As the Covid 19 pandemic lessens in importance – or so it seems – I wanted to take stock of the lessons learned over the last two years and look forward to a bit more normality including more activity on the blog. Like many other IT personnel the Pandemic brought its own challenges and issues. […]
Time for a short tip today. While working on my PC I happened to hit the Windows Key + Tab to working with one of my virtual desktops in Windows 10. I think the virtual desktop feature is very under-rated – and you should give it a go but in this case I noticed an […]
Recently as part of building renovations I wanted to replace some older Devolo Ethernet over power adapters and consolidate some wireless access points from various suppliers into something more standard and manageable. Enter the Magic Wifi 2 Next multiroom kit from Devolo. This ticked both boxes for wired connections and wireless in the one set […]
As more and more video calls and meetings are taking place I had to replace my trusty Trust webcam which was donated to a family member for study purposes. My search for a replacement led me to the Logitech C920 and so far its proven to be a great upgrade. The quality and light levels […]
Having recently jumped from an Iphone 6 Plus to an Iphone 12 Pro (now that’s what I call longevity) – I struck me during several phone calls on speaker phone that the volume of the speaker seemed diminished and that with background noise made for a less than stellar performance. Reaching for my air pods […]
Looking back over 2020 I realise that I’ve been pretty quiet as posts go and want to take the opportunity to look forward to 2021 and the direction that is heading. As probably most people working in support found 2020 was pretty busy as the rush to Working From Home (WFH) became a stampede. As […]
Longevity. Not something I heard a lot about from developers that used to meet at those events we used to call “face to face meetings” – pre Covid 19. When I started coding in the mid 80’s – an application had no real shelf life. If it was fit for purpose – it kept on […]
As a long time fan of the Raspberry Pi platform I recently decided to replace an aging original Pi for a project I have in mind. So imagine my delight when I spotted the Pi 400 – its a Pi in a keyboard !! Whoever thought of that – pat yourself on the back. Immediately […]
