I have just installed Vista RC1 – build 5600 – and want to use the trick I posted a while back that allows me to disconnect from a remote desktop connection to my Tablet, without my tablet locking (i.e. presenting the login screen). On XP to do this I would...
I don’t like having the room light on while working at my PC, so this idea on Lifehacker gave me the kick I needed to come up with a cheap way to backlight my monitors and it works really well. Behind my displays I have a 30W 1 Meter fluorescent light fitting which kicks...
I used to laugh at the idea of the paperless office, over the last 20 years I have presided over a number of projects that I thought would reduce paper but actually increased usage, so I am pretty cautious now. However having seen for myself that the combination of a...
For the last few weeks I have been testing an iMate SP5, I had high hopes for it thinking it would be a great complement for my TC1100 Tablet. My main requirements (with scores) were as follows: small enough to take anywhere ***** worked great as a phone ***** seamlessly receive...
The Inescapable data blog has two recent posts (here and here) that describe some of the gathering momentum around home working that are worth reading. I am a great fan of home working personally, although I have some short term reservations about how home working is often implemented by companies. ...
I use my Tablet PC for about 2 hours a day, it’s quite important to me. Hardware 1.1 GHz processor 1.5 GB memory 40 MB hard disks, one backs up to the other every night using a robocopy script, the scripts also does a backup of the SQL server databases. 100Mb wired network...
I use my desktop PC for about 4 hours a day, it’s very important to me. You can see a picture of it in this post, here are the details of how I have it setup. Hardware Dual Core processor 4 GB memory 2 * 2500MB hard disks, one backs up to the other...
I have invested a lot of time and effort in my work environment. I work from home and spend around 5 hours a day working in the office, and about 1 hour reading in my reading room. To break things up I also spend a lot of time out walking...
I am frequently asked what software I use so I have decided to maintain a number of posts that describe my working environment. I will describe it in layers, so it’s easier to understand and hopefully maintain. You can find the maintained posts in the folder My work environment. The first...