Triple monitors + T470s: yes you can
If you happen to have a Lenovo T470s and a USB-C dock with a single HDMI output, it seems Windows 10 can cope with driving twin external displays: one over t...
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Mikrotik hAP ac: really rather nice
Mikrotik hAP ac I got myself an early Christmas present. Various things have always bothered me about ISP-supplied routers. In particular, the BT Home Hub 6:...
My paperless life
Stepping down as church treasurer led to the eviction of several large box files full of paper from my spare bedroom / home office. Inspired by a recent arti...
Google Apps: Error 1000 when changing SMTP settings
Do you have Google Apps on one of your domains, left over from the days when they gave it away for free to organisations of fewer than 10 users? I do. Ever t...
Reflections on nine years as a church treasurer
And so, having been (joint) treasurer at St Columba's since a few weeks after graduating in the summer of 2009, I'm finally stepping down at the end of the y...
There comes a time in a man’s life
.... when he has to admit that he just doesn't need five spare ADSL/VDSL microfilters. Just a quiet Saturday morning clearing out the junk cupboard...
Cycle gear
In the past, I never owned a bike or any of the associated kit long enough for it to wear out or for something better to come on the market - my bikes always...
DBPower battery booster
DBPower car battery booster I'm very impressed with this thing. It was recommended to me by a colleague, I found a nearly-new one on Ebay and it's been under...
User experience
So I bought a new microwave for the church kitchen last weekend, as you do. I'm still not sure whether the old one was indeed "broken" or just "too complicat...
Crossrail
It didn't come as much of a surprise to me that Crossrail will be late. And though I personally am annoyed that the day when I can jump directly from Padding...