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Hi, I just found out something i thought was really cool.. though im a bit weird :p

I’m sure there are many of you that have been approached at some point to automate word, excel etc… and come across VBA. Now VBA has been around since 1993 and is by all accounts a pretty ugly machine to work. With VSTA now available it has slightly improved the scene but still renders a … Using Office and Word in C# / Vb .net … Or an adventure with Interop.

Setting up Linux. Easily For years, I’ve tried to move over to linux as my main operating system. After trying distro after distro and duel booting I think I finally have a solution. Originally I found Ubuntu to be the distribution that has the most palatable flavour for an Amigican and then a Windows guy. … Moving from Windows to Linux Part 1 – The First Migration

I often look at the amazing photos that Scott Kelly (@StationCDRKelly) posts on his twitter feed. They are truly amazing photos, they capture vista’s of our planet from so many angles. The ISS travels at around 7.66 km/s, orbiting the earth every hour and a half. The UFO phenomena interest has increased in parallel; with … scott kelly ufo image possible Pareidolia

Just a quick post, I’ve created a PSD template for keyboard short cuts, (unfortunately for us Brit’s it’s in an American keyboard format).    

Get classes of interface c# var inte = typeof(iController); var x = Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly() .GetTypes() .Where(type => inte.IsAssignableFrom(type)) .Where(type => !type.IsAbstract && !type.IsGenericType ) .Where(type => type.Name.ToLower() == name.ToLower()) .Select(o => Activator.CreateInstance(o)).FirstOrDefault();

Victor: angrily I can’t believe you did this, Margaret. I can’t believe you stole all that money from the charity. Margaret: defensively I didn’t steal anything, Victor. I was just…misplacing it for a little while. Victor: sarcastically Oh, I see. So you were just “misplacing” tens of thousands of pounds. That makes perfect sense. Margaret: … Chatgpt one foot in the grave

ChatGPT is now available so I asked it: ‘write an essay on why cats are so greedy.’ Here’s what it told me: Cats are often known for their greedy behavior when it comes to food. They have a strong drive to eat and will often beg for food or steal it from other animals if … I asked ChatGPT: Why are cats so greedy