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Month: June 2015

Q&A: iTunes play once and stop

Does iTunes have a preference setting to play just one track and stop?

June 24, 2015 Macs, Technology

Janus and Mars

I still think of those who died in the Falklands War, and of Tony Tyler, one of the wittiest and most perceptive of the contributors to MacUser. We miss them.

June 24, 2015 General, Life, Macs, Technology

Better than any dictionary: the Historical Thesaurus of the OED

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Like so many of David Crystal’s books, “Words in Time and Place” is seriously addictive, and essential for anyone with the slightest interest in the English language.

June 23, 2015 General, Language

Q&A: Unreadable Pages

Sometimes Pages has refused to open documents it has previously saved. How can I open those?

June 23, 2015 Macs, Technology

Open Government

A truly open government champions open standards and open source, and nurtures European software development.

June 23, 2015 General, Macs, Technology

Q&A: Sanskrit Pages

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How can I insert special Sanskrit characters into a Pages document, and know that they are supported by my chosen font?

June 22, 2015 Language, Macs, Technology

Worrying trends in a 39 year old Apple

Let us hope that this apparent forgetfulness is not a sign of things to come.

June 22, 2015 General, Life, Macs, Technology

Not Plane Sailing

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Wanting to draw square-rigged sailing ships, I first tried measuring up contemporary photographs and engravings. Then it got messy.

June 22, 2015 General, Macs, Technology

Beyond the French Impressionists: 19 USA, Winslow Homer

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He never aspired to be an impressionist, but painted many works plein air, with loose brushwork, and conveying impressions.

June 21, 2015 Painting

Q&A: Security of encryption

How secure is an encrypted disk image that I might create using Disk Utility on my Mac?

June 21, 2015 Macs, Technology

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