I just spent more than 20 minutes with a user at work solving numerous problems. They are: When the computer is SHUT DOWN at the end of the day, it is no longer usable. There is nothing on the screen. After shutting down the computer, if the user wants to use the computer, the user… Continue reading Will I ever escape it?
Tag: tech
How times change
I lost all of my hard disk data due to a power surge in December. On Wednesday the data recovery man who had supposedly been working on my disks for over 3 months informed me that he had given up. He has returned the disks and now I am back to square one. Mostly. I… Continue reading How times change
.text (dottext) photo gallery
I am slowly moving towards .text, eventually I will extend it to the point that it replaces the white.darryn.net interface and moves from blog.darryn.net to www.darryn.net. I have exported all my blog data to the .text format, and I am currently working on an app to export all the photo data. After that I will… Continue reading .text (dottext) photo gallery
Another alternate blog
I have succumbed. I am now using the .text database for darryn.net, and the .text interface for actually writing posts. I am not actually going to use the .text interface for the foreseeable future as it does not have the features I am after. Maybe I will write what I want and contribute it to .text. If… Continue reading Another alternate blog
F7
IF you are using cmd.exe, here is a tip. Press F7. A menu pops up with your history. Cool.
CutePDF Printer
At work we have a license for Adobe Acrobat, and it is my machine that gets the honours. This is not much of a problem as we do not produce PDF documents too often. When we do, we basically use Acrobat as a printer, we do not create fancy forms or anything like that. Acrobat… Continue reading CutePDF Printer