Recently I decided to collate minor annoyances or things that I felt annoyed me or disturbed my workflow, or things that could be helpful. The purpose was [...]

I found this in my draft backlog, dating from November 2013, as can be seen in the permalink. I’ve updated some of the details in the meantime When [...]

Over the course of the last few years I’ve moved through a few different systems. My first build has the following specifications, and was built in [...]

The Run dialog is an unassuming little dialog. It has stuck around through thick and thin. It was there for the best of times, and it was there for the [...]

Some would call it “common knowledge”. “Windows Rot” is claimed to be the tendency of a Windows install to “decay” over [...]

I had a chance to give Windows 10 a try Wednesday morning. It is very much- at least in terms of what we can see- similar to Windows 8. Some of the big [...]

This post is inspired mostly by an interesting post that was posted to the Computer Hope Forum. To summarise, this individual is looking to effectively [...]

It has been about a month since I built a new PC. Maybe 2. The days sort of blend together. As a result I’ve been able to use the new system and can [...]

Windows 3.1 marked the beginning of a long line of Operating System success. It did, however, have it’s share of problems; one of those was [...]

One interesting trend I’ve noticed on tech-related blogs and articles is a strange focus on Linux- for example, “10 reasons to switch to [...]