Category Archives: Daily Computing

I had a random thought on my way home today about Microsoft Office 2007. It’s great that Microsoft have adapted the XML format for Office 2007, but it’s not particularly useful when sharing with someone using Office 2003 or prior, … Continue reading →

Whilst I’m waiting to board, I might as well take the time to blog to the world how impressed I am with the Spamato Ad-on for Thunderbird. I have not had any much success with the Thunderbird adaptive junk email … Continue reading →

Today James Field borrowed Morven and myself to practise his photography skills for a couple weddings coming up that he’s the photographer for. Morv and I had already been thinking about getting some professional photos done because the only photos … Continue reading →

I have a computer at home which I don’t connect to the internet. I use it to do a lot of stuff. I’ve always wondered how I could use the time I spend on it to boost my WhatPulse statistics … Continue reading →

Firefox. There it is. Yes, it does everything Internet Explorer does. No, there are no drawbacks. Yes, it is true that it has difficulty displaying some web pages, but only those that use commands specific to IE – but why … Continue reading →

Today I want to mention that GanttProject is a great open source alternative to Microsoft Project. It’s good because it’s free, and nowadays possible to import and export to and from Microsoft Project.

GIMP software is an open source version of Adobe Photoshop. Not quite as good, but good enough for most of us

I originally wrote all this below when I was working on my phd last year and wanted to document my learnings of LaTeX2e for myself and also for my brother. I’ve decided to finally post it on my blog otherwise … Continue reading →