I can’t remember the last time I did a blog entry just about me and not a program/code that I’ve been working on. November 2018 has been quite a month, so I have decided to do one now. Training I’ve spent most of it hitting up LinkedIn Learning to increase my knowledge in various subjects. … Continue reading November_2018 = document.getElementById(‘Update’)
To assist with the pupils attending Code Club I’ve knocked up a quick HTML tag reference sheet for the basic tags used in the first few projects. HTML Tags HTML stands for Hyper Text Markup Language. All the tags have and opening tag <> and a closing tag </> <head> </head> … Continue reading HTML Tag Reference Sheet (Code Club)
Monday 17th September 2018 sees the start of National Coding Week. National Coding Week is all about encouraging people to give coding a go and with that in mind, and to help encourage anyone that reads my site and has not yet tried coding I thought a pre-National Coding Week blog post was needed. For … Continue reading National Coding Week (17th September 2018)
In 2006, just after their “Infinite Crisis” storyline, DC Comics skipped a whole storytime year in their comic book universe. In 2017 I volunteered to run a Code Club, one year on and it has had some very positive events. My initial code club volunteering took place in a school, introduced me to concepts like … Continue reading One Year Later
You may be asking “Who is the Geek Dude behind this site”? Well I’ve been a computer user since the mid ’90s and have been working in the IT industry since 2004. Over that time I’ve used various versions of Microsoft Windows, Linux and Mac OS. I’ve moderated web forums and bulletin boards around comic … Continue reading About Geek Tech Stuff
This evening I’m relaxing and having a play with downloading web files without the need for a web browser, writing my notes as I go. POWERSHELL Powershell allows for an webrequest to save (or outfile) the requested file to a local location. My early attempt at a PowerShell script to do this is: #Two variables … Continue reading Downloading Web Files Without A Browser
Working in IT I have a keen interest in all things computer related including the various languages that programs can be written in. I remember spending time on a VTech computer playing with BASIC and being amazed at typing: 10 print “Hello” Run And then seeing the LCD screen display the word Hello. Later I … Continue reading Code Club – Beginnings
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