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LonM's Blog

LonM starts rambling and doesn't know when to stop

Tag: microsoft

Connected Files in Windows

2025-03-202025-03-20 — Posted inSoftware — 3 min read

Discovering the old windows 2000 connected files features and finding that it still works well

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MS Apps are Garbage for the Command Line

2024-09-172024-09-10 — Posted inSoftware — 3 min read

If you need command line use from a windows store app, don’t even bother trying, just download the regular app.

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How to make an Excel File that Auto Updates with Results from Microsoft Forms

2021-05-142021-05-14 — Posted inPhD Diary, Productivity — 5 min read

How to get a live auto-updating Excel spreadsheet with responses from Microsoft Forms

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Open Source Note Taking Apps

2021-04-05 — Posted inProductivity, Software — 10 min read

I try to find a good open-source replacement for the big closed source, online-only services like OneNote, Evernote and Simplenote.

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Productivity Software is bad for Productivity

2021-01-042020-12-16 — Posted inPhD Diary, Productivity — 5 min read

Online productivity tools, forms and automation, leaves me frustrated and could be improved a lot.

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The Credential Stuffing Threat is Real

2020-11-092020-11-08 — Posted inTechnology — 9 min read

After recently reviewing my privacy settings for Microsoft, I noticed something that was both alarming and reassuring.

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Credentials & other woes with Windows 2004

2020-06-222020-06-19 — Posted inSoftware, Technology — 5 min read

I recently upgraded to Windows 10 version 2004. I will detail all of the problems I found, including workarounds for some of them.

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Steam Link – An alternative to cloud gaming

2019-11-182020-03-27 — Posted inGadgets, Gaming, Software, Technology — 6 min read

A ramble about game streaming, Steam and owning your own games.

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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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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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Vivaldi through WSL

2017-11-112020-03-27 — Posted inBrowser, Software, Technology — 7 min read

This blog post aims to explain how to run Vivaldi through WSL – the Windows Subsystem for Linux. Provides a walk-through for the Ubuntu and OpenSUSE distributions.

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