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"When the people are being beaten with a stick, they are not much happier if it is called 'the People's Stick'"

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  • Smaller smart phones.

    I always find it funny when I see people talk about wanting smaller phones – that is right up until I have to deal with them at the call centre by giving them instructions but they’re unable to navigate their phones and/or read what is on the screen because the screen is too small. Moral…

  • Getting ready for the new few months.

    You’ve probably notice that I am not very active on my blog at the moment and that is due to the fact that I was waiting to pick up my glasses on Monday (today). I picked them up as well as getting a eye test to ensure my eyes are healthy – a clean bill…

  • Big software updates from Apple.

    Apple released some big updates today/yesterday for their various platforms (macOS, watchOS, homeOS, iOS, iPadOS) and in those updates were a health dosage of security fixes as well (link). One of the biggest things ai noticed after installing the macOS 10.15.6 update was that the Boot ROM on both my iMac and MacBook Pro were…

  • Finally got my new glasses.

    It has been ages since I’ve updated my blog but a lot of stuff has been in my life. For starters I went to the optometrists last week to get my eyes tested and choose my new glasses: Although my insurance will pay for one pair, they have a special at Specsavers where you ‘buy…

  • The future of Apple Silicon, Macs and ARM.

    So I’ve been thinking about the announcement of Apple Silicon a couple of weeks go along with reaching the commentary of those who have a good reputation within the information technology sphere about the future direction of companies. The one thing I overlooked was how this all fits in with Microsoft and their own future…

  • Webextensions API and WWDC 2020.

    WebExtensions API session on WWDC 2020 was interesting – I think the last part is something important to zoom in on because although the WebExtensions API hasn’t been fully implemented (link) Apple are interested in eventually implementing it fully with the focus right now on the most heavily requested features being implemented first. What I…

  • The highlights of the WWDC 2020 keynote.

    WWDC 2020 is here but this time I decided not to watch it at 5am – sure, I got up, turned over to check the time on my iPhone but then couldn’t be bothered turning on my laptop so I went back to sleep again. I watched both the Keynote and the State of the…

  • Yeap, I’ve got COVID.

    Well, I’m now in quaratine all because I called in sick on Wednesday with a cold but it is now required that because of the recent ballsup courtesy of a compassionate entry that now employers are being extra cautious. So today (Thursday) I went to the local testing centre – it was uncomfortable having a…

  • Building up to WWDC 2020.

    One more week to go before the start of WWDC 2020 and the rumour mill is starting to kick into high gear with discussions of an extra session, rumours that this will be the time that Apple will announce the transition from x86 to their own ARM based SoC designs that’ll form the foundation of…

  • Out with the old, in with the new.

    Well, that was relatively quick – I put my router, switch and cloud key up on a technology website I frequent and within a few hours it was sold and today I sent it off via courier. I’m looking forward to Ubiquiti releasing the update that brings UDM and UDM Pro into line but so…