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
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
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
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?
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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)
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
Dyalog Announce Dyalog Version 15.0
NOTE: Personal/Non-Commercial use of Dyalog APL is now completely free. The non-commercial system is a fully functional 64-bit Unicode interpreter, except on the Raspberry Pi where it remains a 32-bit … Read More
Microsoft tones down Windows 10 upgrade prompt following ‘user feedback’
Yesterday (28th June), Microsoft announced that due to ‘user feedback’ it was updating it’s much maligned Windows 10 upgrade prompt. The new design will feature clearer options to either upgrade now, … Read More
AA – Abbreviations and Acronyms
Abbreviations and acronyms are great when you want to save space (or typing). There exists a plethora of commonly used abbreviations in most languages and most people recognise and read … Read More
Windows 10 Free Upgrade Ends Soon
As you may be aware the Free Windows 10 Upgrade will end on 29th July 2016. Once this ends the approximate cost of the Windows 10 software will be around … Read More