Microsoft Wireless Mouse 5000 Review
At home, my ancient Trust wireless rechargeable mouse died several months ago. I’ve since been using the mouse bundled with a Logitech DiNovo for Notebooks b...
Creating a WinPE Boot DVD for Disk Cloning
I recently had to rebuild my PC at work. Knowing that this takes about a week to get fully up to speed, I thought it’d be useful to image the disk once I’d g...
The (Bad) Design of Everyday Things (Part 4)
Shower screens not quite big enough to stop soaking the floor I don’t really need to say anything more about that. Similarities to Software Development I ca...
The (Bad) Design of Everyday Things (Part 3)
Taps with only one control Unintuitive controls don’t come much better than the new wave of taps - both shower taps and sink taps. When turning on a tap, yo...
The (Bad) Design of Everyday Things (Part 2)
Recent trends in bathroom design. Often seen in hotels, but increasingly so in residences. Put style ahead of usability, longevity and maintainability. Here ...
The (Bad) Design of Everyday Things (Part 1)
Recent trends in bathroom design. Often seen in hotels, but increasingly so in residences. Put style ahead of usability, longevity and maintainability. Here ...
Free Ordnance Survey Maps
For outdoor activities such as walking and hiking, the maps that are the most useful in the UK, (and most widely available) are the Ordnance Survey 1:25000 s...
Blog on Blogging
It’s a form of procrastination. I know it, but seem unable to do anything about it. It involves doing everything imaginable around the periphery of a task, w...
General update (and the FSX mini-controller project)
Well, it’s been a long time. An update is in order. Since my last post… I haven’t done much flying in FSX I’ve nevertheless developed an obsession with...
For stuff that’s too short for a blog
I’m trying out Twitter. It may be awesome… or it may just be millions of people talking to themselves imagining we care. We’ll see! http://twitter.com/GregWo...