I recently visited the Museum of Brands in London where an exhibition is currently celebrating 60 (yes, 60!) years of Thunderbirds and 50 years of Space: 1999. It’s a great trip down memory lane and well worth it if it’s your kind of thing and is open until the end of February 2026. Sitting there …
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Updates at last!
Well, it’s been a while hasn’t it? iOS 26 was the catalyst I think – a new look to iOS, the first since iOS 7, made me think that an update to all three apps was needed. Mostly, this is just to make them all compatible with the latest OS and also to “clear the …
I’ve moved to BlueSky and more
Hello 🙂 I stopped posting to Twitter once Musk bought it and a short time ago closed my X account as Musk is clearly a nasty piece of work and unhinged, along with his partner in crime. So, I’ve moved over to a much friendlier place and you can now find me on @blacktablet.bsky.social instead. …
Finally – an update!
It’s been a long time but I’m still here! Rather than a set of separate posts I thought I’d bundle things into a single post. Firstly, I’m sad to say that 1000 Words is no longer available. It was my first app for macOS and it all worked fine when it was released. When I …
Identicode 2.0
A new feature for you secret agents out there – use the camera to grab those encrypted messages and quickly get to decoding! Previously you have had to enter the coded messages by hand but now Identicode can take advantage of the swanky tech in your device and extract the text for you and enter …
Touchy feely
There’s a new update to Identicode which can be enjoyed by those of you with newer phones – there is now a little physical feedback when tapping the buttons which just adds a little more realism and, let’s be honest, fun, to the app. There is also another tweak for everyone in that when you’ve …
It was 9 years ago today
I find it hard to believe but here is the first announcement to the wider world of the launch of Pink Plaques – the guide and tour app I co-authored with Rose Collis. “Believed to be the first” and as far as know, it still is. We’d independently both had the same idea and as …
Native on Apple Silicon
Doh! I forgot to mention when I posted a recent update for 1000 Words that it is now runs natively on Apple’s latest Macintosh designs with their own M1 chip. It’s not a demanding app but it’s nice all the same, isn’t it?
All apps now updated!
Well, I wasn’t expecting to update everything, but due to the new website, the links in Bargain and Identicode needed updating too. Also, I’m not able to change the links on the App Store without submitting updates, so here we are! 🙂
1000 Words V1.1 update
I’ve made a couple of enhancements to this handy app: It now updates the word count if you delete a word whereas previously only adding a word would update it. The Help file has been improved. The app’s icon has been refreshed to better match with the style of Big Sur, though it appears regardless …