Have you been trying to connect to an Azure SQL database from your M1 Mac computer? I have and although it should be an easy task it took me a while. I have documented my… Read More »Connecting to Azure SQL with Python from an M1 Mac and not perishing in the process
You may have seen the shiny new 2021 iMac with the new exciting colours, actually a bit reminiscent of the iMac G3 from 1988 or “The Macintosh that Saved Apple“. The new iMac comes with… Read More »Get the “hello” screensaver on your mac
June 30th! It has gone quickly and with today being the last day of pride month it seems fitting to mention a very influential scientist that has shaped modern life, contributed to the war effort… Read More »Alan Turing – Pride Month
I have been using GSuite in the last year or so at work. In general it seem to be fine, good usage of the email capabilities provided by Gmail and the storage, together with shared… Read More »Remove Unwanted Google Calendars
I have been considering moving a considerable photo collection I have amassed for a few years now after getting my first digital camera. I used to take a lot of pictures before that with a… Read More »Importing Organised Picture Folders to Apple Photos
UPDATE – On April 1st 2021 MacTex released the 2021 version of the software. In this new version the code is universal and works well with both Intel and Apple silicon: All binaries in MacTeX-2021… Read More »Installing MacTeX in M1 Apple Macs
This is a video I made a few years ago to encourage my students to use better tools to write dissertations, thesis and reports that include the use of mathematics. The principles stand, although the… Read More »Structured Documents in LaTeX
This is a video I made a few years ago to encourage my students to use better tools to write dissertations, thesis and reports that include the use of mathematics. The principles stand, although the… Read More »LaTeX for writing mathematics – An introduction
I have been using LibreOffice on and off for a few years now and generally I think it is a great alternative to the MS Office offering. It does the tasks that are required and… Read More »LibreOffice – Dialogue boxes showing blanks
Have you tried taking a screenshot in your Mac and are annoyed at having to wait for the floating thumbnail – in other words you wait for 5 seconds before the screenshot becomes a file?… Read More »MacOS – No Floating Thumbnail when taking a screenshot