by Jonathan Tuppeny | Nov 30, 2021 | Non-technical, Not IT Related
I do panoramic photographs made up hundreds of individual pictures and I was hoping to use the Gigapan Epic to be able to scenes using very small angles between each picture, but I found that the batteries simply didn’t last. As standard, the Gigapan runs on 6...
by Jonathan Tuppeny | Jan 11, 2018 | Non-technical, Not IT Related
For reasons that I won’t go into, I recently had to re-pack an Alesis Strike Pro drum kit back into its box in order to return it. However, this was no easy task due to the fact that the main box is packed full of smaller boxes that fit together like a Chinese...
by Jonathan Tuppeny | Mar 4, 2016 | Non-technical
As the world becomes more mobile and cloud orientated, I have been working hard trying to get a database to run on a smart phone in some form. Ultimately I’d like to host a database in the cloud and then be able to use Access as an interface not only on a desktop PC...
by Jonathan Tuppeny | Nov 11, 2015 | Non-technical
I’ve been developing database solutions using Azure SQL as a cloud-based database for a few years now. The combination of the local functionality afforded by Access coupled with the ability to share data across the internet has proved very powerful. Recently I have...
by Jonathan Tuppeny | Aug 17, 2015 | Non-technical
If I had to come up with a single phrase to describe the myriad of spreadsheets and databases that I’ve encountered over the years it would be – ‘If it looks terrible, chances are that it is.’ I’ve been working with spreadsheets, databases and Visual Basic code...
by Jonathan Tuppeny | Jun 15, 2015 | Non-technical
Over the years I’ve been involved in loads of projects and I’ve noticed that there are two key factors that every successful project shares. They seem obvious but it’s surprising how often they’re lacking. At the outset of a project, especially a long and/or complex...
