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Reinstalling OS X

My iMac has a mysterious complaint: it keeps shutting down, about once a day, for no obvious reason. For a computer that is left on 24×7 to record TV and run offsite backup this is a bit of a problem. Yesterday, amongst other things, Apple techs had me wipe the...

A whole new world

As I mentioned in the previous post a friend recently asked for some help with a club website that she administers, this started a journey that led me into the heart of WordPress and beyond. I tried various plugins that offered the kind of functionality she wanted,...

Backup, Backup, Backup

We all know that we should back up. We have all heard stories of people losing their thesis, homework, whatever without having a backup. But, still, do you have an adequate backup strategy? One of the reasons that I like OS X is that backup is easy using Time Machine....

Learning Photoshop

Yesterday I attended a one day “Basic Photoshop” course. If you didn’t you might find these posts from Lifehacker useful. http://lifehacker.com/#!5753459/learn-the-basics-of-photoshop-in-under-25-minutes...

My dream To-Do app

Another Lifehacker post. Sad as it might seem this is something I do actually dream about. I would love to write such an app but sadly I grossly lack the ability to do it.