Preventing the Screensaver from Running in Lubuntu
For some reason, my 2nd Lubuntu machine just won’t play ball when it comes to stopping the screensaver from running. Of course, I’ve tried all the usual stuff and mostly…
For some reason, my 2nd Lubuntu machine just won’t play ball when it comes to stopping the screensaver from running. Of course, I’ve tried all the usual stuff and mostly…
Copying is a pretty simple thing right? We copy files, text, images etc. all the time so naturally, you would commonly need to do this kind of thing in Sharepoint….
After recently installing Ubuntu, I noticed a window pop-up with a list of shortcuts. I’d never seen this screen before so took a screenshot but afterwards wondered how I would…
Something I keep forgetting is how to set the ISO file that I want to use when installing an operating system in Oracle VM Virtual Box. So, if you are…
I just installed Ubuntu 15.04 in my Oracle Virtual VM and found that my screensize was set to 640×480 aka Too Small! There is a quick fix though. Run the following…
If your time is limited, it can be useful to play audio faster than at its recorded speed. This only really applies to audio books and podcasts, but can help save…
As my army (small print: 1) of loyal readers know, I listen to a huge number of podcasts although lately, I have specifically focussed on the excellent Startups for the…
Until quite recently (December 2014) I was a primary school teacher and had been for the prior 9 or 10 years. Despite having a background in IT as a software…
I recently came up against a problem when I tried to build/deploy my database in Visual Studio 2013 to an SQL Server 2014 instance, and in response, kept getting a…
This is a brief (and simple) introduction on how to add an ASMX service to your Visual Studio C# project. Before you begin, however, be aware that this type of…
I watch a lot of videos with code (computer programming code) displayed and always wondered how they zoomed into various parts of the screen so easily. My attempts involved using…
This is a little off-topic for my blog but we recently came back from a week’s holiday on a beautiful Broom’s Boats, boat courtesy of Hoseasons. Since there were a…
I recently added a MailChimp email subscriber widget to my WordPress site and found that the Subscribe button (a fairly important feature!) didn’t appear. Fortunately, the fix is quite easy….
I’ve long been a huge fan of listening to podcasts but can they really change your life? Err…maybe not, but I am convinced that they can be hugely beneficial to…
I’ve recently been reading the excellent Professional Javascript for Web Developers by Nicholas Zakas (@slicknet) and couldn’t help but admire the way tips are shown in the book. That got me thinking…how…