Tag Archives: Computers

Linux Shell- command history

Posted on May 19, 2016 by nigel borrington

NB : Please note that this post follows on from Linux Shell command tricks The second of the tools available for the command line interface to a Linux shell is command History, Just like Command and file completion this set … Continue reading →

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Learning Coding skills the fast way

Posted on March 7, 2015 by nigel borrington

learning programming language’s the best way Learning to program a computer these days is about as simple and yet complicated as it has ever been, when I firsts started coding commercial applications it was on IBM Mid-range and Main-frame computers … Continue reading →

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Andriod 4.4 on a HP 550 Laptop, Second Life Projects….

Posted on March 3, 2015 by nigel borrington

Android Development and Second life projects As part of my up upskilling projects, something I have been wanting to complete for a while is to port Andriod 4.4 KitKat to ether a Desktop or Laptop PC. To do so opens … Continue reading →

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Reaching out to the real world : The Pi-face Digital 2

Posted on February 22, 2015 by nigel borrington

Reaching the real world The fundamental difference between a standard Tablet a Laptop or Desktop computer and a development board system is a little harder to define than you may think ! After all most of the components on a … Continue reading →

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Looking Back to the 1980’s, The Sinclair QL.

Posted on January 27, 2015 by nigel borrington

The year is 1984 and the personal computer business has only just been born, few people even have a mobile phone never mind an i-phone or a smart phone, fewer people even have an email address, blog or a face-book … Continue reading →

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So why Linux and not Windows for this project ?

Posted on January 23, 2015 by nigel borrington

So why use Linux and not Windows ? Is one question that maybe asked during the initial stages of this project, Well I thought in today’s post I would do my best to answer why not Windows? The real question … Continue reading →

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Operating systems, selection and install.

Posted on January 21, 2015 by nigel borrington

Selecting and installing an operation system. So far during this week, I have firstly been selecting and then installing two operating systems with all their needed services including ( applications, Network services and a development environments ). My last post … Continue reading →

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