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Wise Owl is 20 years old this year: 1992-2012

Posted by Andy Brown on 23 April 2012 | 1 comment
To celebrate our 20th anniversary, we thought we'd look back on how software training has changed over the last 20 years.
Tags:   Musings / Nostalgia

Why the Easter Bunny prefers SQL Server to Access

Posted by Andy Brown on 30 March 2012 | 1 comment
The Easter Bunny stores his distribution data in SQL Server, not Access; read why!

Why VB trumps C#, and how trolls don't agree!

Posted by Andy Brown on 15 March 2012 | 2 comments
I recently wrote a blog on why (I believe) VB is a better programming language than C# - I wasn't prepared for the flames this would unleash.

Ten Useful Applications That You Can Get For Free

Posted by Andrew Gould on 15 December 2011 | no comments
As Christmas 2011 approaches we thought it would be a nice idea to list some geeky gifts that you can give to yourself. And the best thing is that they're all completely free!
Tags:   Musings / Random musings

Capturing text using SnagIt

Posted by Andy Brown on 28 November 2010 | no comments
SnagIt is great for capturing text, but we hadn't realised it was also good for OCR (optical character recognition).
Tags:   Musings / Random musings