Author Archives
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22nd January 2016
This week I commented on the death of Leslie Nielsen with a tweet, and so did thousands of other people. The fact that he died 5 years ago did not stop so many of us airing our feelings because it was… Read More ›
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21st January 2016
It’s a well-known fact that most of us have become accustomed to lesser quality audio for music than we used to enjoy. The advent of digital music and the closeness of headphones has meant that pure audio quality no longer… Read More ›
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20th January 2016
The issue of digital property after a person dies has grown in the collective conscious as we collect more and more data through our lives, and a recent example highlights the problem very well. Peggy Bush tried to get a password… Read More ›
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19th January 2016
The world’s richest 67 people now have as much wealth as the bottom 50%.That is a remarkably sad statistic and one which makes no sense no matter how it is spun. There will always be rich and poor, and some… Read More ›
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18th January 2016
Space is for sale, and I must admit that the concept of spending $19.95 for a lunar acre does tempt me. I had thoughts of a company looking to build a huge development in space and needing my acre to complete… Read More ›
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15th January 2016
“I have just returned from the dubbing studio where I spoke into a microphone as Severus Snape for absolutely the last time. On the screen were some flashback shots of Daniel, Emma, and Rupert from ten years ago. They were… Read More ›
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14th January 2016
The Post-Mobile Era is not quite how it sounds in this article from Re/code, but it does raise some interesting questions. It seems impossible at this moment when billions of people are staring down at their small screens each day, but at… Read More ›
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13th January 2016
I covered the petition about Apple potentially doing away with the traditional headphone jack recently, but a new BBC article entitled The 19th Century plug that’s still being used sheds some light on just how old the technology is. Now, I am… Read More ›
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12th January 2016
Apple recently blocked f.lux for iOS from being side-loaded on to iPhones because it ‘violated the Developer Program Agreement’. If you did not know, f.lux is a simple app designed to reduce eye strain when using a screen at night and… Read More ›
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11th January 2016
I realise that Phantom Vibration Syndrome is not a new topic, but it is something that is real. The BBC has recently covered the topic where it is described as a “hallucination” caused by anxiety. Slightly worrying because I often feel the… Read More ›
