So. I don’t do this sort of thing very often. Never, in fact. I was asked to review a bit of tech on my blog here. Specifically, MobileZap saw my blog and asked me to review “a good bit of kit” – a 20,800 mAh USB Emergency Charter. I said sure – as long as … Read more
So I have said previously that one of the issues I have had with using Scrivener to write with is also one of its strengths: Scrivener doesn’t do formatting. It separates the formatting of the word from the writing of the word. The idea is, you write your Great Australian Novel in Scrivener, and then … Read more
Well, about 18 months ago I bought a new Macbook Pro. I had sworn that Mr Gates’ hegemony had to deliver on Windows 7, and, although it was OK, it was not quite to the standard I wanted. So I thought that, as I am currently doing my phd full time, it would be a … Read more
Well, this is a blog entry, and I have a thing for bad business poetry. In Brizvegas, as you may have heard, we’ve had droughts a-plenty until the last two years, and then the flooding rains that just created a seeping, growing, black mess that crept stealthily towards everyone’s place of business or abode. Well, … Read more
Exactly two years and two months ago, I bought an HP OfficeJet Pro L7580. That cost me about $500, and had a one year warranty. At the time, I was prescient and bought a $35 extended warranty – all through Harvey Norman. The following is not a rant, as such, but it does highlight how … Read more