Michael S. Clark

Laura and I couldn’t decide what to get her for her 21st (I’m useless at picking presents for her). We eventually came on the idea of a decent spec. digital camera, since we’re getting married in Florida in May. So I took a chance and order one off of eBay. It was shipped from Hong [...]

I was cleaning up my desktop the other day, and I suddenly realised that unless you have got direct access to you desktop or an explorer window open, there is no quick way to empty your recycle bin. This was when I came up with RecycleTray. It’s a small footprint, notification area-based utility which monitors [...]

I used to believe that IE was the best browser. I know, I know. Microsoft’s offering has certainly fallen behind in the browser stakes, and I think Firefox give the user a fuller, more rounded experience. It’s certainly clearer to use, as well as being more secure and standards friendly which, as a software engineer, [...]

I’ve been looking recently for a gallery add on for WordPress. Now I know there are a few out there, but they all look like they use Apache in some form or another, and I’m currently running my PHP on IIS. I’m not looking for anything complex, just a simple page which will display the [...]

A keyboard where you can move the keys around. Genius.

Although it does mean I get to see my fiance, Laura, every Saturday when she’s working at the bookies, I think I’m starting to develop a rather nasty habit of frequenting the video Roulette machines. I have limited myself to £20 a week and recently I have had some success; coming out with £40 a [...]

First of all, I apologise. I apologise as you’ve probably noticed that I had a small rant in my first post, but I need to get a few things off my chest. This will definitely be that last time I will mention my old employers. Why did I leave?

So that’s me "between jobs" then. I’m starting my new job on Monday 28 March. It was supposed to be 4 April, but MTM (Ming the Merciless; my line manager) decided I was no longer needed. Which is fair enough I suppose since I was sitting in my pod doing nothing directly opposite him watching [...]

Hello World indeed. I’d like to thank Gary Short for (inadvertantly) showing me this excellent looking blogware. I’d been meaning to get into blogging for a while now, and the fact that I’m moving to a new job made me think that I should give it a go. <rant> Anyway, I finally got the nod [...]