Categories
- Et ceteraPersonal posts and 'everything else'.
- DevelopmentAll things relating to the craft of software architecture, design, and development.
- AstronomyAll things relating to astronomy and astrophotography.
- OrganisationAll things relating to organisation, planning, and action management.
- StationeryAll things relating to stationery, pens, pencils, notebooks, and anything else.
- PhotographyAll things relating to video and photography.
- Mixed RealityAll things related to virtual, augmented, and mixed reality.
- MinecraftOne of the most popular games in the world, Minecraft is the voxel-based sandbox game created by Notch in 2009 and purchased by Microsoft in 2014
- Mind & BodyAll things related to the mind, the body, and how they work together to enable human excellence.
Archives
January 2018
November 2017
June 2017
May 2017
April 2017
January 2017
- Mindfulness Meditation
- Will the “Surface Phone” be a foldable cellular PC?
- What is Mixed Reality?
- 2017: More Stuff
- Xbox 360 Ends Production
- Sunrise at South Shields
- Cortana – Two Years Later
- Highlights from Build 2016
- Microsoft Wireless Charging Plate
- Zebra Sharbo X LT3
- One Year of Field Notes
- Using Docker with Hyper-V: the easy way
- Two Weeks with Lumia 950 XL
- Interactive showdown: csi.exe verses fsi.exe
- Windows Server 2016 for Developers
- Two Weeks with Microsoft Band 2
- Launch PowerShell with AutoHotkey
- Initial thoughts on the Windows 10 Technical Preview
- Jetstream Prime
- Lumia 630
- Windows 10 has an improved Console
- Windows 10 Technical Preview
- Full Moon in May 2014
- Watching Gravity on Xbox Video
- Running JAR applications on Windows without installing the Java Virtual Machine
- Using Windows Reading List
- Hi, Cortana!
- Wacom Bamboo Stylus for Surface Pro
- Will Neovim rock on Windows?
- Mars and The Moon in April 2014
- It’s a great time to be a Microsoft-focused software developer
- What’s your every day carry? 2014 Edition
- What’s in your bag? 2014 Edition
- Using LEDs for Monitor Back Lighting
- Tracking Health & Fitness with Windows
- Kielder Aurora in February 2014
- Installing Windows RT 8.1 Preview on Surface RT in the UK
- Astronomy Every Day Carry
- Full Moon in June 2013
- Jupiter, Mercury and Venus in May 2013
- The Great Pencil Debate
- Uni 2mm Field Lead Holder
- Uni 0.5mm Kuru Toga Roulette
- Goodbye, Pokéject
- iPad is all about the apps
- Metro vs. Your Own Design Language
- Leonid Meteor Shower at Kielder in November 2012
- Microsoft Touch Mouse
- Two Weeks with Microsoft Surface
- Uni Sign Pens
- Scarborough Astronomy in November 2012
- Microsoft Surface for Windows RT
- Microsoft the Hardware Company
- Controlling the Xbox 360
- Transit of Venus 2012
- Through the Eyepiece
- Astronomy Photos in May 2012
- Plane Crossing The Sun
- Using the Xbox 360
- Computers for 2012 and beyond
- Full Moon in May 2012
- The York Astronomical Society 40th Anniversary
- Five Things: Comics
- Five Things: Games
- Five Things: Movies
- Five Things: Albums
- Five Things: Books
- Uni Brush Pens
- I Just Wish You Were Mine (Sample)
- Emma’s Video Game Reviews
- Fire in Slow Motion
- Photographing the colours of a star’s twinkle
- Astrolight 1.2 Update
- New Moon in March 2012
- Microsoft Arc Touch Mouse
- Mars and The Moon in March 2012
- Think Visibility March 2012
- Jupiter, Venus and The Moon in February 2012
- How I Use A Mouse
- What’s your every day carry?
- The ‘Real’ Windows 8 Logo
- What’s in your bag?
- Style Fit Meister 3
- PowerShell Metro
- Still Missing in Task Managment for Windows Phone Mango
- Microsoft Future Vision
- What playing Pokémon has taught me about myself
- White Tea as an alternative to Green Tea
- Stargazing Live in York January 2012
- Objects: My Notebooks
- The Moon, Jupiter and Venus in January 2012
- Astrolight 1.1 Update for Windows Phone Mango
- Objects: My Camera
- Objects: My Watch
- R2-D2 is the best Star Wars character
- Jupiter in December 2011
- Better Lighting for your Computer with F.lux
- Half Moon in August 2011
- Rain in Slow Motion
- The Moon with Saturn in August 2011
- Clouds
- Why the HP G62 is Horrible
- Bluetooth Improvements in Windows Phone Mango
- Weekend Sky Photos
- Windows Phone Mango Startup Time
- Experimental Rain Timelapse
- Task Management in Windows Phone Mango
- Note Taking in Windows Phone Mango
- Using Hair Bands to Keep Things Tidy
- Keeping Mobile Charging Cables Organised
- Querying TFS with TFPT.EXE and PowerShell
- Fix for Italic Fonts in Windows Command Prompt
- Sharpie Pen & Liquid Pencil
- Outlook Tasks in PowerShell and Vim
- Writing and Running F# Scripts with Vim
- Setting up Vim to work with PowerShell
- Storing my Pens and Pencils
- Things in Black and White
- New Moon in June 2011
- Windows 8 must have a .NET story for the new UI
- Build your own Astrolight app
- TouchStudio for Windows Phone 7
- Office Life Timelapse
- Five Favourite Visual Studio 2010 Extensions
- Does Green Tea Give Me Migraines?
- Pokéject 1.1 Released
- Yorkshire Three Peaks
- Blogging at B3Labs
- Creating Pokéject for Windows Phone 7
- Trouble installing NoDo?
- Pokéject 1.0 Released
- My Favourite Pen Collection
- Principles and actions for Metro apps
- Application Bar changes coming in Windows Phone 7
- Photographing Jupiter
- Download xsd.exe
- Microsoft’s Web Platform Installer
- Too much codes?
- Windy Timelapse