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Fun projects
We have a Canon Pixma MP210 printer, which was dirt cheap and does pretty much all we need. Sadly, though, it isn’t great in terms of connectivity — it is USB-only, no network interface. As such, I’ve been keeping an … Continue reading
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vimperator
Firefox is a widely known browser these days, and I use it on pretty much all the machines I have. One thing that has always annoyed me about it, though, is the amount of screen real-estate it dedicates to browser … Continue reading
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mingo
Poor old Ingo Molnar. First he was getting (a bit) flamed for his reaction to Con Kolivas’ new scheduler for Linux, now he’s getting flamed for allegedly burying Linux security holes. Life’s not easy as a kernel developer.
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Planning the unknown
Until I started working for my current employer, it was rare for anyone to ask me for plans and time estimations for the projects I was working on. By and large, my projects were either so young and small that … Continue reading
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Bad Apple
You want to know the problem with Mac users ? Slashdot article comments are usually as much fun as the article itself, to the extent that not actually reading the article before weighing in on the discussion has become something … Continue reading
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Another day, another style
For some time this website has looked terrible, so today I updated it to be marginally more pretty. Most of my palette inspiration comes from the rather wonderful Colour Lovers, which is worth a look if you’re interested in graphical … Continue reading
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17th March 2009
Doughy, middle-aged man creates a world around himself with a red-top newspaper, two walls of contemplative privacy to cut out the passengers butting up against his shoulders. Lips upturned in an expression a child’s drawing would use to signify displeasure … Continue reading
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13th March 2009
Sine wave of emotion today: passed my driving test at eleven, Flo is redundant before one thirty. Like being hit with a soft invisible hammer; something inside is in freefall, seeking the bottom of the curve. On my way into … Continue reading
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3rd March 2009
I’m tired, my enthusiasm dulled by the disarray and stress in our lives, muffling my mind like a grubby bandage. I can feel my eyes are glassy. I couldn’t wake up this morning, swayed like a drunk in the dark … Continue reading
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Train Yoga
On the train tonight, the man sat across from me managed to get his legs spread so wide that his left knee was halfway over the seat beside him whilst the other was a full three quarters of the way … Continue reading
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