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Category Archive: Life

Remembrance of Camerons Past

Today’s Camerons need to right the wrongs of their dispossessed ancestors, and invest in rural broadband.

May 10, 2015 General, Life, Macs, Technology

Expecting tips and florid gestures: tips for people-watching

A short guide to the Apple Watch and its wearers, for those who enjoy people-watching.

May 9, 2015 General, Life, Macs, Technology

Fashion Victims

Computers and devices like iPhones and iPads are a fashion market in themselves. Not only have we chosen a fairly exclusive fashion label in Apple, but we engage in all sorts of accessorising too.

May 7, 2015 General, Life, Macs, Technology

Will I get wet? Weather forecasting on OS X and iOS

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Which weather forecasting app should you trust? Or are you looking for some digital seaweed?

May 3, 2015 General, Life, Macs, Technology

Scammed and scarred: a cautionary tale

Today I had an anguished phone call from a dear friend who, just a few days ago, succumbed to a phishing attack. He was electronically mugged, and no one cares.

May 1, 2015 General, Life, Macs, Technology

Mirror, mirror, on the web, who was the most frustrated of them all?

This morning I nearly took a selfie and posted it to How-Old.net to see if it would cope with ages over 100. And I put it all down to Adobe.

May 1, 2015 General, Life, Macs, Technology

Words can ever hurt me

Words have recently caused many casualties. Whether they were in emails exchanged with the Murdochs and read to […]

April 26, 2015 General, Language, Life, Macs, Technology

How the  𝖶𝖠𝖳𝖢𝖧 measures your heart rate

Apple explains how it thinks the heart rate measurement system in the new ο£Ώ 𝖢𝖠𝖳𝖒𝖧 works here. However […]

April 24, 2015 General, Life, Macs, Technology

Double Book Review: “Inventing Impressionism” and “Paul Durand-Ruel”; Saint or Sinner?

“Inventing Impressionism. Paul Durand-Ruel and the Modern Art Market” Edited by Sylvie Patrie; contributions by Anne Robbins, Christopher […]

April 20, 2015 General, Life, Painting

amazon.oops

A compilation of cock-ups and other misadventures in and by Amazon, in my case, amazon.co.uk.

April 16, 2015 General, Life, Technology

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