Technology

Gàidhlig air Google Translate

 Steven Kellow    Gàidhlig, Technology

Thàinig adhartas don Ghàidhlig an-dè nuair a chuir Google Translate a chànan air-loidhne airson ‘s gum b’ urrainn daoine eadar-theangachadh bhuaithe gu cànanan eile. Thathar air a bhith ag obair air Gàidhlig airson Google Translate fad ùine a-nis.  Tha làrach aca far am faod thu beagan eadar-theangachadh a dhèanamh dhaibh air abairtean a bha tric air an lorg air Google airson gum biodh fhios na b’ fheàrr aig an t-siostam de dè bha faclan sa Bheurla ciallachadh sa Ghàidhlig.  Tha an siostam cuideachd air obrachadh — Read more →

Out with the penny, out with the pound

Why a cashless economy better suits the world of today

 Steven Kellow    Technology

Canada took the bold step in 2012 of phasing out the penny as a unit of currency, but when you look at the reasons why it made a lot of sense.  Pennies cost more to produce than they are worth, and at that point alone the state is losing money.  They’re also the most worthless unit of currency, in a world where very, very little requires pennies to pay with. Some believe that we should take heed of the Canadian approach here in Britain.  I’d — Read more →

PushBullet gets the bullet

 Steven Kellow    Technology

I’ve had an Android phone for about three months now and I’m still loving it.  It’s packed full of useful features and an app store that lets you do almost anything with it. The app that I probably like best on my phone at the moment is Pushbullet.  It’s an amazing app that lets you sync your notifications and texts between your phone and computer and lets you have a universal copy and paste functionality between the two.  All this was handled neatly through a — Read more →

Introducing: The Aberdeen WordPress Theme

 Steven Kellow    Personal, Technology  

My websites have received a bit of a facelift over the last week as I’ve rolled out my first ever WordPress theme built from scratch, which I’ve titled after where it was built: Aberdeen. It’s been designed from the underscores template, which gives the barest of bones from which to build a functional WordPress theme.  With a bit of graft I’ve managed to put together what I think is a pretty stylish theme which I’m pretty happy with! I wanted something that looked similar to — Read more →

The Android Facebook contact fix

 Steven Kellow    Technology  ,

For the last few weeks or so, Facebook updates to the Android have meant that the app’s previously very useful contact sync between your Facebook and phone have stopped working. Which is quite the pain if you use it to contact people or as a way of adding profile photos for all your contacts. Thankfully, however, it’s actually possible to roll back these changes and get an older version of Facebook installed on your phone. Visit the APK Mirror site and download a version of — Read more →

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