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28th April 2006

The death of the critic

“Author and design critic Rick Poynor takes a hard look at his own profession and finds that, despite living in an age when everyone’s a critic, real criticism is almost impossible to find.” (Thanks noahbrier.com!)

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28th April 2006

Do rich artists make bad art?

“It is easier for a pickled shark to pass through the eye of a needle than for a multimillionaire to make good art. This week it was revealed that Damien Hirst, at 40, is worth £100m, a stupendous figure unrivalled by any artist his age, ever, even allowing for inflation and the changing nature of wealth.”

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28th April 2006

Mac Backup Software Harmful

“In this article, I will investigate commonly used GUI backup/cloning tools for Mac OS X. The tools vary widely with respect to their feature set; the features are irrelevant here. I will concentrate purely on the underlying functionality of copying files. A backup tool needs to be able to copy files faithfully for a successful restore in case desaster has struck. The surprising conclusion of my investigation is that almost all Macintosh Backup tools fail at their most basic task, the faithful copying of files.”

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