Hardest button to button

Reading time: 2 mins I have a broken button. The 4th down on the shirt I’m wearing is broken, cracked in two, with each piece remaining attached by the merest of threads. When I get home I’ll unpick the spare button attached to the label, remove the broken button and sew on the spare button. Yes, I can sew.…

Tech Comm Toolbox

Reading time: < 1 min Finally (this is an idea I had many moons ago) a one stop website which aims to list all technical communications (specific) tools. In their own words: One of the most common questions heard on many forums is โ€œWhat tool do you use for [purpose]?โ€ Answers vary, of course, because everyone has their own favorites…

Picasa for the Mac

Reading time: 2 mins I’ve used Picasa on my Windows machine for a few years now, it is my photo library and where I probably do most of my photo editing as well. I just love the way the application works as it ‘just works’. So to hear that, finally, it is available for Macs certainly does warm my…

When to migrate?

Reading time: 2 mins Iโ€™ve waffled on about single source and our plans for long enough so, as we are finally starting the process itself, I thought Iโ€™d capture some information as we go along. However, itโ€™s probably good to set the scene, so Iโ€™ll cover that stuff first. Over time youโ€™ll be able to see all the posts…

DIY Time?

Reading time: < 1 min Hellooooo Oooo ooo Blimey, isn’t the house big when you take down all the tat Christmas decorations. As ever, with the house returned to a semblance of order (ohh I do like a bit of order) thoughts turn to DIY. Namely the funny patches of paint just inside the living room door where we’ve daubed…

My iPhone Apps

Reading time: 5 mins One of the problems with the iPhone, yes despite all the hype it has a few, is the sheer number of applications that are available. The simplest type of application will have several different offerings, some free, some paid, all of which will do, largely, the same thing. I’ve installed a lot of applications, mostly…