Tech
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Digital Curation
I’ve done it again. Made plans with myself to do two things, both of which have been bubbling along in my head for a few months now, both of which will take a fair amount of prep work, but it feels like the right time to do them. Not in an ‘ohh it’s almost the…
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Paying Attention
My son has never known a world without mobile phones, without screens lighting up, without his Mum and Dad using them on and off throughout the day. For me, notifications are still something I view as an interruption, an annoyance. Notifications are something that I tolerate to allow me to have a tiny computer on…
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My Mac Apps 2025
UPDATE: This post was super useful and made setting up my new MacBook Air (15″) super easy a few weeks back. I’ve switched out a couple of apps, and added one for those of us who have a ‘notch’ on their laptop screen. I use iCloud for Documents, almost entirely use default Mac Apps these…
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New iPhone. Big Whoop.
Yesterday Apple announced, amongst other things, their new iPhone 16 and iPhone 16 Pro. As ever, lots of snazzy videos and chat of technical specification and wonderous features were presented. There are some good things: I like the new side Camera Control button they’ve added, can see it being v.handy once learned. I like the…
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But I want it
But I want it!I own DVD’s but not a DVD player. One criteria of me getting a PlayStation 2 (before we got, say, a new cooker) was that it would be used to play DVDs. Which it has. But… well it’s not enough really, is it. I can get hold of VCDs, SVCDs, MP3 discs,…