Is this thing on? The last thing I wrote about was my 10 year “Blogiversary” After writing a few paragraphs marvelling at myself for writing for so long I then proceeded to not write anything for a whole year Yay me! So it is literally a year…today is the 11th anniversary of my first blog
Author: Andy Parkes
Andy Parkes is Technical Director at Coventry based IT support company IBIT Solutions. Formerly, coordinator of AMITPRO and Microsoft Partner Area Lead for 2012-2013. He also isn't a fan of describing himself in the third person.
10 Year Blogiversary
Today marks 10 years of this blog! This is post number 151 My output has lowered in recent times, for a variety of reasons but it’s something I still enjoy doing, however often that may be. When I first started the whole main idea was just for myself. A personal knowledgebase if you will, as
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Command Prompt and the Clipboard
Filed under “I didn’t know you could do that”. Something I discovered recently I thought it was one of those things I’d just missed over the years but after a conversation I had in the office I thought it might be worth sharing here too. Normally when working with the command prompt if you want
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Hello Kindle Voyage
Way back at the beginning of 2011 I agonised over the decision to purchase a Kindle I eventually did, loved it and have used it pretty much daily ever since. I picked up my second Kindle after my first was stolen and the post I wrote at the time looked at the different models available
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Hello World June 2016.0
How are we almost halfway through the year?! Just realised I haven’t written anything since the end of January. This wasn’t intentional! It’s been a particularly manic start to the year and something I learnt long ago is that sometimes you have to stop doing one thing if you want to doing something else. But
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Top 5 Books From 2015
I’ve been asked for book recommendations a few times recently so thought I’d share them here too. I read some really great books last year but here are 5 that really stood out for me. In no particular order… Masters Of Doom: How two guys created an empire and transformed pop culture – David Kushner
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2015, So Long And Thanks For All The Fish
We’re a couple of weeks into the new year and as with previous years (2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011) looking back on the previous 12 months is something I really enjoy doing. Especially when you have a memory as terrible as mine! As always spending as much time as possible with these three girls is
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The Martian–Movie
A movie review! Whatever next… One of my favourites books I read last year finally has arrived on the big screen so I was very excited to go see it last night. ** Note this will be a little “spoilery” – the book was released in 2011 though! It would also take a seriously sadistic
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Linx 8 Tablet
I was recently fortunate enough to win a Linx 8 tablet in a competition the Microsoft UK partner team were running. Up until this point my tablet of choice was an original Surface RT. Unfortunately, in recent months I’ve used that tablet more and more just for Office. It’s immensely useful for OneNote and Outlook
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The Difference Engine–Help Needed!
Way back in 2011 I wrote about the Difference Engine. It’s a simple but effective way of adding captions to live performances created by Coventry based Talking Birds. In short, a laptop runs the software and over a local wireless network it allows any device with a web browser to view subtitles. i.e your mobile
