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2015
Griddle - A Grid/Table Component for React
· Reading time: ~3 minute(s) (501 words)We had a requirement at work to display some tabular data that is retrieved from a web service as a JSON object. As we have recently started using React, it made sense to find a decent component that... (continue reading)
Getting Started with React.js
· Reading time: ~1 minute(s) (121 words)I’ve recently reviewed some of my blog content and found that some of it is advising of a way to do things in a way that I would no longer suggest. This article in particular focused around... (continue reading)
heavy cpu usage svchost windows10
· Reading time: ~2 minute(s) (287 words)Google brings up a complete bag of results when you search for “svchost high cpu” as it’s been a well documented issue with the Windows Update service across the last couple of... (continue reading)
"Something went wrong" - Creating users on Windows 10
· Reading time: ~2 minute(s) (234 words)On a fresh install of Windows 10, I found I was unable to add a second user to the system (via All Settings) and constantly got the “Something went wrong” screen. I tried a few reboots but... (continue reading)
Sending email via SMTP on Outlook 2013
· Reading time: ~1 minute(s) (90 words)Recently I’ve noticed that I’ve not been able to send emails in Outlook 2013 on the desktop computer. It’s been working fine on my laptop, but the desktop no such luck.
The error I... (continue reading)
McAfee Mobile Security
· Reading time: ~4 minute(s) (796 words)About a fortnight ago, I changed to an android handset after having iPhones for the last 4 years. I had decided on an LG G3 which turns out to come preinstalled with McAfee Mobile Security…... (continue reading)
Access services on VirtualBox VM
· Reading time: ~2 minute(s) (230 words)In my current job I use a lot of virtual machines due to the variety of applications we support and the demand for them to work on many versions of Windows. As a result, we do have web services that... (continue reading)
2014
Dell XPS 15 9530 sluggish performance
· Reading time: ~1 minute(s) (155 words)This morning, I noticed that my Dell XPS 15 9530 felt a little sluggish, so did some investigation and found the CPU clock had capped at a lower speed. I did a full reboot of Windows 10, and luckily... (continue reading)
Minecraft Pocket Edition - Invisible mobs/monsters
· Reading time: ~2 minute(s) (218 words)My son recently bought an Acer A3-A10 tablet with some money he had saved. It’s a great tablet for the £135 it cost at Argos and even sweeter with the £10 voucher with which he was able to get a... (continue reading)
Boot Booster (EFI) Partition on an Asus EeePC 1005P
· Reading time: ~2 minute(s) (322 words)We have an Asus EeePC 1005P netbook which comes with the Intel Atom N450 CPU. The BIOS provides a “Boot Booster” option which caches POST information in a special partition on the hard... (continue reading)