Category Archives: General

I am now an RHCE

I have just seen the logo for the 2012 Olympics. It’s awful. If you agree, and I think you will. Go and sign this petition http://www.gopetition.co.uk/online/12539.html The logo can be seen at http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/606/A23431826 Powered by ScribeFire.

Having just taken a renewed interest in cycling. I have been researching a bit and came across the CTC’s Fill That Hole website. It’s a simple idea that seems well executed. The basic concept is that you use a web form to report pot holes etc and they pass on the report to the relevant… Read More »

You may have heard of Twitter. I can’t decide if it’s pointless yet, it’s another Web 2.0 meme thing and it’s kind of fun. Anyway, I knocked up a little client for it, because posting to it via IM is great and all, but the bot on the other end seems kind of sleepy and… Read More »

I realise that it may be pushing it a bit for this year, but I have been looking into Vegan/Dairy Free advent calendars for Hannah. A number of places have mentioned Kinnerton as a source for such a thing, but not mention of how to obtain one. As I contacted Kinnerton and got a response,… Read More »

From rob on IRC, origin unknown, try this: Go to a web page with lots of images, e.g. news.bbc.co.uk Paste the following text into your address bar and watch the magic: javascript:R=0; x1=.1; y1=.05; x2=.25; y2=.24; x3=1.6; y3=.24; x4=300; y4=200; x5=300;y5=200;DI=document.images; DIL=DI.length; function A(){for(i=0; i

My life is a series of lists at the moment. I’m trying to organise myself more effectively and keeping track of the multitude of things that need doing is making my head spin. I’ve made a [list to share](things-i-want “Things I Want for $occasion”), though.

I am frequently accused of being difficult to buy for when it comes to the various events in the year (birthday, christmas etc) that people kindly wish to buy presents for me. This is due to a complaint I suffer from whereby my brain suddenly empties itself when queried about such things. The same thing… Read More »

You Are 48% Cynical Yes, you are cynical, but more than anything, you’re a realist. You see what’s screwed up in the world, but you also take time to remember what’s right. How Cynical Are You?

I’ve just installed rockbox on my ipod. It’s a replacement firmware whatsit that works on a few different mp3 players and supports ogg, flac etc and works with a filesystem structure (no more itunes!) although it has quite powerful support for playlists that I haven’t played with yet. It’s also themeable (see screenshot). It has… Read More »