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Mole and eMon – the forgotten support software at Boots
Back in the early/mid-1990s I’d been working on the IT (then IS) Help Desk at Boots the Chemist, supporting store’s POS (Point of Sale) systems. After a few years, my existing development chops were recognised and I was moved away to a more technical support team, where I would be helping to create support tools,…
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Should we all be using online wish lists for gifting?
[It is estimated] that $35 billion is being thrown away, around the world, in the form of poorly chosen Christmas gifts BBC’s 50 Things That Made The Modern Economy – Santa Claus, December 17th 2018 For a number of years now, I’ve asked people buying me birthday and Christmas gifts to use my online wish list…
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Cleaning a PS4 Pro: Visit to a Weird Planet Revisited
Back in 2021 I detailed how I cleaned out the PS4 Pro that I’d bought uses and, seemingly, had nothing more than a damp cloth rubbed over it. 14 months later, in 2023, I had to do it again. It seems that replacing thermal paste and pads only has a limited life. It’s now 3…
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ITT Memories
When I first got my Commodore 64 in the early 1980s, I was given a succession of cheap, second hand TVs to attach it to, before being bought a more reasonable sized Hitachi TV… One of the earlier ones that doesn’t leave my memory is the ITT, which is pictured at the top of this…
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Review: Dyson HushJet Mini Cool fan
I love Dyson products. I love the founder less, but there’s no denying their products are well thought out and built. My Dyson cordless cleaner is the best vacuum cleaner I’ve ever owned. So when they announced a handheld cooling fan, that was something I was certainly interested in. How could they re-think the simple…