Last month Microsoft held an event that revealed to the world some of their plans for the future of their Windows platform and specifically what we should expect to see with the upcoming release of Windows 10. If the prospect of virtually every man and his dog getting […]
So the Night Owl and I last night were attempting to get into a Match making Halo: MCC game last night and as per usual were having difficulty. The Night Owl has hardly been able to get into a Halo 2 Anniversary match making game and when he […]
Some of you may already be aware of a great little feature in Steam that allows “Big Picture Mode” (http://store.steampowered.com/bigpicture). This effectively allows you to use a controller to navigate around Steam. What I’ve always wanted is the ability to control the Windows 8.1 tiles using my trusty […]
After previous enjoying the benefits of a Fitbit device a few months later I did the one thing to it that is really going to ruin your day; I left in in the clothes as they went through the wash. And no matter what degree of effort I […]
For many people in business Microsoft’s Excel is a way of life; either by making their work easier, or far more involved as the numbers keep building up. Steven Levy has reprinted a thirty year old article of his own last month to celebrate the 35th anniversary of […]
With Microsoft’s acquisition of Nokia’s devices division, the biggest supplier of Windows Phones was finally brought under the care of the company it bet the house on. The question for the future will now be whether or not they can continue to innovate in the mobile space but […]
Out of curiosity, I decided to experiment with Steam’s game streaming feature which allows one PC to transmit sound and video across to another PC in your local network. In this particular case it opens the possibility of using a Surface Pro to play games that it previously […]
A week and a half ago I went away on holiday with my family and decided to bring along my Surface Pro to keep me occupied during moments of downtime. Seeing as I was also going to be Internet free too I thought I would install a few […]
When developing applications that made use of a database, one of the key features in my designs has been to create an intermediary class that handled the nuts and bolts of the data handling and presented the app code with a consistent interface regardless of how the data […]
I wasn’t too sure if I had gone through enough movies, games, etc to be able to make a decent list this year so decided to take an alternative route and mash these all up together. They’re not in any order, just how they pop out of my […]
The story of one person’s attempts to make their Rampage Arcade1Up cabinet do more.
A look back at some of the games we've played on Xbox One over the years.
Our own tips and experiences while trying to make a living out in the black.
The Late Night Session 