It’s been a struggle. It’s been a trial. But Innecto has now been ported to macOS. If you’ve got a Mac (any kind, as long as it’s running macOS 10.10 or newer) then you can enjoy Innecto on your desktop or laptop computer as well as on your tablet or phone. Continue reading “Innecto now ported to macOS”
45RPM Software News
There’s lots of news for 45RPM Software this month. New releases, and a Facebook business page set up for us by our Facebook communications director, Sue deNym (I know, I know!) Check out the Facebook page (link at the bottom of the page), and like and follow us for all the latest news on 45RPM Software’s newest and greatest releases.
Speaking of which… Continue reading “45RPM Software News”
What shall we do about the UK Population?
The population of our country is too high, and getting higher every day. Our environmental impact is too large, and getting greater by the day. The two are connected. The more people we have in this country, the greater the impact on our scarce resources. Continue reading “What shall we do about the UK Population?”
A Clock For Your micro:bit
I was very dismissive of the BBC micro:bit when I first read about it. A sub-RaspberryPi computer which cost more than the RaspberryPi Zero? Really? And if the measure of a computer’s power is what you can achieve with it, the BBC micro:bit doesn’t even stack up very well against its venerable forebear – the 1981 vintage BBC Model B. After all, with the Model B you could word process, do spreadsheets, communicate, play Elite or Exile and more besides. With the micro:bit, more memory and more powerful processor notwithstanding, you can’t do anything like as much. A bit pointless, surely? Continue reading “A Clock For Your micro:bit”
Gone Phishin’ (Be Warned)
As you may know, I don’t usually send out anti-virus / scam warnings – my feeling is that a few common sense precautions and a healthy dose of suspicion should be sufficient to keep you safe. However, an attempt was made to scam me today which was convincing enough that I feel that I should warn you all – just in case you’re tempted to believe it. Continue reading “Gone Phishin’ (Be Warned)”
Steam What?
In order to test a game that I’m developing at the moment I built myself a budget Steam Box (because what’s the point of building a high-end box when I want my game to be accessible for everyone?) The all-in cost came to less than £200, using a 1.6GHz quad core Athlon processor, and I’m far more impressed with it than I thought I would be.
Having built my box, I took it for a test-drive. Some things work amazingly well (power frugal games like Braid, for example, but big hitters like Brütal Legend are very playable too), but let’s back up a moment… Continue reading “Steam What?”
Ill Communication
“Be more dog”, O2 say. What they mean, I suspect, is roll over and let us kick you for a while. As you might have guessed, I’m not entirely happy with O2 customer service – and so I’m moving back to a supplier that I’ve learned to trust.
It’s not one problem, it’s many – and I’m fed up. I’m kicking back. So, in no particular order… Continue reading “Ill Communication”
Not the end of the Swiss economy
Here we go again. It’s time for another woefully inaccurate assessment of a new Apple product. Bear in mind that I’m not very good at this – some of my past gems included:
- PowerPC (Not as good as 68000)
- iPod (Not as good as my MiniDisc player)
- Mac Mini (Just a poor clone of the Cappuccino PC)
- Mac Intel (It’ll be a disaster – the end of the Mac is nigh)
- iPad (Just a scaled up iPod Touch)
Heartbleed – Stay safe
A quick note on Heartbleed. You may have read about Heartbleed. Rest assured that the 45RPMSoftware website has been patched to remove the Heartbleed vulnerability.
Please take a moment though to change your passwords on this, and every other website that you visit, in order to ensure that your personal information remains secure.
It is worth remembering a few simple rules about passwords:
- Make them long and complicated. Perhaps use a sentence that you can remember easily, but which cannot be easily guessed.
- Don’t use the same password for multiple websites. Best practice should be a different password for all websites but, at the very least, ensure that your passwords for any websites that might store banking information (shopping, banking etc) are different.
- Rotate as often as you feel is practicable.
A rather special website…
The internet is full of oddities and wonders, from the educational to the appalling – and sometimes both educational and appalling at the same time. Little wonder then that television is feeling the pinch – the internet has sites at least as entertaining, but with interactivity to ensure that the consumer (that’d be all of us) doesn’t become a dribbling moron in the process. That’s the theory, anyway. Continue reading “A rather special website…”