Blog Posts
- How to install .NET 3.5 in Windows 10 - 10 Jun 2016
The .NET Framework is essential to many applications. At the time of writing the latest version is 4.6.1, however you'll often come across apps that depend on .NET 3.5, which was released back in 2007. Unfortunately the newer versions aren't backwards compatible, so you will have to install this version too, if it's a dependency. So the problem... for some reason, this version often fails to install often on domain...
- How to start learning Java - 06 Jun 2016
It can be quite difficult learning to code, I think that the first hurdle is the hardest. Once you have a basic understanding of a language, you can develop your knowledge by reading programs, using libraries and open source code from sites like GitHub. But how do you get over the first hurdle? Here are some of my favourite resources for learning Java as a beginner: Codecademy - Java...
- OnePlus 2 RMA Experience - 05 Mar 2016
I have had a OnePlus device since the very early days of the OnePlus One, after someone online kindly shared an invite with me. I've read many blog posts stating how bad the OnePlus support team are, apparently asking everyone to 'flash Oxygen OS' as if it could fix anything! I have never needed to contact OnePlus. Though I did experience the 'yellow band' issue on my OnePlus One, it...
- How to upgrade from Windows 10 Home to Pro - 22 Feb 2016
Recently I came across a strange issue when attempting to upgrade from Windows 10 Home to Windows 10 Pro edition. I had purchased a laptop that came preinstalled with Windows 10 Home, and to be ready for our office environment, I needed to upgrade to Pro. I had a Windows 10 Pro license, and a disk with the image on it. However, even after deleting all of the partitions, Windows 10...
- Welcome to Jekyll! - 12 Feb 2016
You’ll find this post in your _posts directory - edit this post and re-build (or run with the -w switch) to see your changes! To add new posts, simply add a file in the _posts directory that follows the convention: YYYY-MM-DD-name-of-post.ext. Jekyll also offers powerful support for code snippets: def print_hi(name) puts "Hi, #{name}" end print_hi('Tom') #=> prints 'Hi, Tom' to STDOUT. Check out the Jekyll docs for more info...