A few months ago, we all felt that we lived in uncertain times, but I suspect none of […]
Category Archive: Language
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?
A recent judgement makes it a breach of copyright to sell pre-owned eBooks. Do publishers really want to deter everyone from buying eBooks?
There may even be a few good reasons for you wanting to obfuscate your code. Perhaps you don’t […]
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.
Because of ongoing high-volume attacks on this blog by comment spam, I regret that I have had to […]
I have now enabled commenting on older articles again. Please feel free to do so. Let’s hope the […]
Due to a very high volume of comment spam, I’m afraid that I have had to temporarily suspend […]
A new Updates category here can alert you to the latest macOS updates, and those to my free apps too.
Is it worth entering author name, title, keywords and so on in a document’s Properties?
The Eclectic Light Company 