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Category Archive: Life

Precisely not: why we have become too precise for our own good

The app told me that in 10 minutes it would rain for 10 minutes, but there was a 43% chance of rain over the next hour.

December 15, 2015 General, Language, Life, Macs, Technology

The Eclectic Light flickers: my iMac might be dead

You know, from soon after getting up, that some days are not going to be easy. Yesterday was […]

December 13, 2015 General, Language, Life, Macs, Painting, Technology

Internet-enabled toys, kids, and their safety

As a parent, threats to children now seem out of your control. Should you let them have that Internet-enabled Barbie doll, or remain a Luddite?

December 11, 2015 General, Life, Macs, Technology

KeyStrokes: the ultimate assistive keyboard

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The mother of all virtual keyboards, completely customisable, and operated by the input device of your choice.

December 10, 2015 General, Language, Life, Macs, Technology

The demise and fall of the printed manual

For any company to put more effort and expenditure into its packaging than its documentation is hardly user-oriented.

December 10, 2015 General, Language, Life, Macs, Technology

Opening access: Wrise, a different word processor

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It reads to you, can be tagged up to create audiobooks, and has superb predictive word completion. It is not just ideal for those with dyslexia.

December 6, 2015 General, Language, Life, Macs, Technology

Emojis: cute but deeply flawed

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Akihabara is fertile territory for the likes of emoji: exploratory, fun, chic, mobile, language-free, but deeply flawed.

December 5, 2015 General, Language, Life, Macs, Technology

Storyspace: the original hypertext app

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Born in the same year as HyperCard, this is the most sophisticated authoring environment for true hypertext. It is now available for OS X El Capitan.

December 4, 2015 General, Language, Life, Macs, Technology

The Art Fund: a UK charity which can save you more than you give

How you can give money to a deserving charity, and get back more in savings than you gave in the first place.

December 4, 2015 General, Life, Painting

Give us a break: keep Unicode clean

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Branding Unicode emojis is just too much. Just say no to Nestlé’s ‘break’ proposal.

December 2, 2015 General, Language, Life, Macs, Technology

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