Seeby’s Ruminations

The Totalitarian Slide

How western "democracies" are drifting towards total control — slowly, quietly, and by design

Dec 29, 2025 • Seeby Woodhouse

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November 2025

NZ joins the Budapest Convention

What does this mean and what rights might we have traded for it?

Nov 20, 2025 • Seeby Woodhouse

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October 2025

Business Fraud Prevention

A checklist for small business owners to avoid fraud

Oct 27, 2025 • Seeby Woodhouse

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August 2025

How to make an iPhone app

Have you got a million dollar idea but don't know where to start?

Aug 10, 2025 • Seeby Woodhouse

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Hack your Coffee

How to instantly make every cup of coffee taste 30% better

Aug 6, 2025 • Seeby Woodhouse

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Why can't you drink engine oil?

The answer is more complicated than you might think and has bothered me for years

Aug 2, 2025 • Seeby Woodhouse

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July 2025

Your printer is a snitch

Did you know that your details are secretly embedded in every page you print?

Jul 30, 2025 • Seeby Woodhouse

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Apple releases "Invites" app

Another polished app from Apple makes planning small events easy

Jul 21, 2025 • Seeby Woodhouse

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Global Roaming: now much easier

Getting cellular data in each country visited used to be a real pain in the backside

Jul 14, 2025 • Seeby Woodhouse

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June 2025

My new favorite band doesn't exist?

"The Velvet Sundown" have been on Spotify two weeks, and already has 450,000 followers

Jun 29, 2025 • Seeby Woodhouse

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Critical Password Hygiene

The largest ever data breach of leaked passwords has just hit the Internet

Jun 20, 2025 • Seeby Woodhouse

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May 2025

When increasing efficiency results in decreased returns

The Jevons paradox challenges the assumption that efficiency alone will reduce resource consumption or environmental impact

May 4, 2025 • Seeby Woodhouse

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