The Case Of The Missing Windows 7 Boot Logo

Had a bit of weird problem this week I wanted to write down somewhere in case it happens again! A call came in from a client to say the laptop wouldn’t boot. On starting the laptop the usual Windows 7 boot animation was missing. The screen was black apart from a series of coloured lines

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Reading List For 2013

This will be last post about stuff from last year…honest…maybe. It’s safe to say i was very happy with trying to hit my target of trying to read at least one book a month for 2013. According to GoodReads I’ve read 44 “things” in 2013. I’ve recommended quite a few of these to various friends

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Geekmas 2013

My family are always pretty good at getting me great gifts (an Amazon wish list is great “inspiration”) and this year I was pretty pleased! Star Wars – Book of Sith: Secrets from the Dark Side A very fancy case reveals a book that I can only describe as a kind of Sith Bible. Here’s

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2013, Done and Dusted

Happy New Year! Summing up the previous year has been a tradition here for quite a while. It’s always a useful thing as it helps me mentally review what was good, what was bad, any successes, achievements or failures and help let me know where I want to go in the next twelve months. There

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