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Safari Address Bar… just like it used to be

Let me tell you something about the people who design software at Apple. They are, without question, some of the most talented, best-paid, and catastrophically wrong human beings on the planet. They sit in their glass building in Cupertino, California and they think to themselves: “You know what users want? The opposite of what they’ve …

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Watch those Cookies

Cookie in a jar

Usually, my scorn, my irritation, my peeve, is directed at the ACT Government and their relentless building apartments, or the weather which has decided to turn the sky into a permanent grey sponge. But today, my rage has a new target. It is the internet. Or more specifically a constant irritation (and not to mention …

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Microsoft will soon kill your 2019 Office suite

office 2019

Imagine you buy a hammer. You take it home, you put it in your toolbox, and you use it to smash nails into pieces of wood. It is your hammer. You paid for it. Then, a few years later, a man in a grey suit from the hammer company knocks on your door, walks into your shed, …

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Consider Apple Pages instead of Word

It is no secret that I have been a fan of Pages, and I am always trying to convince people that Microsoft Word (in most cases) is something you just don’t need. Despite my best efforts, though, there are still those that think that Word is the only processor out there, that it is needed …

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An iMac will never be a monitor*

I have a 2019 iMac. It is a magnificent slab of aluminum and glass, housing a 5K Retina display that is so sharp it could probably perform eye surgery. It is a beautiful thing to look at—sleek, minimalist, and expensive. But there is a snag. The silicon brains inside are now so ancient they struggle …

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