iPod 5th Generation logic board replacement
As regular readers will know, I love my 5th Generation iPod video. I bought this iPod back in 2006 while on holiday in San Francisco & it has seen heavy usage daily since. The iPod has always been...
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Best RSS feed reader for the Mac OSX & OS Sierra – Reeder
I’ve always been a fan of RSS readers. Right back when XML was starting out and RSS feeds became the norm on blogs & websites, I would use an RSS reader to aggregate the posts from my favourite...
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SoundPEATS P4 Portable Bluetooth Speaker review
I’ve been looking at buying a bluetooth speaker for a while now. I tend to keep visiting retail stores & trying technology long before I commit to buying. I had been trying the bose soundlink mini...
View ArticleAluminium Apple remote not working on Mac OS High Sierra with Kodi
Since upgrading my main iMac to High Sierra I’ve noticed that the Aluminium Apple remote I use to control iTunes and Kodi is no longer working as expected. I tend to use the Candelair alternative...
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Slaves to the Algorithm – Social Media Algorithms
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about algorithms and their brute force introduction in to our everyday lives. I think there is a time & place for an algorithm but in many ways, they are failing us...
View ArticleCory Doctrow sets out the future of the internet &‘smart’ devices –...
I’ve been a huge fan of Cory Doctrow for a while now. With regular appearences on 2600’s Off The Hook radio show, not to mention his work for the EFF, he is well known in internet circles. This video...
View ArticleSocial networks and their impacts on personal psychology & society
I’ve been using social networks for many years. My original masters thesis revolved around the then emerging technologies of social networks. I coupled the ideas of early day twitter & Facebook...
View ArticleBlocking aggressive Chinese crawlers/scrapers/bots
Over the last few days I’ve had a massive increase in traffic from Chinese data centres & ISPs. The traffic has been relentless & the CPU usage on my server kept spiking enough to cause a...
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Using an old raspberry Pi on my home network to add a little privacy & security
I first got hold of this Raspberry Pi 1 Model B back in May 2012. At the time, I bought the pi to replace an ageing Apple TV 2 which I had jail broken and was using as a kodi media centre. It worked...
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AMPArtwork Agent 100% CPU Usage in Mac OS Catalina – *Fixed
I held off upgrading to Catalina for a long time. I was hanging onto a few 32bit only apps and also I’ve experienced trouble in the past with new OS iterations. As we have reached 10.15.5 I decided to...
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OneOdio A30 Active Noise Cancelling Bluetooth headphones
Long time readers of my website will know I’m a bit of a sucker for music & by extension any hardware or accessories which allow me to enjoy my music in a new way. I’ve been using my Beats Solo 3...
View ArticleMac OS Sonoma Waking from sleep every hour with CSPNEvaluation in logs
I’ve had an issue since upgrading to Sonoma on my 2019 Intel iMac. I have power nap disabled, as every time the computer wakes under power nap, my external drives spin up. My office at home is in the...
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