Power Toys Light Switch

Toggle themes in Windows 11 using Power Toys and the shortcut: Ctl Shift Win - D

14 April 2026 · Mark

Quick Access To WSL

To open the Windows Subsystem Linux from the File Explorer enter the following in the address bar: \\wsl$ to open a specific Distro add it to the path, for example: \\wsl$\Debian

8 April 2026 · Mark

Changed Blog Landing Page

After some thought and because I am now posting these notes as well as normal posts, I have decided to revert to a landing page for my blog. I think it is clearer and a cleaner access point for my notes and posts.

8 April 2026 · Mark

Windows 11 Theme Shortcut

I have been frustrated by Windows 11 inability to consistently use my preferred theme, especially during the Night-Day theme changes. To this end I found a way to create a Desktop shortcut to the theme I want to use. Far easier than constantly opening Preferences. Create a Shortcut to the saved desired theme in this folder: %localappdata%\Microsoft\Windows\Themes Update: This is no longer working for me, as it is with Windows and its inconsistency.

7 April 2026 · Mark

Setup Custom Domain

Finally got around to setting up a custom domain, not hard but quite involved and required some serious concentration and patience, due to DNS record delays.

3 April 2026 · Mark

April Reminder Do A Post

I am apt to forget to post in my blog as I am often to disctracted by the real world and so it slips my mind. So a note to self (like it will make a difference) post something, anything!

2 April 2026 · Mark

I Haven't Posted Anything

I feel like I should post something but I really don’t feel like. I don’t feel I have anything positive to post about in terms of CG or anything else at the moment. So this is in lieu of a post proper, a little note.

18 March 2026 · Mark

Renamed Description

The contents of the post were still called Description now they are Contents to match the dialog.

6 March 2026 · Mark

Post Description Wrong

The notes Contents were still is the capatalize function, commented out now. So This Should be Working 😀

6 March 2026 · Mark

Segmentation Fault On Linux

So it isn’t just Mac that is throwing up an error, also happening one linux. now i have managed to check the code on Debian it is clear something is wrong with the installation or calls in both. it seems to be related to QApplication, but i can’t be arsed to track it down any further. time for a rewrite using QWidget only.

6 March 2026 · Mark