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Book Review – The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood

seanb4 years ago0 in Books

Let’s be clear here. This is not science fiction. The author says so. It’s “speculative fiction”, positing an alternative future to explore ideas about our world as it is now. Science fiction, according to Atwood,…

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Book Review – The Cuckoo’s Calling by Robert Galbraith

seanb5 years ago0 in Books

As the entire world knows by now, Robert Galbraith is actually a pseudonym for J.K. Rowling, author of the Harry Potter books. I was pleased when this one came up for the book group, as…

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Book Review – The Cyberiad

seanb5 years ago0 in Books

The second in my occasional series of brief book reviews is The Cyberiad by Stanislaw Lem. I skipped a month, so Joseph Conrad’s Nostromo went both unread and unreviewed. The Cyberiad centres around two robotic…

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OSX Yosemite

seanb5 years ago0 in Random Musings

The new version of OSX, Yosemite, is out now and frankly I’m not overly impressed, at least as far as the design is concerned. Everything has been simplified and I just think it looks… simple….

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Book Review – Perdido Street Station

seanb5 years ago0 in Books

In addition to photography, web development and miscellaneous geekery, I’m a member of a bookgroup. We meet once a month to discuss books chosen originally from the 2003 BBC Big Read top 100 and now…

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Impulse buying is harder than ever

seanb5 years ago0 in Random Musings

I’m a bit of a gadget geek and impulse buying is one of my weaknesses. The thing I’ve noticed lately is that it’s harder than ever. Oh, it’s simplicity itself to order stuff online but…

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Is Apple playing catchup?

seanb5 years ago0 in Mobile

The new iPhone 6 models are now out and there seems to be a feeling amongst Android users that Apple is playing catch up. In some ways they’re not even matching what Android had a…

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So, why not iOS?

seanb5 years ago0 in Mobile

Last time I wrote about the shortcomings of Android’s permission system and how iOS sandboxing is inherently more secure. So why not use iOS? What does Android have that iOS doesn’t? The first answer is…

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Android App Permissions

seanb5 years ago0 in Mobile

Here’s a plea to Google that will fall on deaf ears: sort out your permissions model. Android differs from iOS in that it’s a more open system. Apps are not sandboxed and can request permission…

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Responsive Web Design

seanb5 years ago0 in Web Design

On to the nitty gritty of the design for the site. The skeleton theme that I’m using is an example of a responsive wordpress theme. What’s one of those then? The technical answer is that…

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