Uninstall
Posted in internet, technology on Apr 2nd, 2012
Uninstall.
wake up and smell the copy
Posted in internet, technology on Apr 2nd, 2012
Uninstall.
Posted in internet, technology on Mar 13th, 2012
Great though the idea of legal music streaming is, the implementation still leaves a bit to be desired. After six or seven years as a Napster customer I ended up leaving the (increasingly unloved and dated) service when they messed up my monthly payments for the second time. Onto Spotify, about which a few things [...]
Posted in internet, marketing, technology on Sep 30th, 2011
Advertisers want to know if you’re human or machine, while turning you into the latter
Posted in technology on May 18th, 2011
Upgraded at last: Samsung finally rolls out Android 2.3 to the Galaxy S
Posted in technology on May 5th, 2011
In a recent Computer Shopper feature (in issue 278, but sadly not online) I investigated a few computer facts and fictions. One that came under the spotlight was the myth that it took multiple passes to overwrite a hard disk so that it couldn’t be read. In response to a brief Twitter discussion today, here’s [...]
Posted in digression, internet, technology on Jan 19th, 2011
I didn’t used to get worried about privacy on social media sites. I don’t tell them much about me, so they don’t have a lot to reveal/sell/give to third-party developers or whatever. But they’re getting weirder. I’ve never, for example, told Facebook where I live, although it obviously knew when I joined the city’s group. [...]
Posted in digression, technology on Sep 20th, 2010
Word is preparing to background print the document. Not.
Posted in journalism, politics, PR, technology on May 3rd, 2010
Election night in High-Definition? I almost voted.
Posted in technology, writing on Apr 30th, 2010
Does Word keep bollocksing it up when you’re trying to mark a section of text? Here’s how you fix it.
Posted in technology, writing on Mar 29th, 2010
Find it hard to proof on Word 2007? Getting inconsistent spacing? Here’s the solution.