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Sometimes I ask myself what the developers of the Apple Mac spelling checker are smoking…

Fortunately, most people don’t accept that particular suggestion – not everyone was paying attention however…

More disturbing news

If you thought the current financial crisis was bad news, things are looking even worse for 2030, says an article in the Guardian today: A “perfect storm” of food shortages, scarce water and insufficient energy resources threaten to unleash public unrest, cross-border conflicts and mass migration as people flee from the worst-affected regions, the . . . → Read More: More disturbing news

Getting the most out of iTunes

Here’s a good article on Gizmodo, which lists a bunch of useful additions to iTunes, some for the Mac, some for Windows and even a couple to allow you use Linux to play from iTunes libraries. Take a look.

Removing duplicate files in iTunes

I have been moving our music library to a new external disc drive this weekend, and after running the consolidate command from iTunes (File > Library > Consolidate Library) I noticed that although I only have each track listed once in iTunes, I have two files for each track in the iTunes music directory . . . → Read More: Removing duplicate files in iTunes

Keping an eye on property prices worldwide

Knight Frank have a handy service, if you want to keep an eye on how property (residential or commercial) prices are developing world wide.

They publish a trend summary for around 50 countries twice a year. Here’s a list of many of their regular reports (scroll down for the international ones).