Author: Max Drake

After setting up listview as the method to display the files as per previous post Accessing Recent Files- Part 2-Jack Dunning’s QuickLinks then using LinkView which sorted out the principle of the program there were a few things I wanted to do to make it work in a more generic way. Use an ini file

In the first part of creating a link list of files for accessing I had a Proof of Concept that used AHK script to capture the information to a file and Excel to display and create hyperlinks. I’d commented that there didn’t seem to be similar programs that did this sort of thing and then

I’m hopping in and out of one particular project that I may not actively work on for months. When I revisit it I have to go fossiking through all my files to figure out which were the most recent ones I was working in. Although I could just use Explorer and order the files by

Further to previous post on Bookmarklets, I’ve been using them and find them easy to use, practical & they do increase my web browsing productivity. I was thinking that there may be a few more I could find. Bookmarklet Combiner One issue I do have is that they take up ribbon space in the Bookmark

I use Github to store some of my code. I also make a lot of it public to share. I suddenly realised that I was copying my hotkey script across to github and that script contained some of my general passwords that I used for some of the general web stuff I visit. OOPS!!!! So

After getting the Stream Deck I have been having tentative explorations into its setup and uses. A good Stream Deck article about process and setup is here You can create your own icons from a Stream Deck library , go HERE Stream Deck Calculator I saw this video and thought it would be a great

I have a WD myCloud for storage with about 4TB of storage in a single bay. I’ve had it for a while and have stored a lot of stuff replicated across its partitioned areas. It is a single Drive and has worked pretty well. Its starting to get full so I need to add to

My original Microsoft Surface Book keyboard died on me a couple of years ago and I got a Surface Laptop to replace it. The Laptop did not have a Graphics card so not so good at BIM. I then realised I could cheaply purchase 2nd hand a lower spec Surface Book and switch over the

I was looking up AHK productivity and came across some extra information about Stream Decks and justification for using that rather than a 2nd keyboard. I thought this video was good in that it covers plugins and alternatives and other methods to try things out like Touch Portal This article seems to be useful too

Back wheel flat number 1 Well, it had to happen. I’d just charged the battery overnight and was planning to use it out at Petone foreshore and the back tyre was flat. I’d ordered an inner tube when I bought the scooter and had a puncture repair kit so decided to fix it. I’d seen