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.”
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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.
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.
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.
All too commonly those who should square up to bullies fail to do so.
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.
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.
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.
There seems no doubt that intensely viral events occur. Characterising their early stages remains very difficult, requiring sensitive analysis on a huge data stream.
I parked myself right in front of Appuldurcombe House, and looked in the opposite direction, where St Martin’s Down rises above our village.
The Eclectic Light Company 