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Category Archive: General

Small but Perfectly Formed

Written a year before the first iPhone, 4 years before the iPad: “Sooner or later, Apple will release a product that lies between current iPods and MacBooks.”

June 20, 2015 General, Macs, Technology

Thank and be RESTful: how Twitter, Facebook, and many other apps work

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Almost every app that you run – under OS X or iOS – which communicates with a remote web server will use RESTful APIs somewhere along the line.

June 19, 2015 General, Macs, Technology

WiFi Witchfinders

Any school or other organisation that refuses to use wireless networking on grounds of health risk or safety is making a public declaration that their understanding of science is medieval at best.

June 18, 2015 General, Life, Macs, Technology

Free speech and common sense: Delfi AS v Estonia

It is time for those who publish offensive content, albeit written by others, to shoulder their responsibilities and protect the rights of those who may be damaged by such content.

June 17, 2015 General, Life, Macs, Technology

Bully Off

All too commonly those who should square up to bullies fail to do so.

June 17, 2015 General, Life, Macs

Heroic Age of the Internet

It would be a great tragedy if a major cultural activity of the early 21st century were to pass into oblivion because no-one remembered to collect it properly.

June 16, 2015 General, Language, Macs, Technology

Book Review: Georges Seurat The Art of Vision, Michelle Foa

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Seurat was interested in much more than the perception of colour, and in his reading of contemporary science (particularly that of von Helmholtz) and in his paintings, explored much of visual experience.

June 15, 2015 General, Painting

The Samuel Johnson Code

Before the Boston Tea Party, the few precious official copies of Johnson’s dictionary in the American lands were destroyed in commando-style raids, leading to the War of Independence.

June 15, 2015 General, Language, Macs, Technology

Going viral: observing events

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There seems no doubt that intensely viral events occur. Characterising their early stages remains very difficult, requiring sensitive analysis on a huge data stream.

June 14, 2015 General, Life, Macs, Technology

Painting: St Martin’s Down, watercolour on paper, plein air

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I parked myself right in front of Appuldurcombe House, and looked in the opposite direction, where St Martin’s Down rises above our village.

June 13, 2015 General, Life, Painting

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