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Despite having a dead iMac under my roof, I’m still addicted to reading books about Apple Computer, Inc. Here’s a great addition – the story behind Graphing Calculator, a bit of software bundled with all Macs since the PowerPC was … Continue reading →

Fairly successful Christmas shopping today. Got a brand new PSOne for �19.95 in John Lewis, who were also selling my Samsung laser printer for �99.95, which is more than double what I paid for it. That made me feel gooood. … Continue reading →

Having finally heaved my wretched Epson Stylus Color 740 printer into the bin (very satisfying, that), I lived quite happilly printerless for a while… but finally needed one for bits and bobs. I looked at inkjets, and found the ink … Continue reading →

This is just really a memo to myself – just worked this out, I need to scribble it down somewhere where I won’t lose it! Problem: I’ve been given a PAL widescreen still from a video and I need to … Continue reading →

There are few lengths I won’t go to in order to mess things up for myself. Nothing really spectacular, of course. Not heroin. Not gambling. Just little things that make my life less interesting (and possibly less lucrative) than it … Continue reading →