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My Personal Backup Plan
We need to talk about backups. I started a previous post about recovering my system, from trying out a Beta Operating System, with the following paraphrased lyric (from Baz Luhrmann’s Sunscreen)… Do backups. If I could offer you only one tip for the future, backup would be it. The long-term benefits of backups have been…
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My Fight for Justice: Opposing a Reduction in Sentencing
On August 16th, I received a call from a Garda regarding a distressing situation: the driver responsible for my life-changing injuries is seeking a reduction in their four-year driving ban.
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Maximising Productivity: Apple Macs Workspaces and Stage Manager
Coming from Linux, I have had decades of experience with the productivity boosting tool that are ‘workplaces’. They are spectacular, and I have loved using them since I first discovered them. What are Workspaces? I think of them, and utilise them, as virtual monitors. In each workspace, I will have specific applications living. This allows…
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Crash Course In Rolling Back From Apple macOS and iOS Beta’s
Do backups. If I could offer you only one tip for the future, backup would be it. The long term benefits of backups have been proved by scientists whereas the rest of my advice has no basis more reliable than my own meandering experience. I will dispense this advice now.
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Multiple Logins For The Same Online Services? Try Out Firefox Multi-Account Containers To Ease Your Life.
Seriously, you will thank me later. This may effortlessly cross over to other aspects of your life. The most obvious and simplest, being able to keep your personal and public lives separate easily. Many Chrome-based browsers will allow you to create profiles, but the problem with those is that the information from the different profiles…
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Unmasking the Power of Email Aliases: Taking Control of Your Online Privacy and Security
I hate getting asked for my email address, I find it as personal as asking for my home address. Every website you log into now seems to have a pop-up asking for your email address, and it drives me bonkers. They are going to take it, use it to market to and profile you, but…
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From Seed to Hand: Unveiling the Ethical Journey of Our Everyday Products
The following blog grew from a seed, a seed that was planted at a restaurant table, some alcohol, and as my daughter and I debated the world. She metaphorically got me pinned against the wall as I tried to defend some people’s choice of occupations, and the retort of “so you would be happy if…
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A Lament About The Loss of Music Stores
I miss music stores. It just struck me listening to St. Vincent’s new album (loving the song Broken Man from it). It shook loose a memory, how I first heard of St. Vincent. For me, it was walking through a music store, this one being the top floor of Eason’s on O’Connell Street, Dublin, Ireland.…
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Personal Injuries & Revenue Exemptions in Ireland
This is more of a public service announcement, it is not new, it is out there in the wild and has been for some time. But it is something that not everyone may be aware of and I have only read about recently. Basically, if you are subject to a personal injury award and/or settlement,…
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Reflecting On My 20 year Linux Journey
Now I get what Gnome is trying to emulate. I have been playing with MacOS the last two weeks, and having never used it before I was struck by just how familiar it is. If you can get on with Gnome, you can get on really well with MacOS. The problem with emulation though, is…
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