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One of my Clients asked me to dig them a small wildlife pond, and they asked me what plants they should get, to go in it.First - as Mrs Beeton would say - Dig Your Pond Having dug out the shape, with various depths, shelves etc, we then lined it with old towels (and a few tea towels, we didn't think it would matter) to prevent damage to the liner, …

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Associated Press reports: The European Union’s top court has said social media company Meta cannot use public information about a user’s sexual orientation obtained outside its platforms for personalised advertising under the bloc’s strict data privacy rules. The decision from the Court of Justice of the European Union in Luxembourg is a victory for Austrian... The post Activist wins privacy case against Meta over personal data on sexual orientation appeared …

"Good UX" means balancing a lot of (sometimes conflicting) priorities. What's good UX when you can't make everyone happy?

Tucked away in a montage of releases during the February 2023 Nintendo Direct was the announcement of WBSC eBaseball: Power Pros. Little would give any indication it’s a long-running Konami franchise without familiarity of the brand. Despite the game itself being a modest offering at 99 cents and features mainly geared towards online gaming, it was a reason to celebrate for some beyond Konami selling basic merchandise at their American …

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The big four oh! Well actually it turns out it is a ‘streak’ of 54 weeknotes now. That is a lot of internet introspection in a row – even for me. This week has been dominated by the work with [redacted] which continues to be somewhat adrenaline inducing and more opaque than I’d really like given the timelines involved. As I said last week, though, it has been an opportunity …

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) filed a federal court complaint against Adobe and two of its executives. The complaint alleges violations of the Restore Online Shoppers’ Confidence Act. These accusations stem from Adobe’s “annual paid monthly” subscription plan. The FTC argues Adobe traps customers with hidden fees and a difficult cancellation process. “Adobe trapped customers into year-long subscriptions through hidden early termination fees and many cancellation hurdles,” said Samuel Levine, …

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This afternoon I visited the Classic Computing 2024. This event, which took place in Pfedelbach near Heilbronn, Germany, is described by the organiser as follows: “The Classic Computing 2024 will show a wide range of exhibits from the areas of office computers, gaming computers, game consoles, workstations, typewriters and calculators. Almost all of the devices are set up to be functional, and many can be used and tested. We will …

Douglas Irvine on Visible Fictions’ UP UP from Glasgow’s Visible Fictions theatre company, a piece of object theatre about strangers on a crashing plane, plays the last date of its Scottish tour at the Assembly Roxy this Saturday 5th of October 2024. UP, tangles with the idea that while the odds of perishing in a commercial plane accident might be a reassuring 29.4 million to one, that is no comfort …

POETRY AND PITY Tremendous swagged, fringed, and roped retro curtains , the Gielgud looking much as it would 100 years ago when Sean O’Casey’s most famous play reached London. Before them hangs a single high crucifix, below it a simple stove. And when the drapes flourish aside to reveal a Dublin tenement room, its detail draws you right into a hardscrabble life,down to the frying pan and the battered tin …

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Not much in the way of news this week that hasn't already been made public. THE PHANTOM PATROL is OUT NOW!!! Only fifteen years late, but what's that between friends. My main selling platform these days is eBay, where you can buy all of my books, and those nice folks who own the company have reduced their charges, so I earn a little more for every book they sell. I …

We stayed at Thousand Trails Crescent Bar in Quincy, Washington. (Campground Reviews listing.) A Thousand Trails campground overlooking the Columbia River. Dates: Check in: 2024-08-02 Check out: 2024-08-03 1 night We had booked two nights, but decided to leave after one, since it was so hot, and we just wanted to get home Weather: Partly cloudy High temp 102°F, low 71°F Little wind, gusts to 17 MPH Noise: No road …