It was great to hear today that Google are financially backing some of the restoration work taking place at Bletchley Park. It’s a site with an incredible history and is well worth a trip. Much of the commentary about it …
Read moreAn idle thought…
With all the Kinect hacks out there, why hasn’t anyone created a real-time Max Headroom implementation?
Read moreExtremely Petty Thieves
We went to the new Waterside Theatre in Aylesbury last night. Despite having seats in the stalls, the throng of people at the bar led us to make our way upstairs to order our interval drinks at the circle bar …
Read moreA Great Sound for a Great Gig
Last week I saw Belle & Sebastian at The Roundhouse in London. I can honestly say that it was one of the best gigs I’ve ever been to. First of all it had the factors that all great gigs seem …
Read moreR4 Cards Now Illegal in the UK
*Sigh* R4 (and similar) cards have now been declared illegal in the UK. Personally I think this is a significant injustice, as it further erodes individuals’ ability to use their purchased hardware for non-approved (but legal) uses, under the flag …
Read moresudo? sudon’t! Stupid “sudoers.d”
If you don’t know what “sudo” is, then this isn’t the post for you… it’s going to get technical and Linuxy. Let’s start with the summary, as it’s the most important part of this post: If you use /etc/sudoers.d/ don’t …
Read moreGraze
A few weeks ago I signed up to Graze, and so far I’ve been really impressed. The idea behind the company is that they regularly send you a box containing four punnets of fruit, seeds, nuts and other healthy offerings. …
Read moreTop-left, top-right: why not let me choose?
As I mentioned in this post, the migration of Ubuntu’s window controls from the top right to the top-left were a precursor to other changes which would make use of the now-empty corner of the title bar. I’m still not …
Read moreOh well, maybe next time (extended remix)
This is an extended version of a post associated with my webcomic, The Greys. I’ve posted it here because the extended version reflects my personal opinion, and not necessarily that of my comic strip co-author. The winners for this year’s …
Read moreWill Lucid play havoc with the Dell Mini 10?
There has been a lot written about the change in position of the window controls in the alpha- and beta-releases of Ubuntu 10.04, Lucid Lynx. I haven’t really got much to add that’s not in this excellent post, and it’s …
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