Main Page

Simon's Useful Info Wiki.

Links of Links

• LULinks Lancaster University links

Wiki and blog information

• wiki and 'Getting started':
  • Editing examples <-- I refer to this a lot!
  • The wiki software User's Guide
  • Configuration settings list
  • MediaWiki FAQ
  • MediaWiki release mailing list
• Drupal - Gave up. Too large, too slow, too clunky, too much to learn, too vulnerable.
• WordPress

Web site monitoring and maintenance

• awstats
• Creating subdomains
• MS SQL
• Uptime and certificate monitoring
• Monitoring web page changes
• Online file mirroring services
• Web site statistics
• noip2 / No-IP2

Operating systems

• Linux
• XP

Language

• diacritics
• Language, e.g. Useful words, Proverbs, Phonetic alphabet, Light at the End of the Tunnel
• Numbers, e.g. Uptime, hexadecimal watch words
• Is it a policy, procedure, protocol, guideline or standard?
• Procrastination
• Oxymorons

Programming languages

• Python
• BASIC on Linux
• Google Apps Script or whatever Google are calling the macros language for Google Docs / Google Sheets this month.

Artificial Intelligence

• AI, Artificial Intelligence

Devices

• Asus X401A
• Pegatron Cape 7
• msi U180
• Asus EeeBox PC model EB1007P
• Antec - a Tenzy custom build
• CyKey - a chording keyboard
• Huawei 4G Mobile WiFi E589 unlocking
• Plusnet 2704n / Sagemcom 2704n / Hub Zero 2704n Broadband Router advanced settings
• BlackBerry Curve 9320
• kobo Touch e-reader

Software

• Firefox
• Personal finance software
• CD ripping software
• Personal organiser software
• OpenOffice.org and LibreOffice
• Distributed computing and Boinc
• Webcam / camera monitoring software
• Remote access
• Collaborative online working Online tools for collaborative working
• Office 2013 migration
• Feng Office
• Desert Order
• NextCloud

Education and Learning

• Free learning e.g. Coursera, OpenLearn, FutureLearn
• Free flashcard software and web sites
• How we learn icluding David Kolb's Learning Cycle, Honey & Mumford, the Change Curve et al.

Skills

• geospatial
• Agile, e.g. Scrum, DSDM and EVO
• Project management
• Change management
• Tools and Techniques
• Awnimos
• Pareto Principle
• PRINCE3
• Foalma
• Technology evolution
• Security
• CSSF and related acronyms
• Data migration
• Annoying spammers
• No New Wars 11112018
• Mental Health
• eXtreme Project Management
• Data management
• Risk Management (or not)

Employment

• Freelancing & contracting
• Professional networking

Interests

• Aurora how and when
• Climate change actions But what can I do?

• Suppliers