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Category Archive: Language

Disk, drive, HD: does it really make any difference?

The fine line between precision and obscurity examined in the Finder, against Apple’s Style Guide, and its accuracy. And what does HD stand for?

February 29, 2020 Language, Macs, Technology

Publishers determined to kill electronic books

A recent judgement makes it a breach of copyright to sell pre-owned eBooks. Do publishers really want to deter everyone from buying eBooks?

December 26, 2019 General, Language, Life, Macs, Technology

Ultimately obfuscated coding

There may even be a few good reasons for you wanting to obfuscate your code. Perhaps you don’t […]

December 25, 2019 General, Language, Life, Macs, Technology

Ending Mojibake with Rosettavert 1.3

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Opening old text files in non-Roman languages, you’re sure to come across mojibake, when the text is in a different encoding. Here’s a solution.

September 13, 2019 General, Language, Macs, Technology, Updates

Commenting on older articles temporarily disabled

Because of ongoing high-volume attacks on this blog by comment spam, I regret that I have had to […]

September 6, 2019 General, Language, Life, Macs, Painting, Technology

Commenting on older articles reinstated

I have now enabled commenting on older articles again. Please feel free to do so. Let’s hope the […]

August 26, 2019 General, Language, Life, Macs, Painting, Technology

Commenting on older articles temporarily suspended

Due to a very high volume of comment spam, I’m afraid that I have had to temporarily suspend […]

August 24, 2019 General, Language, Life, Macs, Painting, Technology

How to get news on Apple’s latest updates, and updates to my apps

A new Updates category here can alert you to the latest macOS updates, and those to my free apps too.

August 13, 2019 General, Language, Life, Macs, Painting, Technology, Updates

Should you use document metadata?

Is it worth entering author name, title, keywords and so on in a document’s Properties?

August 3, 2019 General, Language, Macs, Technology

Rich Text documents: RTF and RTFD

What are the differences, what can you do with each of the two formats, and when should you use them?

July 30, 2019 General, Language, Macs, Technology

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