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Category Archive: Technology

Stick a Fork in WebKit, it’s Undone

Just as there ain’t no such thing as a free lunch, we should be equally suspicious of free web browsers.

April 13, 2015 Macs, Technology

Unresponsive iPhone

“My iPhone is dead.” It came as a surprise as we had just got home from a social […]

April 12, 2015 General, Life, Macs, Technology

Peugeot 3008 SatNav and HUD – a potent combination

I was, and remain, amazed at how powerful is the combination of centre console and HUD when using the built-in SatNav. Who would ever want to use SatNav again without it?

April 12, 2015 General, Technology

Protecting Vulnerable Data

How should you protect documents containing sensitive information from loss or theft?

April 12, 2015 Macs, Technology

Wrestling with Windows

Who needs a wimpish Wii when you have a Windows 8 personal trainer?

April 12, 2015 General, Life, Macs, Technology

Layout to database 2: Building a Database by Script

I have now used the first of three days allowed to rescue content from thousands of InDesign forms. Entering the second day, I had converted each document into a nest of IDML content, and needed to build that into the database.

April 11, 2015 Macs, Technology

Has The App Lost Its Value?

We now have a choice of models: those that grip you by the short and curlies, such as Adobe’s Creative Cloud, or the App Store’s take-it-or-leave-it, in which you pay full price for every major release irrespective of existing licences.

April 11, 2015 General, Macs, Technology

Layout to database 1: Out of beauty comes forth structure

My task was to turn over 7500 files into a database, in which we could search, sort, and analyse – something normally viewed as requiring prolonged labour and great cost. I had just 3 days.

April 10, 2015 Macs, Technology

Tick tock too

In case you ask, yes, I have just ordered an Apple Watch. Well, strictly speaking two – one […]

April 10, 2015 General, Life, Macs, Technology

Plaster in Paris

We were returning from an idyllic Pyrenean holiday, and had just boarded the Eurostar in Paris, when my wife announced that she had lost her passport.

April 10, 2015 General, Life, Macs, Technology

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