Alan Ralph

Wearer Of Many Hats


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Posts for 2019-02-25

Last Week on My Mac: Apple quietly pre-announces major change in macOS 10.14.4 – The Eclectic Light Company

Swift will be integrated into future versions of macOS.

Also, I’d forgotten about Object Pascal being the cornerstone of early Mac software development.


Just tried out sharing a link to Micro.blog app on iPad via Share Sheet. The only problem is that there’s no way to refer back to the article, because the Share Sheet obscures it. So it works best if you don’t want to add anything, or have something short and pithy in mind.


I used Kirby a few years back for a small website project, and really enjoyed it. Very customisable, and fewer hoops to jump through compared to WordPress. Not free, however. But few PHP static generators out there. Does PHP have that bad a rap?


The deadly truth about a world built for men – from stab vests to car crashes – Life and style – The Guardian

James Brown was right when he sang “It’s A Man’s World”… but it turns out that it’s woman who is nothing, or rather absent from data modelling.


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