Category Archives: whatevs

Despite being able to play some instruments, I probably couldn’t do a good job of making any of them. I don’t have the patience required to boil a horse for long enough to stick a fiddle together, for instance. Luthiers … Continue reading →

…at least, it provides for a nice analogy to use when discussing basic security concepts. I don’t think people necessarily choose better passwords after a skinful, nor do they usually make improved choices of what information to share on social … Continue reading →

Ha, crossover humour! It’s like Core Graphics, which is a Mac thing, only it’s chord, because I’m talking about music, but I’m a Mac guy…oh, never mind. When I’m trying to think of chords in music I always end up … Continue reading →

Apologies to anyone sat in the Glue Pot wondering where the nerds are. Due to a general feeling of bitter colditude we’ve postponed for a couple of weeks. But never fear, Scotty shall still wax forth on SearchKit on the … Continue reading →

The current meme seems to be, given the 25th anniversary of the launch of the Mac (and I’m not going to let it slip by that it’s the 20th anniversary of the NEXTSTEP 1.0 launch this year, either) to write … Continue reading →

One thing I’ve been doing recently is removing my membership of a load of websites that I don’t seem to have used in a long time. One side effect of not using a website in a long time is that … Continue reading →

On the same day that fark announce the wikipedia irony, I would like to point out a similar situation I saw just today. This is from the Susie Dent entry discussion page: IMDb relies on the contributions of the public, … Continue reading →

One of my many “repeat-until-funny” jokes, anyway here is what I have to say on Mr. Cluley’s blog regarding iPh0wn.

So, my few-year-old iPod decided it had had enough, and with pay day having only just passed I thought maybe it would be nice to get a new one. What’s happened today? Got the new one home, and it won’t … Continue reading →

Yup, more on the subject of a home-grown Twitter client. This time, posting and sorting out the UI somewhat have both been achieved: Posting tweets is amazingly simple – just take the tweet and stuff it into the body of … Continue reading →