Q I am trying to network two external CCTV systems so that I can monitor them online. There […]
Category Archive: Technology
Whether in spreadsheets, databases, or elsewhere, data and derived calculations can readily let you down. What can you do to detect and correct errors?
Make way for a replacement Turing Test: you can always distinguish between artificial intelligence and a real human […]
A compilation of cock-ups and other misadventures in and by Amazon, in my case, amazon.co.uk.
No matter how much disk storage you have, it just seems to fill up. Compressing little-used and archived items might be a good way to save space. Does it?
Standards like Unicode can be cumbersome when you are working in a remote place trying to build a tribal dictionary. SIL’s Graphite addresses that need.
Disk Utility may seem the most mundane of all the utilities, but together with its command shell partners packs a real punch in several important areas.
There is something satisfyingly recursive about studying the contents of the first writing tablets on the latest of Apple’s tablets.
Maintaining backups with Time Machine or third-party software over a WiFi network is very convenient, but when it goes wrong can be a devil to repair. Here’s how to unravel these problems.
Are we confident that economists who fail to spot their computational cock-ups are a steady hand guiding the tiller of international fiscal policy?
The Eclectic Light Company 