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The trials of a new(ish) MacBook Air
At the grand age of 7 years, my original MacBook Pro has died. Kind of. My wife enheritated it a few years ago but it’s got to the point where the constant crashes make it a problem to use (particularly when my wife is working from home and relying on it for remote teaching). In…
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How do you solve a problem like YouTube Embed?
My YouTube Embed WordPress plugin is nearly 11 years old now and was one of the first plugins I wrote (albeit not THE first), paving a way into WordPress development and, for the last 4 years, working in my dream job at Automattic. But, right now, I have a problem with it. First of all,…
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A tip for holiday deliveries
This Christmas/holiday, with families in lockdown, ordering online seems to be the way to go. Or, at best, buy on the high street and then post. But how do you get presents to people without them opening them in advance? Let me share what my family are doing and, I have to say (particularly as…
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Ford Puma: the mysteries of its connectivity
The new Ford Puma has a rich variety of ways in which you can connect the car up to the outside world, in terms of internet connectivity. Whether it’s via Bluetooth or WiFi to your phone, the car’s in-build data connection or a physical connection to your own device, each has its own peculiarities. And,…
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Future predictions for the Apple iPhone
If you’d asked me earlier this year to predict a change for the iPhone 12, I would have said that it would have a more powerful wireless charger. I was right (but as I didn’t write that down, can’t prove it, so I won’t crow about that). Let me explain my thinking and where I…