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I find it strange in this day of Internet enabled devices and Skype meetings that companies pay for their tech people to fly round the world to setup hardware and explain systems to senior management in person rather than via…

Windows – Blinking taskbar and black screen

Rebooted a working Windows 10 system to be greeted with a blinking taskbar and black screen. Fix that worked for me As this fault appears to render the machine almost unusable this is an effective way to disable the Storage…

Barcode processing PDF files

Use open source applications combined with PowerShell to process barcodes from PDF files.

Repair, not replace – Herman Miller Aeron

I think the level of disposability in modern lifestyles is a genuinely sad thing. Driven on no doubt by globalisation and consumerism. Thankfully there are still a few areas where one can repair a product to further extend it’s useful…

Dell U2413 Monitor turning off hardware fix

I think Dell make a great monitor; I’ve been buying Dell 24” monitors ever since the brilliant 16:10 aspect 2407wfp. However, the more recent Dell U2413 appears to have a rather serious issue where it will turn off after extended…