Why the delay?
The time to renew my .Net magazine came around and I decided to go for the digital option this time. The main attraction is that new issues come along without their cluttering up my house afterwards. After all, I do [...]
Changing the earpiece volume on a Nokia 1661
The Nokia 1661 is an entry-level phone so you’d have thought that they’d have made it obvious how to change the earpiece volume on the thing. However, it turns out to be something for which you do need to consult [...]
Exploring the option of mobile broadband
Last week, I decided to buy and experiment with a Vodafone PAYG mobile broadband dongle (the actual device is a ZTE K3570-Z)) partly as a backup for my usual broadband (it has had its moments recently) and partly to allow [...]
Converting from CGM to Postscript
On thing that I recently had to investigate was the possibility of converting CGM vector graphics files into Postscript and from there into PDF. Having used ImageMagick for converting images before, that was an obvious option. However, that cannot process CGM files [...]