Category Archives: Computers

Microsoft Onenote cut from 15Gig down to 5!

Posted on 20 March, 2016 by

Whaaaaaat? This could have a big impact on my love for Onenote! Microsoft are cutting their free cloud storage from 15G to just 5G. Not an issue yet, but do I really want to commit to Onenote if they’re still … Continue reading →

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Libreoffice password opens locked Microsoft Office files

Posted on 14 February, 2016 by

Hi all, for the last few years I’ve been using Microsoft Office365 for business reasons. But since Microsoft took 5 years to update office for mac, we’ve decided most of us can switch back to Libreoffice. We’ll outright buy Microsoft Office … Continue reading →

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Evernote V Onenote: Onenote wins for my purposes!

Posted on 17 January, 2015 by

I *had* given up on Onenote. I thought it would let me do everything I wanted (like ‘Find & Replace’) with the Onetastic extension, but I use Mac and Onetastic only works on Windows7. Mac doesn’t even seem to let … Continue reading →

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Who is moving across to Google+

Posted on 26 November, 2013 by

Genuine question: why are you using Google+ and what are you using it for? Google have done a few things recently to annoy their users. They’ve killed off iGoogle, and then they’ve forced Youtube customers to post onto Youtube through … Continue reading →

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Attention Open Source fans: what have I missed

Posted on 1 February, 2013 by

What fundamental argument for a worldwide Open Source standard have I missed? https://eclipsenow.wordpress.com/open-source/

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Aaron Swartz dead

Posted on 13 January, 2013 by

The ABC reports: Amidst many other farewells and epitaphs, a favourite Science Fiction author and digital activist of mine, Cory Doctorow, says: Fellow technology activist Cory Doctorow met Swartz at age 14 or 15. “In so many ways, he was … Continue reading →

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I’m using sub-headings in my menu bar now

Posted on 8 December, 2012 by

OK, sometimes I can be a bit slow to learn new software. Something cool I just learnt about wordpress: the menu function is smart. When I use the menu function for my summary pages it looks this long list of … Continue reading →

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