A multiplanetary species
SpaceX is a geeky company, there is no doubt. Their successful landings of the Falcon 9 rockets, both on land, and on a…
Category: Science & Tech
Historic SpaceX Barge Landing
The Falcon has landed. On a moving barge in the middle of the ocean. This is the second successful landing of a SpaceX Falcon…
The dark side…OS X
I am crossing to the dark side. Yes, the force may be strong in this one. I have resisted for a long time.…
Ajax to XML Web Service
Recently I have been doing some browser/client side work, using HTML5, CSS3 and JavaScript, integrating with a Learning Management Solution (LMS) and a…
Futurism: Technologies you want to know about
The internet is awash with predictions of the future. But the really interesting things have their roots in what is happening right now. These…
Lorem Ipsum
Every so often, I need to fill in text in a mockup, sample, wireframe or whatever. A common thing to do, is take…
Migrating Windows to an SSD
What’s an SSD? Solid State Drive. It is a hard disk, like what you store Windows and all the rest of your files on, but it…
Windows 10 Upgrade
I have taken the plunge. Upgrading to Windows 10 and moving the operating system to an SSD disk. Would I recommend it? Yes…
.Net Versions
This is a strange one. And geeky too. None geeks look away now. Microsoft doesn’t provide a simple mechanism to list the versions…
PC Internals
Sometimes, you want to know what is “under the hood” without actually taking the lid off. Even when you do peer inside, PC…
Three Language Friday
It has been that sort of week. Between sorting out details for new virtualised servers, software audits and process mapping, amongst other things,…
POP3 and IMAP Testing
You know when someone is sure their password is something simple and it just doesnt work. And they are really really sure. You…