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Category Archive: Life

A lesson in control systems from the online social lab

Because social media only have tools of approval, these set up positive feedback loops, which amplify the bad.

August 13, 2015 General, Life, Macs, Technology

littleBits to grow big minds

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LittleBits packages electronics into neat modules, bringing insight into how and why devices work.

August 12, 2015 General, Life, Technology

The politics of encryption, and the ignorance of politics

The UK government doesn’t want to ban encryption, but may see it as a cheap way of winning votes from the easily-impressed.

August 11, 2015 General, Life, Macs, Technology

Arts in Hard Times

Why Apple should be giving more to charity, and how that should include the arts.

August 10, 2015 General, Life, Macs, Painting, Technology

File menu, Fingerprint command

Why has little or nothing been done to ensure the traceability of important documents which could be damaging if leaked?

August 9, 2015 General, Life, Macs, Technology

This CARROT doesn’t taste right

What do you think of a weather app which tells you that it is “a big fan of Jack the Ripper’s work”?

August 8, 2015 General, Life, Macs, Technology

Progress barred from Windows 10?

Microsoft’s Windows 10 update troubleshooter could not tell me whether my computer was eligible for the free Windows 10 upgrade.

August 6, 2015 General, Life, Macs, Technology

Grandsons get complicated: how giving an iPad turned tricky

I knew that creating my grandson an Apple ID for his new iPad Mini would be interesting.

August 1, 2015 General, Life, Macs, Technology

Serious maths for silly prices

How can you buy a legal copy of £1600 software for only £85?

July 31, 2015 General, Life, Macs, Technology

Getting copyright right

Two current cases show how messy copyright can become: it is not a Happy Birthday for Harry Potter.

July 31, 2015 General, Language, Life, Macs, Painting, Technology

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