I’m usually a bit of a stickler for trying to use language correctly. I realise that one of the beauties of the English language is the way new words and phrases are coined, and I will defend the right of people to do so, but it doesn’t mean I need to like all of them. [...]
Our toddler daughter (18 months old) likes having books read to her. Some of them are definite favourites, to be read as often as possible, while others are the ones she likes when she’s told to go and get another book. They’re not necessarily books I would choose myself, but it’s not my taste that [...]
I’ve written in this blog before about Facebook’s privacy issues, and the importance of making sure the privacy settings in your Facebook profile match what you want to have happen to your personal data. Brian posted on this same topic and has some good points and detailed instructions; the comments are also worth reading.
I went [...]
It looks like the federal government in Canada is planning on changing the copyright law. If you’re concerned about the issue of copyright, and particularly if you’re living in Canada and want to do something about this issue, read the details on Michael Geist’s blog. He has a whole series on why he thinks the [...]
I’ve had Ubuntu on my laptop for a while, and it never hibernated. I’d do what looked like the right things, but it just didn’t work. So a couple of days ago I decided I should try to track down the problem. I was partially successful; hibernating a laptop properly seems to be difficult. Here’s [...]
One of the reasons I like going to Northern Voice is that it always gives me lots to think about, in terms of what to write about on my blog, what technical tricks to try out, and how to write better. Other people choose their blogiversary, or maybe New Year’s Day, but I find Northern [...]
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