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A Long, Rambling, Post on Switching My Smartphone
TLDR; I’ve switched from an iPhone 5 to a Google Nexus 4. OK, so I’m behind on the times a bit. The Google Nexus 4 has been out for several months, and I’d paid it no heed. I’ve been chugging along...
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Desktop – 2013-05-19
I just switched over to Crunchbang Linux, on my ageing desktop. So far so good! Tagged: crunchbang, linux, os, pc, screenshot, tech, technology
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Flickr (finally) gets an Overhaul
It looks great, and succeeds in putting photos first. 1TB of storage is insane, and monthly upload limits are gone. Yahoo needed to shoot for the moon on this and to me it looks like they flew past...
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I have to admit… I’m warming up to
I have to admit… I’m warming up to the idea of Google Glass. As a parent, the ability to capture what my kids are doing so quickly and simply is an exciting proposition. Tagged: computing, glass,...
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Wireless Charging: Awesome Concept, Crappy Reality
Wireless charging is one of those things I really, really want to succeed. I hate plugging stuff in; I hate having wires trailing all over the place, and I hate having to fiddle with connectors. Eight...
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Forget Deleting: Even Deactivating Your Facebook Account Can Be Difficult
On Thursday night I deactivated my Facebook account. It’s something I’d been considering for a while, as I’ve found using Facebook lately to be less a useful “checking up on friends and family” thing,...
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Move from Playlists from Spotify to Google Music with Portify
When Google announced Google Play Music: All Access (yes, it’s a terrible product name. From here on, it’s just Google Music) at I/O 2013 I knew it was pretty much what I’d been looking for in a music...
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Coder: A simple way to make web stuff on Raspberry Pi.
This sounds like it could be pretty cool. I’m going to take a look at it over the weekend, as it might be a good way to get my son into coding for the web. Tagged: coder, computer, development,...
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Run Coder for Raspberry Pi on Your Linux PC
That cool little “Coder for Raspberry Pi” project from Google which I linked to earlier doesn’t just run on Raspberry Pi. You can run it on any old Linux PC (Mac works too, but the instructions are...
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Sunday Reads: Securing Servers and NSA-proof Email
For someone who’s primarily a developer/support person, I spend a lot of time setting up and configuring – or fixing – servers. I guess this came from an eagerness to learn and I got tarred with the...
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“What David Cameron just proposed would endanger every Briton and destroy the...
Cory Doctorow on the scary rhetoric coming from the Conservative Prime Minister, just before the next General Election: David Cameron says there should be no “means of communication” which “we cannot...
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“Until Politicians Make the Effort to Understand the Internet, They Must...
Alex Wickham’s take on the recent comments from David Cameron, and the general inability (unwillingness) of politicians to understand the Internet: In the first two weeks of 2015 we have already seen...
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I have to admit… I’m warming up to
I have to admit… I’m warming up to the idea of Google Glass. As a parent, the ability to capture what my kids are doing so quickly and simply is an exciting proposition. Tagged: computing, glass,...
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A Few Quick, Early Thoughts on iOS 10
Lock Screen Raise to Wake is a feature I’ve wanted for a while, so I love that. It sometimes seems a little sensitive, but I guess I’ll either get used to it, or it’ll be tweaked in a software update....
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“Just One More Go…”
One of the gifts I bought Girl Wonder for Christmas was the Nintendo NES Classic Mini. I managed to get in the 2nd preorder batch from the official Nintendo UK site, and it arrived just in time to be...
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; DROP TABLE “COMPANIES”;– LTD
Glad to see the Companies House website protecting itself against SQL Injection attacks! [Source: Companies House] Tagged: development, humour, security, sql injection, technology
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Getting Started with Online Privacy and Security in 2017 – Preamble
In 2017 I’m trying to be be a bit more privacy and security-minded when using the web (on all devices). I’ve been increasingly interested in these areas for a few years, and especially since the...
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Getting Started with Online Privacy and Security in 2017 – First Steps
So after the preamble, which should give you a frame of reference to what I’m aiming to do in this mini-series of posts about improving my online privacy and security, this short post will talk about...
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The Original iPhone Was Announced 10 Years Ago Today
In honour of the massive change it brought to the tech world (no matter how you feel about it), here’s the original introduction by Steve Jobs1. Yes, I know everyone and their dog is posting this same...
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Gripes About the Instagram Algorithmic Feed
The algorithm-driven Instagram feed was rolled out a while ago, but it’s only recently I’ve noticed much of a difference. Unfortunately the difference, particularly in the last couple of weeks, has...
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