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Learning in a Flash? Education, Rasperry Pi, and the product that won’t die

In the strange other world that is education, Adobe Flash is not only seen as really good, but is often essential.

December 24, 2016 General, Macs, Technology

Out of the mouths of politicians: how will the BBC do that, then?

I hope the changes proposed for the BBC are better thought-out than the claim made during their announcement.

May 13, 2016 General, Macs, Technology

Why we should worry about the BBC and bitcoin

I cannot take bitcoins seriously, but knowing whose news to trust is an important matter.

May 6, 2016 General, Macs, Technology

Which came last: Flash or the BBC?

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Sooner or later, either the BBC or Adobe are going to have to chicken out of this, or Flash will still be going strong in 2020.

March 26, 2016 General, Macs, Technology

Viral volcano movie was a fabrication by the BBC

This clip from a documentary turns out to be a fake, created by digital compositing, and is physically impossible.

October 4, 2015 General, Life, Technology

Q&A: BBC iPlayer outside the UK

How can a friend in Italy play a BBC drama which I have downloaded in iPlayer?

October 4, 2015 Macs, Technology

Childhood secrets

As a kid, at night, I read by torchlight, and listened to the radio – a defining technology of the 20th century.

August 28, 2015 General, Life, Macs, Technology

When we want something, we make it so

These tiny community libraries in New Zealand are themselves under threat, but they bring some important lessons from which we can all learn.

August 14, 2015 General, Life

Auntie’s diaper bomb

To the devout speaker of British English, the word diaper might seem anathema. To see the BBC, still […]

January 30, 2015 Language
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