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Generating Cell Refs in Excel – As Easy as A-Y

James HeslipNovember 3, 2016Geek of the WeekLeave a Comment

I’ve been working on a project for our accountant Jenny helping to generate the Networking Finance reports. In a nutshell this involves a query on the Coretime database to retrieve … Read More

Dyalog Glasgow Round Up

Callum FloumeOctober 20, 2016APL, Dyalog, EventsLeave a Comment

Last week I attended the Dyalog User Meeting in Glasgow. I decided to summarise my ‘top talk’ from each day in this post. This is purely based on personal opinion. … Read More

A Day Trip to Dyalog ’16

Jenny HopcraftOctober 19, 2016Dyalog, EventsLeave a Comment

I decided to go to the event as I thought it would be a good opportunity for me to meet some of the people at Dyalog who I have spoken … Read More

Conferencing as a Dummy – My Thoughts on Dyalog ’16

James HeslipOctober 18, 2016APL, Dyalog, EventsLeave a Comment

I had been looking forward to this User Meeting for a whole host of reasons, mainly because there would be a whole lot of new experiences; I’d never been to … Read More

Stormwind Simulator at Dyalog ’16

Sam GutsellOctober 17, 2016APL, Dyalog, EventsLeave a Comment

Stormwind is a project that has gained a huge amount of interest in the APL community. This is due to the fact it is a 3D boating simulator. Where this … Read More

Konga – IP communication on k vs Dyalog APL’s Conga

Gil AthorayaOctober 10, 2016APL, Geek of the WeekLeave a Comment

Dyalog APL introduced their new communication toolbox Conga a few years back. This week they are presenting the latest (upcoming) version 3.0 in the annual Dyalog user meeting (this year … Read More

Fortunate Correlations

Peter MerrittOctober 10, 2016Devil's AdvocateLeave a Comment

The more successful his efforts proved, the more pressure Dr. Jones and his team felt. He grew increasingly concerned that they would miss something vital. The most direct solution would … Read More

Dyalog 16, Glasgow is fast approaching

Paul GrosvenorSeptember 23, 2016APL, Company NewsLeave a Comment

The Dyalog user meeting is only 3 weeks away and plans are now finally coming together. This year is the 50th anniversary of APL and a whole day and a … Read More

Which password manager should you choose?

Callum FloumeSeptember 15, 2016IT SupportLeave a Comment

Do you find yourself having to click “Forgot Password” often? The brain can only remember so much and each individual has different retention levels at which they can memorise and … Read More

Optima welcomes Steve McGuigan

Steve McGuiganSeptember 7, 2016Company NewsLeave a Comment

Optima is pleased to announce another apprentice has been taken on. We thought we would let him introduce himself in his own words. As I am part of the first … Read More

RegEx with ⎕R and ]locate

John JacobSeptember 7, 2016APL, Geek of the WeekLeave a Comment

When the British APL Association met in August Dan Baronet gave us a taster for the sort of thing that could be done with RegEx in Dyalog. I have a recording I … Read More

Celebrating 25 Years of the World Wide Web

James HeslipAugust 25, 2016Tech NewsLeave a Comment

As Optima’s way of giving thanks – even if there are some disputes in exact dates – the following is a time line briefly detailing the creation of the World … Read More

APL Sounds Good – Part 2: Transformers

Gil AthorayaAugust 3, 2016APL, Geek of the WeekLeave a Comment

One thing that I find really interesting and impressive about the APL language is the way it transforms traditional programming language into a succinct notation. Take for example the typical … Read More

Major Outage hits Sky Broadband

Jay HineAugust 2, 2016IT SupportLeave a Comment

Tuesday 20th July – A major outage is effecting Sky Broadband customers this morning and seems to be a nationwide issue. The problems started being reported at around 8am. Sky tweeted quickly: … Read More

The Problem of Playing It Safe

Peter MerrittJuly 28, 2016Devil's AdvocateLeave a Comment

This item challenges us to truly examine our motives in giving advice to clients (or colleagues). We may be working in high-tech IT, but we are still not all that … Read More

APL Sounds Good – Part 1

Gil AthorayaJuly 20, 2016Geek of the WeekLeave a Comment

My first hobby code project in APL was signal processing tools. It was something I had studied in university and felt like a good candidate for APL programming. When I … Read More

Major BT Broadband Outage

Jay HineJuly 20, 2016IT SupportLeave a Comment

Wednesday 20th July – From about 9.00am BT’s broudband services has been suffering severe disruption. The issue is affecting several parts of the country ans is currently listed as ‘ongoing’ … Read More

Sliding Down Memory Lane

James HeslipJuly 19, 2016Geek of the WeekLeave a Comment

I often got frustrated with puzzles as a child. Not in the sense that I couldn’t do them, but that I would never be satisfied until I could find a … Read More

Home User’s Guide: Modems and Routers

Callum FloumeJuly 18, 2016IT SupportLeave a Comment

In this blog post I will attempt to explain the function of modems and routers at a level where anyone who has them in their home can understand. If you … Read More

Things that go FUD…(Fear, Uncertainty & Doubt)

Peter MerrittJuly 8, 2016Devil's AdvocateLeave a Comment

This item involves an illustration of some of the exaggerated and warped ‘group-think’ which was engendered by the famous V2 missile, the first man-made object into space. Whilst much of … Read More

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