Posted by
Andy Brown
on 31 January 2023
It's taken a long time, but you can now finally get a downloadable PDF file of your Wise Owl course manual, to go with the paper copy.
Posted by
Andy Brown
on 06 December 2022
The Orb X gaming chair comes with a leather chair, support for 3 screens, surround sound and much more besides, and will be the perfect Christmas gift for the geek in your life when it becomes available for purchase.
Posted by
Andy Brown
on 02 December 2022
What happened to our PyQt5 editor? Well - not much, sadly. We've given up on this approach now and are reverting to a website solution - this blog explains why.
Posted by
Andy Brown
on 02 December 2022
Words.Net is a utility which allows you to build and edit Microsoft Word documents in C# rather than VBA. Should you adopt it? Read this review to find out!
Posted by
Andy Brown
on 02 December 2022
Last month we sent out a survey - here are the results, showing a) how Microsoft Forms allows you to report on survey data and b) what people think of us!
Posted by
Andy Brown
on 28 October 2022
Notepad is a well-known text editor, but is less well-known for its capacity to host games of Doom - with good reason.
Posted by
Andy Brown
on 28 October 2022
Microsoft Forms is a joy to use! This blog will show you how to create and distribute a survey or quiz, and the type of whizzy features that you can build into it.
Posted by
Andy Brown
on 02 September 2022
Worried that you're having to type in your second language, English? Help is at hand, with these two specialist Lord of the Rings keyboards.
Posted by
Andy Brown
on 26 July 2022
Microsoft have released a completely new version of Outlook to some beta channels, parts of which will look familiar to you if you already use Outlook.com. This blog shows you what you can expect to see!
Posted by
Andy Brown
on 18 July 2022
Will you soon need to modify a downloaded file's before you can run macros contained in it? Yes … and then no (and now maybe).
Posted by
Andy Brown
on 21 June 2022
An explanation of why our current HTML editor needed replacing, how we decided what technology to go for and the solution we ended up adopting.
Posted by
Andy Brown
on 20 April 2022
A 146-page document online summarising forthcoming changes to the Micrsooft Power Platform
Posted by
Andy Brown
on 20 January 2022
You can use these hidden gems to reassign or disable keys on your keyboard, detect pixel colours in a website, display a Windows short-cut key guide … and much more!
Posted by
Andy Brown
on 28 October 2021
To commemorate the rather dubious International Keyboard Short-Cut Day 2021 (the first Wednesday in November of each year, apparently), we offer the 10 Windows key short-cuts which will save you the most time.
Posted by
Andy Brown
on 02 June 2021
How wide is too wide when it comes to a computer monitor? Perhaps the answer depends on the size of your desk, but you'll need plenty of space for this monster.
Posted by
Andy Brown
on 01 June 2021
This is the blog which I wish I could have read before starting to integrate Stripe payments on our website! It explains why I'm ultimately glad we went for Stripe, but also some of the things which are harder than they need to be.
Posted by
Andy Brown
on 27 April 2021
ZoomIt allows you to use keystrokes to zoom in and out in any Windows program, and allows you to draw or write on screen.
Posted by
Andy Brown
on 27 April 2021
What happens when you want an aquarium AND a laptop, but are short of space? Sadly, the answer is that you get a computer in a fish tank.
Posted by
Andy Brown
on 27 April 2021
Is this the next thing in laptops? Meet a laptop which you can break down into its component parts, each of which you can easily replace.
Posted by
Andy Brown
on 24 March 2021
Last month I blogged on a folding laptop with 7 screens; this week it's a five-inch fully-formed mini-computer.