| Wide Form Support in Beta Stardate 2026.0628: Microsoft has finally removed one of the oldest limitations in Access: the 22-inch maximum form size. If you've ever wished you could build dashboards or data entry screens that take full advantage of today's ultrawide or 4K monitors, your wish has been granted. The feature is currently available in the Beta Channel for Microsoft 365 Access. If you're already using the Beta Channel, simply... |  |
| Behind Schedule, Again Stardate 2026.0625: The captain is once again behind schedule. I had every intention of getting today's TechHelp video with an Extended Cut recorded. It's planned, prepped, and ready to go. Unfortunately, this week has been one of those where real life keeps barging onto the bridge and rewriting the mission orders. The good news is nothing's wrong. I'm just running behind. The extended cut is now scheduled for... |  |
| Oops, I Broke It Stardate 2026.0624: Last night, somewhere around the traditional "this'll only take five minutes" hour of 2:00 AM, I made a few changes to the website. The changes themselves seemed perfectly reasonable at the time. In fact, most bad decisions in software engineering begin with that exact sentence. Unfortunately, one of those changes appears to have broken the short-link system that powers a lot of the navigation... |  |
| Back In The Captain's Chair Stardate 2026.0622: It's Monday, and I'm officially back in the office after one of those weekends where life decided to throw a few extra side quests at me. Between some technical issues with the website and a handful of personal matters that needed my attention, I didn't get nearly as much done as I had planned. That means a couple of projects are running a little behind schedule. I'm still working on the SQL... |  |
| Secrets of the Penguins Review Stardate 2026.0617: Beautiful Documentary, But I Didn't Need To See Penguins Being Eaten. My wife and I just finished watching Secrets of the Penguins, and overall, it was fantastic. In fact, I'd say 90% of it was one of the best wildlife documentaries I've ever seen. The cinematography is absolutely stunning, the narration is engaging, and the storytelling is excellent from beginning to end. You can tell an... |  |
| Tribble Tribble Dee Stardate 2026.0617: They're getting scary good with this stuff... | |
| Strange New Worlds Season 4 Stardate 2026.0616: July 23rd. This makes me happy. :) Engage! | |
| A Bucket of Penguins! Stardate 2026.0616: Back on Penguin Awareness Day a few months ago, I wrote a Captain's Log about my love of penguins. If you've watched enough of my videos over the years, you've probably noticed that penguins tend to show up from time to time. Sometimes they're hidden in thumbnails. Sometimes they're sitting on shelves. Sometimes I'm just talking about them because, well, I really love penguins. Apparently one of... |  |
| AI Still Can't Build a Playlist Stardate 2026.0615: I recently decided I was tired of telling Alexa, "Play Rush" or "Play Van Halen" every time I go to workout. As much as I love those bands, Amazon Music always seems to gravitate toward the same handful of songs. After hearing Tom Sawyer, YYZ, and Jump for the thousandth time, I wanted something different. Not different bands necessarily, but different songs. Deeper cuts. Songs that I've loved... |  |
| My First Vibe-Coded Web App Stardate 2026.0612: This morning I took my first real shot at what people are calling "vibe coding." Now, before anyone starts throwing tomatoes, let me clarify something. I know HTML. I know JavaScript. I was a C programmer for years back in the 1990s, and JavaScript is heavily influenced by C. The syntax feels familiar. If I look at JavaScript code, I can generally follow what's going on. But could I sit down... |  |