iOS 11 – Emergency SOS

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A new emergency feature was added to iOS 11 whose main purpose is to allow you to quickly and discreetly place a call to emergency services. In Australlia it will dial 000 while in other countries it will call the … Read More

iOS 11 – Safari cross-site tracking

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No one likes to think they are being tracked. In the real world you could even call it stalking. The same could be said about tracking on the Internet where it’s become big business with sites tracking your browsing habits … Read More

3D Touch Actions on the iPhone

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When the iPhone 6S was released one of the most talked about features was “3D Touch”. Using fancy technology in the screen the device could detect “deep” presses which meant it can now detect taps along with longer touches and … Read More

iOS Text Replacements

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A really cool feature of most computer systems these days is text replacement. IOS has a really simple implementation of it that I use all the time to automatically type text that I use all the time.The basic idea is … Read More

About Little Brown Monkey

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Little Brown Monkey came from a physical little brown monkey that my parents bought for me when I was very young. They went away on a trip and when asked what I wanted them to bring me back I said … Read More

About Me

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I’m a geek and born again cross fitter. Thanks to the emergence of the Internet, smart devices and awesome video games my once shunned geek skills are now placing me in the position to be a geek rock star. It’s … Read More

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