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Last Week on My Mac: Whether the weather

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We were sat with the Weather app reviewing prospects for the weekend ahead, when we were warned of a significant threat to life or property requiring us to take action immediately.

December 1, 2024 Macs, Technology

Mastodon, Threads, Bluesky and what next?

Although I’m struggling with Twitter, Mastodon, Threads and Bluesky Social haven’t provided any better way forward.

July 8, 2023 General, Life, Macs, Technology

Last Week on My Mac: Not a Twitter quitter

As of last Thursday, Twitter disconnected millions of blogs from auto-sharing their content free to its service. But there’s no good alternative yet.

May 21, 2023 Macs, Technology

Twitter auto-posts have stopped: how to keep in touch

Those of you who rely on Twitter to keep you in touch with new articles posted in this […]

May 18, 2023 General, Life, Macs, Painting, Technology, Updates

Log Literacy: Hunting bugs with Ulbow’s Chart View

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I was having problems in the Twitter app, with it stealing 100% CPU and upsetting WindowServer. Here’s how I discovered what the problem was.

March 17, 2023 Macs, Technology

Last Week on My Mac: When the Internet caught fire

Last week, most of the servers around the world were found to have a serious vulnerability which is trivial to exploit. Even iCloud was affected. How does it affect you?

December 12, 2021 Macs, Technology

News travels faster than thought

Communication by telegraph and telephone leave no time for reflection or consultation and demand an immediate and often hasty decision (1917).

September 28, 2019 General, Life, Macs, Technology

WordPress.com -> Twitter sharing has broken (updated)

Overnight, since 16 September 2017, the Sharing feature in WordPress.com blogs appears to have become broken. Previously, tweets […]

September 17, 2017 General, Life, Macs, Technology

Forgetting Facebook and annulling notifications

Which do you prefer: Facebook or Twitter? For me the choice was simple, and Facebook’s response has only reinforced my decision.

May 11, 2017 General, Life, Macs, Technology

The unwitting irony of “scientific fact”

When someone asserts that something is scientific fact, they could unwittingly be lapsing into irony: it warns of imminent non-science.

June 9, 2016 General, Language, Life, Technology

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