A few years ago I created this solar Equation of Time visualisation using a visual basic macro and DeltaCAD: That was at a time before SVG was supported by any major browser. Today the situation is quite different and it is time to revisit the … [Continue reading]
Sunlit Design
Posted on April 27, 2006 Written by
I created www.sunlit-design.com as a solar calculation resource site. Very high accuracy freeware solar calculations software that can be used in office programs, CAD programs and as a plug-in for your own programs. Solar calculation terms … [Continue reading]
The Leadership Challenge
Posted on April 25, 2006 Written by
Without a doubt the most helpful leadership book that I have ever read is "The Leadership Challenge" by Kouzes & Posner. The authors have interviewed 1000s of leaders around the world and distilled effective leaders' stories into 10 key themes of … [Continue reading]
Fun with Monad?
Posted on April 25, 2006 Written by
Remember command.com and .bat files? Still using them? I recently downloaded Microsoft's new command shell (available here). The key idea seems to be to make 99% of the internals of a MS Windows based computer accessible to a command shell. Whereas … [Continue reading]
Username and Password Jungle
Posted on April 24, 2006 Written by
The promise of infocard and digital identity is still a long way ahead of us. Until digital identity provision becomes a 'no-brainer' commodity technology we will still need to keep track of a multitude of usernames and passwords. My best estimate … [Continue reading]
Font Viewer
Posted on April 24, 2006 Written by
Working with fonts for Kazakh language is getting easier all the time. Unicode is really having and impact and the old codepage soup is slowly disappearing. Occasionally however, I still need to view a rogue Kazakh (or yesterday Kirghiz) font to … [Continue reading]
Desktop Search
Posted on April 24, 2006 Written by
Desktop search has changed the way that I look at my computer. I spend a lot less time filing -- and I can now find my old notes and emails much more reliably. I am currently using Copernic Desktop Search having dumped Google Desktop. Google … [Continue reading]
Mind mapping software
Posted on April 24, 2006 Written by
I have looked for years for software that allows me to brainstorm. My friend Francis introduced me to Freemind which is now part of my working set of programs that I use daily. Freemind runs under the Java VM and is now at version .80 . Definately … [Continue reading]
Leap Seconds
Posted on April 22, 2006 Written by
Some of you will be aware that the rotation of the earth is not at a completely uniform speed. In fact, due to the action of the tides and other forces, the earth is slowing down. (Dr. Richard Sauder has written an interesting summary here. ) The … [Continue reading]
Kazakh Keyboards
Posted on February 15, 2006 Written by
Kazakh Language Keyboards (KLK) is a package of Keyman 6.0 keyboards for typing Kazakh language texts under Windows 98/2000 and XP. Download The latest version of KLK may be found here . Please download, open the zip file and run KLK.exe to … [Continue reading]
A way to backup your files (Windows XP)
Posted on July 24, 2005 Written by
Backing up files is a vital part of using IT. Unfortunately, backing up files is boring and potentially time consuming. This solution was arrived at after evaluating about 4-5 freeware, shareware and commercial alternatives. … [Continue reading]
The Sun API
Posted on March 20, 2002 Written by
An Excel plug-in that calculates high accuracy solar values according the methods given in the book "Astronomical Algorithms" by Jean Meeus. … [Continue reading]
Map Representation
Posted on August 14, 1991 Written by
A way of representing maps in a computer. See pdf. … [Continue reading]
Car positioning without GPS
Posted on August 14, 1991 Written by
An internal map can be matched to the integration of distance and direction measurements. See pdf. … [Continue reading]
Personal Franking Machine
Posted on August 14, 1991 Written by
I am bugged by buying stamps. What about a personal franking machine? See pdf. … [Continue reading]