Dr James Bayley

Dr James Bayley

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  • IMAP is dead – how to use it with Outlook.com

    I have just spent 4 hours trying to connect a user’s mobile phone to Outlook.com using IMAP. The first thing I should say is that this is the wrong solution. The only sensible client tool for Office 365 including Outlook.com is Outlook mobile. Outlook 2016 desktop does work but has issues with aliases. However this…

    Dr James Bayley

    08/10/2017
    Outlook
    Android, email, imap, Outlook 2016, outlook.com, pop
  • Personal domains are dead, how to migrate to Outlook.com

    For 20 years I have owned the domain bayley.me.uk and run my email off it for myself and my family.  Contacts and Calendaring have always been separate applications. However now with smartphones we all want simple and integrated email, calendaring and contacts. The natural choice for me is Outlook.com, this starts from free but I…

    Dr James Bayley

    07/10/2017
    office 365, Outlook, Uncategorized
    email, office 365, Outlook 2016
  • Freemind is dead for Windows

    For many years I have used and loved Freemind for Mindmapping. Unfortunately it uses Java and on my Microsoft Surface with a Displaylink dock the rendering is now horrible. I have given up trying to make it look nice and I am now trialling the free version of XMind. It claims Hdpi support and the…

    Dr James Bayley

    22/09/2017
    Application design, Uncategorized
    freemind, mindmap, mindmapper, xmind
  • Best explanation of Bitcoin ever

    This is a brilliant explanation of Bitcoin. Even if you are expert in cryptocurrencies you will enjoy it. https://cointelegraph.com/news/blockchain-might-be-just-copy-of-age-old-money-practice-opinion  

    Dr James Bayley

    10/09/2017
    Business models, Uncategorized
    bitcoin
  • AirBnB spamming me, make £M but no way to contact them

    #airbnb are spamming me every day. They make millions but there is no way to contact them on the website. I guess I will have to report them to the ICO

    Dr James Bayley

    03/08/2017
    Uncategorized
  • Fixed: OneNote notebook will not sync

    I have about twenty OneNote notebooks that I use in desktop OneNote and 3 had stopped syncing (probably due to me manually killing the sync service – but that is a different story). To fix this Close the problem notebook The system will warn you that parts of the book that will not sync will…

    Dr James Bayley

    15/07/2017
    office 365, Uncategorized
    OneDrive, OneNote, sync
  • Fixed: Windows 10 – cannot find why programme is starting up at login

    A program was running each time I logged in but I could not find it. It was in the last place I looked… To find the user’s Startup items type, Windows + R, shell:Startup To find all users Startup items type, Windows +R, shell:Common Startup Actually it was a Scheduled Task type running on user login,…

    Dr James Bayley

    15/07/2017
    Uncategorized
  • The Simplest Possible Water Rocket

    Water rockets are great fun and if care is taken can provide lots of fun for all ages. There is a good introduction to them on Wikipedia. The most difficult part of designing a water rocket is the launch mechanism. You must make a seal to the rocket while you are charging it with air…

    Dr James Bayley

    09/07/2017
    Uncategorized
    water rocket
  • Fixed: Outlook 2016 Quickstep will not save

    There is a 6 year-old bug in Outlook 2016; you cannot Save a Quickstep that contains an email address when the account uses either a POP or IMAP connection. The issue is that the email drop-down picker silently corrupts your entry by reverting to the Windows Address book. The fix is to type brackets around…

    Dr James Bayley

    28/06/2017
    Outlook, Uncategorized
    Outlook, quick step
  • Do people want fairness or equality?

    The conservative Prime Minster Winston Churchill said, The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings. The inherent virtue of Socialism is the equal sharing of miseries. Winston Churchill, speech in the House of Commons (22 October 1945). The idea that equality is a good thing is now firmly established under both Labour and Conservative…

    Dr James Bayley

    07/05/2017
    Economics
    Economics, fairness
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