The U.K. Governments new contract which they imposing on the junior doctors is terrible. Here is a well written article explaining why is it so bad: http://www.drphilhammond.com/blog/2016/03/09/private-eye/the-junior-doctors-dispute-explained-simply-but-in-detail/ I will be supporting their strikes.
There are two ways of move the Unity menu from the side to the bottom. You can either move the launcher to the bottom using a single command line statement or dconf. The best way is just to cut and paste this command into a terminal gsettings set com.canonical.Unity.Launcher launcher-position Bottom This setting will … Read more
I am running Firefox on Ubuntu and the default paper size was US Letter. I wanted to set the default paper size to A4. There isn’t a graphically interface to do this. So you have to: Visit about:config Search letter You should have a result with a value of na_letter. Double click to modify and … Read more
My friend has a reasonably new Mazda MX3. Unfortunately she could not get her phone to connect to the Mazda’s bluetooth. The main problem was that the Mazda bluetooth never appeared as a device on her iPhone. She asked me to help and we followed the instructions in the manual. The instructions for connecting a … Read more
I’m a massive fan of Clearview Stoves. They are build like tanks, are easy to use, controllable and crucially the glass at the front always stays clear. My parents have had a Clearview stove for a long as I can remember and I had one put into our last house. We used it for 4 … Read more
It’s really easy to copy folders within the Google Drive web interface when you know how. You don’t to write special scripts, download and install the Google Drive desktop client etc etc. Simply: On a Mac: Hold down ALT, select the folder and drag it to the location you want the copy. On Windows /Linux: Hold down … Read more
You can use the convert tool: convert 1.jpg 1.png 2.txt a.pdf the_new.pdf This is more a note for me but I hope it helps someone.
I needed to import an OpenOffice Drawing file (.odg) into Google Docs. Unfortunately Google Docs doesn’t open .odg files natively and there isn’t a file format which you can export / save the OpenOffice drawing file as which contains all the information in an editable format. I found the only way to transfer all the … Read more
I never signed up to Vodafone marketing (spam) text messages in the first place but they send them to me anyway. I’m sure this isn’t legal. Anyhow, they offer the option of opting out but seem to keep sending them anyway. I really wish there was a good small customer facing mobile company I could … Read more
It seems to be a common problem that people want to stop accidentally making a request to Siri or using the voice control when the phone is locked. I’ve been in meetings when at least four different people have checked their iphone, launched Siri and then had their phone announce to the room ‘I’m sorry … Read more