2024

12 October 2024
Ghostly paragraphs in MkDocs
4 June 2024
Python logging: basic, better and best
7 May 2024
Cloudflare DNS and Site44

2016

24 January 2016
Thoughts on writing code well

2015

19 July 2015
The first software I installed on my new Windows laptop

2014

8 November 2014
Migrating from Drupal to Jekyll
21 September 2014
Smarter Classes with Less Code (Part 2 of 2)
21 September 2014
Smarter Classes with Less Code (Part 1 of 2)
5 May 2014
Creating PDFs with justified text but no hyphens in Pandoc

2013

17 November 2013
Optimising for future speed of change
7 October 2013
Cloning text in Vim

2012

11 August 2012
Computer waking up from hibernate
22 March 2012
A cheeky way to use .NET code contracts for logging

2011

7 October 2011
Resurrecting my "lost" Delicious bookmarks
24 April 2011
Simplicity in programming: a review of ACCU 2011
24 January 2011
Line spacing blocks of paragraphs in HTML with CSS

2010

7 December 2010
Preventing "Command Not Found" errors when changing Word's headers/footers in VBA
13 November 2010
Introducing VisualCobra
17 October 2010
Euchre card game written in Cobra
5 October 2010
Tip: Clickable tables of contents when publishing to PDF from Word 2007
3 September 2010
Running Office applications as a service on Windows Server 2008
15 April 2010
XSLT Gotchas
21 March 2010
Simple time logging in Excel
10 January 2010
When is a website not a website? When it's an app!
7 January 2010
Creating Japanese HTML Help (chm) using Author-It

2009

22 December 2009
Ever get stuck in Japanese?
29 November 2009
Solving the Sunday Telegraph's Griddler using Python
15 November 2009
Installing eeeBuntu on my eeePC 701
4 November 2009
Cheating at crosswords in *nix
3 October 2009
Problems with multi-level lists in Word
9 August 2009
Website redesign: icons, 3D book covers, and not-so-sharp corners
5 July 2009
The rules of netiquette
16 April 2009
Outsource Everything!
4 April 2009
Getting an RSS feed for one friend's Facebook status updates
1 April 2009
So just what is the process? Transferring to a new mobile phone
27 March 2009
Book cover design
26 February 2009
Keyboard shortcuts you might not know
18 February 2009
The four Cs of good documentation
1 February 2009
Some interesting perspectives on software documentation
8 January 2009
Using Word 2007 for serious writing
4 January 2009
We are gardeners not gods

2008

28 December 2008
IT predictions for 2009
22 December 2008
Playing the netiquette game
18 December 2008
Preventing Windows from rebooting on automatic updates
17 December 2008
Strategies for efficient email management
16 December 2008
Euchre card game
12 December 2008
Are refactoring tools killing high-level design?
6 December 2008
What's your favourite software?
1 December 2008
Top ten links for geeks
28 November 2008
Viewing email headers in Gmail
25 November 2008
Managing draft content in Drupal
24 November 2008
Word 2007's synonyms feature
24 November 2008
Updated Office 2007 help files

2007

21 January 2007
Netiquette book published

2006

3 December 2006
Installing PHP5 and its dependencies on a Godaddy virtual dedicated server
13 November 2006
Fixing FreeMind on Suse 10.1
26 June 2006
MS Office Bug/Feature #13: Autocorrect to dashes
18 June 2006
MS Office Bug/Feature #12: Relationships in Access
9 June 2006
Skweezing the web onto your mobile phone
6 June 2006
Errors on external USB drive
31 May 2006
Creating an XP SP2 virtual machine in VMWare Player
29 May 2006
What's on TV now and next?
23 May 2006
Configuring a Matrox P750 on Ubuntu Linux
12 May 2006
Sending email from a GoDaddy virtual dedicated server
24 March 2006
Setting up a Psion emulator
15 March 2006
MS Office Bug/Feature #11: Naming AutoShapes in PowerPoint
16 February 2006
Fireworks 8/Dreamweaver 8 issues
28 January 2006
Showing elapsed time in DOS batch files
28 January 2006
More realistic previews when creating Blogger posts
27 January 2006
MS Office Bug/Feature #10: Unable to reset AutoShape style to default in PowerPoint

2005

22 October 2005
MS Office Bug/Feature #9: Missing vertical scroll bar in style list in Word 2003 (minor)
13 October 2005
MS Office Bug/Feature #8: Inconsistent 'extend selection' mode
11 October 2005
Excel 2003 automatic formatting quirks
12 September 2005
Hiding formatting changes in Word 2003
17 August 2005
Setting the date on a wristwatch the safe way
14 July 2005
Setting up Tomcat
14 July 2005
Converting DWG files to TIFF images
6 July 2005
Installing Tomcat on a Virtual Dedicated Server
19 June 2005
MS Office Bug/Feature #7: Style Gallery preview stops working
2 June 2005
MS Office Bug/Feature #6: Changing the page number format for multiple sections
1 May 2005
MS Office Bug/Feature #5: Cumulative toolbars in Excel
6 April 2005
MS Office Bug/Feature #4: Excel pie chart size
21 March 2005
Thunderbird vs. Pegasus Mail
11 March 2005
MS Office Bug/Feature #3: Absolute vs. relative hyperlinks
25 February 2005
MS Office Bug/Feature #2: Styles in headers and footers
25 February 2005
MS Office Bug/Feature #1: AutoShapes

2004

30 September 2004
Nominet and .co.uk domains: some notes
1 September 2004
Evaluating ClearCase UCM