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Online Stock Browsers for the Masses

2019-11-042020-03-27 — Posted inProductivity, Software, Technology — 4 min read

I was visiting some charity shops recently and had a thought about how to give them a boost – and the whole high street.

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[A] Windows 8.1

2019-10-072020-03-27 — Posted inArchives, Software — 5 min read

Archived 2013-10-26. I had just upgraded my PC to Windows 8.1. It seems that past me was somewhat impressed.

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Meta Monetization Tags

2019-08-192020-03-27 — Posted inBrowser, Software, Technology — 7 min read

A tag for internet donations. Easy interoperable ways to support websites and creatives, without any need for ads.

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Streaming Apps

2019-07-162020-03-27 — Posted inMovies & TV, Software, Technology — 6 min read

There are lots of streaming apps for TV shows and films nowadays. I think that’s good, but it does have downsides: The Myriad Apps.

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Redesigning the Notepad++ Logo

2019-06-172020-03-27 — Posted inDesign, Software, Technology — 6 min read

I have an attempt at redesigning the Notepad++ logo using the new style of icons presented by Microsoft for their Office suite. Here’s how it evolved.

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Backing up to Backblaze with Rclone and Restic

2019-06-032020-03-27 — Posted inSoftware, Technology — 6 min read

I talk about how I switched from Backlaze personal to Backblaze B2 with restic and rclone, and draw some comparisons between them.

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[A] Flame Fractals & Java

2019-04-222020-03-27 — Posted inArchives, Software — 1 min read

Archived 2012-10-31. This post shows off some playing around I did with a java program that renders fractals. Neat stuff.

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Extending an Extension for Visual Studio Code

2019-04-152020-03-27 — Posted inPhD Diary, Software, Technology — 6 min read

Last year, I was working on adding some new features to a Visual Studio Code Extension. I’ve decided to try and organise my thoughts on the matter.

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Enabling Telnet & FTP on the Kobo H2O Edition 2

2019-02-052020-03-27 — Posted inGadgets, Software, Technology — 9 min read

In this post I detail how I went about enabling telnet and FTP support on my e-reader, the Kobo Aura H2O Edition 2 Version 2. Yes, that is a mouthful.

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Get ShareX to record animated PNG with correct extension

2019-01-222020-03-27 — Posted inSoftware, Technology — 3 min read

How to get ShareX to save APNG recordings with the “png” extension

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Proposing a Night Mode API

2018-09-032020-03-27 — Posted inDesign, Software, Technology — 9 min read

I have recently seen some discussion about the use of night mode tech, and had the thought that developers ought to get together and standardise its use, seeing as how commonplace it has become.

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