Glimpse: A Year on Hiatus

For those of you that are not aware, Glimpse Image Editor is an open source image editor based on the GNU Image Manipulation Program 2.10.18. The aim of the project was to provide a "remix" of an already good free software program that resolved a longstanding dispute about the "gimp" name, experimented with new ideas, … Continue reading Glimpse: A Year on Hiatus →

Farewell to Windows Vista

Windows Vista is approaching its "end of life" date and support is due to expire on Tuesday 11th April 2017. I think it's fair to say this operating system divides opinion. Introduction I love Windows Vista. I think it's great. But you do need some serious horsepower behind it, and my laptop doesn't have it. … Continue reading Farewell to Windows Vista →

Dell Latitude X200 Refurbish

I impulse bought a Dell Latitude X200 laptop from eBay, and you can see the full hardware specifications here: https://www.dell.com/downloads/ca/rpg/x200_spec.pdf. I decided to embark on this refurbishment project back in February 2017 when I spotted a great YouTube video about running modern software on Windows 98: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dA58zWmQfC4. Hardware Upgrades My first step was to swap … Continue reading Dell Latitude X200 Refurbish →

Windows Users Should Not be Banned from The Internet

This blog post was originally a rebuttal to a pair of blog posts (neither are still live) that suggested Windows users should be banned from the Internet. Publishing "hot takes" for boosted social media engagement was still quite a novel concept at the time. Ed. Recent articles in the tech world from sites like ComputerWorld … Continue reading Windows Users Should Not be Banned from The Internet →