Category: Productivity

I want to create a AHK exe file that does timesheets for others. The idea being that I can create a simple timesheet app that writes to a file but is compiled as an exe so can be shared. The challange being that you need to give it project “names” and “codes” that are relevant

I saw Bynes RSS feed on Threadit a new video message service and looked into it a bit further. It is a bit like Loom but also allows others to clip their response to your video so that you get a more structured dialogue. It has a few interesting features. This article Google Area 120

From my generated inventory (using handheld barcode scanner) I have a file with my current status of what is in my freezer. This file sits on the tablet where the barcode reader sens the data. That is all well and fine, but I do not have it running all the time, so when I (1)

I wrote and article AHK Barcode and freezer Inventory to monitor my Freezer inventory. The idea was to test out an inventory structure and play with a handheld barcode reader. I did a video on it here: After creating the AHK script for that and testing it out, I then wanted to progress the idea

My Howya died recently, may it RIP, I had it for 3 years and definitely value for money. I upgraded to an Oppo phone, one of the criteria was that the new phone had NFC (Near field communication) so that I could play with tags. I’d bought, on Ali Express a NFC card read/writer that

I saw this article “Microsoft’s “Power Automate Desktop” Is Now Free and Can Do Your Work for You” that had a link to “Automate tasks with Power Automate Desktop for Windows 10—no additional cost” and if someone is offering free automation tools tthen I’m up for trying them out. You can download it here. This

After plant watering/recording app, which I use daily I wanted to move onto the Freezer Inventory. I have modified the Plant watering app for my beer brew recording, that is mainly typing in rather than barcode reading, but I inputted all the data pretty quickly, so now have a structured file with the data in

I’ve had a few AHK hotkeys that I’ve used for ages, and don’t have to think about remembering them, but now that I’ve been developing new scripts I’ve started having issues with remembering them. So I’ve been through a few processes. Pop-up Help MessageBox This was my first attempt at keepinmg a record, having a

I used sound frequencies to indicate input to different fields of the form. I demonstrated that to my daughter and she commented that it would be handy if it could tell you what had been scanned. I mentioned the SoundPlay function instead of the SoundBeep function, suggesting you could make small .wav files to play

Initial code setup for plant monitoring here. There is a more updated script in the next article here. Timekeeping original code There is a really nifty script (by yevolcn on GitHub) that allows you to quickly add in time in a pop-up menu triggered by Alt+3 hotkey. It writes the information to a file and