Synctoy Automatic Backup

“Backing up is easy, the hard part is remembering to do it” – a wise man With that in mind this post shows you how to automatically backup your files on your windows computer. For information on backing up a linux computer checkout this post on rsync. Microsoft Synctoy There are no doubt scores of… Read More »

Comparison of Scientific Python Distributions

Scientific python Python, being the straightforward, versatile little language that it is, has for some time found it’s place doing the heavy lifting in much scientific data processing and analysis. Although the strength of its scientific and numerical packages has meant that it can readily square off against the likes of matlab and mathematica, I’d… Read More »

Keep track of your finances with this budget spreadsheet

“Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure nineteen [pounds] nineteen [shillings] and six [pence], result happiness. Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure twenty pounds ought and six, result misery.” Charles Dickens, David Copperfield The first stage in getting on top of your finances is to see exactly where your money goes. You can’t do this accurately… Read More »