Wordius
Wordius
Jeff Porter
Freelance journalist, editor, and I enjoy experimenting on the web. But, above all, I am human.
Latest Posts
When I was setting up my new iMac, and got around to organising my Time Machine back-ups, I realised there was something missing. Three years ago when I last set up a new Mac, I wanted to exercise greater control over my back-up system,...
Apple Mac Mini: packs a powerful punch. Photo: Apple When Apple launched the Mac Mini in 2005, I dismissed it as the entry-level Apple machine it was intended to be, and continued to buy increasingly expensive machines, like my iMac and...
John Naughton, writing for The Observer: The aim of the engineering community is now to put enough cryptographic treacle in the works to make the effortless superiority of the NSA et al a thing of the past. From now on, the spooks will...
Turkish-style chicken kebabs: charred to perfection Every now and then I get the urge to replicate food I buy from a takeaway at home. One of my favourite takeaways is fresh chicken kebabs, cooked over coals with onions, peppers and...
Anolon Professional hard anodised nonstick 12-piece cookware set You should always listen to your mum. When I was in my 20s and leaving my parents home for the last time, my mum told me that I should invest in the best set of pans I...
Perfect Yorkshire puddings every time You can’t help but love the Yorkshire pudding, a welcome addition to any roast dinner. I like my Yorkshire puddings big, and slightly crispy. The overall texture, though, should be quite soft. This...
In an article for The Sweet Setup, Nick Heer rates VSCO Cam (App Store) and Snapseed (App Store) as being among the best photo-editing apps for the iPhone. He also warns: [T]rust your eyes. Rely on VSCO Cam to enhance the best qualities...
One thing I’ve noticed since publishing The great Unread for iPhone yesterday is that I’m much more likely to open the ‘All unread’ items feed than I was when I used Reeder for iPhone. In BU (Before Unread) times, I tended to browse my...
I thought I could resist the urge to buy yet another RSS app. I couldn’t. There has been a lot of hype around in recent days about Unread, a new RSS reader for the iPhone. I gave the increasingly isolated and underused Reeder (App Store)...
In the past, usually when I was starting a new web project, I would find myself rootling around trying to find the HTML codes or Unicodes for the odd glyph or two. It was annoying and a waste of time, which is why I decided to store...
Update: Editorially has announced that it is to shut down on 30 May. Users have until that date to download their data. There are numerous web-based Markdown editors – far too many to mention here – so I’ve chosen what I consider three...
The developers of Ulysses III, a feature-packed Markdown editor for Mac, announced a short while ago that version 1.2 will use the metaWeblog XML-RPC to plug Ulysses III into popular blogging tools, including WordPress. That means:...
Lacanche: still making reliable ovens to this day {% image "./", "lacanche-range-582" %} There are many things to be grateful in the modern era, but the throwaway society, the one we’re living in right now, isn’t one of them. A lot of...
Data for one of our favourite walks around Maxey Lakes, Lincs From time to time, I like to keep track of how far we’ve walked with our dog, Roma. When my hunger for data can’t be satisfied by counting every last step, I use the MotionX...
{% image "./roma_shake-paws-582.jpg", "roma_shake-paws-582" %} This is our dog, Roma. Read the story about Roma that goes with this picture. Image: Shannon Porter Everyone needs a side project. My wife’s decision to write about one of...