Author Archives: Ian

About Ian

I am a New Zealand and EC citizen, living and working in Hastings in the North Island of New Zealand. On March 5th in 2004 I retired from exactly 30 years with IBM UK Ltd, working in the Hursley software development lab near Winchester in the south of England. I am now an IBM Distinguished Engineer emeritus, working to my own agenda while retaining access to my colleagues and information inside IBM.

iPhone 101 devt

Posted on Monday 14th October 2013 @ 8:34pm NZDT by

https://www.idev101.com/code/User_Interface/sizes.html

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web typography – dimensions

Posted on Saturday 7th September 2013 @ 9:53am NZST by

https://www.pearsonified.com/2011/12/golden-ratio-typography.php

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The karola Account On Karola’s Mac Mini

Posted on Wednesday 24th July 2013 @ 11:05pm NZST by

System Preferences General check “Show scrollbars always” check “Ask to keep changes when changing documents” Desktop & Screen Saver set screen saver to Message (plus check clock). Dock position on the left Mission Control turn off all Mission Control functions … Continue reading →

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Karola’s Mac Mini System

Posted on Wednesday 24th July 2013 @ 10:58pm NZST by

Late 2012 Mac Mini (MD387LL/A) With Attached Devices Apple wireless keyboard & wireless “magic mouse” Dell 24 Ultrasharp U2412M 24" LED-backlit monitor LaCie DVD/CD writer (TSSTcorp CD/DVDD SH-W162L:) SD (camera) memory card reader – builtin external speakers, powered Wi-Fi and … Continue reading →

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Web colour scheme designer online free tool

Posted on Saturday 23rd March 2013 @ 10:48am NZDT by

.. to those who design or might design their own websites – no criticisms implied but this looks like a thoughtful tool for choosing combinations of colours and seeing how they blend.  https://colorschemedesigner.com …Ian.

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How To Capture Screenshot in Mac OS X – Cmd-Shift-4

Posted on Thursday 21st March 2013 @ 10:08pm NZDT by

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Alternatives to writing in JavaScript

Posted on Thursday 21st March 2013 @ 9:29pm NZDT by

https://altjs.org

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On Mountain Lion 10.8.2 with XCode 4.6, the versions are

Posted on Monday 11th March 2013 @ 2:09pm NZDT by

On Mountain Lion 10.8.2 with XCode 4.6, the versions are : clang –version Apple LLVM version 4.2 (clang-425.0.24) (based on LLVM 3.2svn) Target: x86_64-apple-darwin12.2.0 Thread model: posix clang++ –version Apple LLVM version 4.2 (clang-425.0.24) (based on LLVM 3.2svn) Target: x86_64-apple-darwin12.2.0 … Continue reading →

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XCode 4.5 compiling for OS 4.2.1

Posted on Sunday 3rd March 2013 @ 6:22pm NZDT by

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/12463195/xcode-4-5-and-ios-4-2-1-incompatibility Oak Avenue Weather:__℃—__℃ no rain [?]

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Why You Need A Google+ Page

Posted on Saturday 2nd February 2013 @ 10:40pm NZDT by

https://www.kitces.com/blog/archives/444-Why-Every-Financial-Planner-With-A-Blog-Needs-A-Google+-Page,-Now.html Monday, December 17. 2012 Why Every Financial Planner With A Blog Needs A Google+ Page, Now As consumers increasingly turn to the internet for information about potential products, the ability of a company and its products to turn up at … Continue reading →

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