in Chat GPT for general questions, cookery queries, travel updates, website design help and medical enquiries.
Posted by
Andy Brown
on 29 September 2023
5 friends went trick-or-treating (nothing like a topical puzzle!) in costume to 5 different houses, and were given 5 different treats - but can you work out who got which treat, where and wearing which costume? The first entry picked by our Randomised and Independent Sorting Hat Information System (RISHI S) will win a £50 Amazon voucher.
Posted by
Andy Brown
on 28 September 2023
You can now use Microsoft's keyboard app to generate AI images on your phone - it's great fun! Sadly you can only do this on Android for now (although you can use lots of other good AI features of the app on IPhones).
Posted by
Andy Brown
on 28 September 2023
Since Andrew Gould started our video channel (way back in November 2011) we've had over 27 million views and clocked up over 3.2 million viewing hours, but it's the latest subscriber milestone that we're most proud of.
Posted by
Andy Brown
on 28 September 2023
If you have a large, modern cinema-style TV in your living-room, the chances are that it's probably 65 inch. Maybe it's time to upgrade to a 135 inch one?
Posted by
Andy Brown
on 26 August 2023
You can now download a PDF file listing our provisional schedule of courses for the next 12 months, up to the end of August 2024
Posted by
Andy Brown
on 26 August 2023
A substantial proportion of Wise Owls had never heard of either of these life hacks. Don't live in ignorance like we did (the texting trick in particular may change your life).
Posted by
Andy Brown
on 26 August 2023
Congratulations to Denzil Foakes of Skanska for winning our second film title rebus competition, out of a field of 24 entries. Here are the answers to the riddles!
Posted by
Andy Brown
on 21 July 2023
We have 15 more films for you to identify from cryptic picture clues - something to while away the time while you sit on the beach, by the pool or in the office this summer - and there's a prize to be won too!
Posted by
Andy Brown
on 26 July 2023
At Wise Owl we are passionate about short-cut keys - both using them, and sharing discoveries about them with our newsletter readers. Imagine our excitement when we found these gems that you can use when browsing the Internet!
Posted by
Andy Brown
on 20 July 2023
You can now exchange high-fives in Teams: the first of a planned family of "together emojis".