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Interview with Jobs During Early NEXT Days
Check out this interesting video of Steve Jobs being interviewed in 1990 just after he had moved to NEXT. Here he sets out the computing landscape for the next 20 years and accurately predicts what we...
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Financial problems
This is one explanation of current economic problems. An introductory article is here, and 50 minute video here.
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North American English words not used in the UK
Thanks to reading this Wikipedia article I’ve realised I can claim to know 2 versions of English, or at least 2 dialects, I hadn’t realised how many differences there are. There may be some more...
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Setting some sensible defaults for OS X (Lion)
There’s some great tips here for improving the default preferences of the operating system: OSX For Hackers — Gist The ones I used were defaults write com.apple.finder FXDefaultSearchScope -string...
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Problems with 64 bit MySQL on Mountain Lion
When I first installed MySQL 5.6.11 on Mountain Lion it worked fine for a week. The only issue was I couldn’t get the service to automatically start from boot. Strangely a week later it started...
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Problems mounting Time Capsule with OS X 10.6.8
I use a slightly older Mac Mini as the target for my backups and due to it’s 1GB RAM limit, it cannot be upgraded past Snow Leopard, OS X 10.6.8. One of the Apple software updates in 2012/13...
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The Audiobooks Minefield: A Survival Guide
Overview Audiobooks are a great way to consume the written word. It took me quite a while to be won over by this medium, despite a 2 year campaign by a friend, but since I finished my first audiobook...
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Time Machine Problems in Yosemite
Perhaps Time Machine works in standard cases, but for some slightly edge cases it’s completely opaque. After much Googling I’ve finally discovered how to get my old photos from iPhoto back, they had...
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OS X Bluetooth Issues with Multiple Mice
tl;dr Go to Activity Monitor, search for blued, and kill the process With More Detail At the time of writing OS X 10.10.2 is live and many of the grave problems with Bluetooth have been fixed. Those...
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Astropad Review
Astropad is a new solution that proposes to turn your iPad into a Wacom style graphics tablet so you can use it as a drawing/painting tool with your Mac. The website and promo video are slick, and my...
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El Capitan: The Good and the Bad
The Good Basically you should upgrade to the latest version of OS X, El Capitan, right away if possible, the performance improvements are amazing. I haven’t seen my mac operate with such silky...
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Animated Book Reviews
Animated book reviews: what a great idea. That is exactly what you get over at the FightMediocrity Youtube channel. And a great selection of books too.
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Runkeeper 6.2 on the Apple Watch
With yesterday’s release of version 6.2 of Runkeeper, you can now do a run without having to carry along your iPhone. That’s a relief because it seems to be what the watch was designed for. I got in...
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Linking Between Ulysses, MindNode and DayOne
Ulysses, MindNode and DayOne are excellent writing, planning and journalling apps, respectively. Many would argue they are best of breed in their respective categories and perhaps even their main...
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iTunes Match vs Apple Music
The main difference is if you upload your music (ripped CDs, “acquired” MP3s) with Apple Music, you lose it after you cancel your Apple Music subscription. Even if the files are sitting on your...
View ArticleGetting Rotation to Work in Procreate
Here’s an email I sent to the developers on the subject: Hi Matt I can’t really complain as your app is amazing, it’s something of miracle that you and your team managed to pack so much functionality...
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How To Use the Goodreads App (iPhone)
I’ve had the Goodreads app for several years now and while the website is excellent, I’ve always found the app underwhelming. The main problem is the designers have clearly tried to shoehorn the web...
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Virgin Media Email Contact
This is quite a discovery, anyone who is a Virginmedia customer will be amazed. Hopefully Google will do its thing and this solution will bubble to the top … NB: all info is accurate and correct at...
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One of Bob Marley’s Best Recordings
Anyone who’s acquainted with the reggae star’s oeuvre is aware just how much of his material is available online. There are literally hundreds of albums, many of them re-releases and slight variations...
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Dodgy Coffee App
First, in the on-boarding process, it insists on a sign up. Of course wanting to send me notifications which I refuse. Then this: Please enter your mobile number so we’re know you’re not a robot...
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