Databases today.  Definitely the most tricky yet - although I was also starting from a base of almost no previous knowledge.  I certainly would have struggled if we'd taken the exam in the morning, but three practice papers later, I was well prepared.  There's one question that I might have got partly wrong, but I'm pretty sure that I got ( Read more... )

I took the spreadsheets exam for the Advanced ECDL today.  It's significantly more challenging than the word-processing one, probably because spreadsheets are generally more complex beasts.  While it didn't cover everything that can be done with Excel, it certainly has the most useful functions and tools, including tables, PivotTables, database and ( Read more... )

I did the standard ECDL sometime last year.  I'm sure I blogged about it, but I can't for the life of me find any reference in my archives ( Read more... )

I have been using MightyV for quite a while for TV listings, but it appears to have gone down.  Well, the website is down, and email is bouncing, although my RSS feed seems to be updating.   Does anyone have any suggestions of good sites?  My requirements are that it must have a grid-style view of FreeView channels that I select, preferably in ( Read more... )

So, against all my expectations, my parents have decided that they would like a Linux box...
Which is nice (and saves all the dual-boot hassle I was anticipating).

It will be Ubuntu.  Because I'm going to be supporting it and it's what I use.
New questions then:
Are there any pressing reasons to go for Gnome or KDE beyond what it looks like?  If one ( Read more... )

Couple of questions about getting a new PC ( Read more... )