Blog
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Getting sound happening
Oh boy Linux has a ways to go yet when it comes to usability. Try dropping a new piece of hardware into your box and see how easy it is to get it going. Sure it'll be rock solid once you get it workin…
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Globalisation isn't working
I thought globalisation was supposed to mean prices were the same around the world. No more of these ridiculous price inequalities. Well not in electronics, they certainly aren't! I'm looking to a dig…
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Got Glasto tickets
Well here's an example of how not to handle ticket sales for a large, high-profile event. Glastonbury tickets just went on sale, which meant getting up at 5am here in Sydney to start trying. It's now…
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Guess this needs a rewrite
This site has been mostly the same since 1998, at least structurally. It's been tweaked here and there, a few kludges hacked upon, a ghastly colour scheme updated to something more sedate, but never r…
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Hmmm... Blogger eh?
Well all this time I was going to get around to rewriting my random thoughts thingy in PHP3 myself as an exercise in learning. Course life gets too busy for non-work oriented learning. I need to learn…
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Hojicha
Many years ago, my mate Martin introduced me to a Japanese tea style called Hojicha. It's made by roasting the leaves and twigs of the tea plant. The roasting gives it a distinctly nutty flavour, and…
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Homeless?
Well after weeks of dicking us around, the landlord of the flat we intended to move into next weekend has finally given us no option but to not go ahead with it. Every communication with him has seen…
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I fought Easycar and won (for now)
A month or so ago, I tried to hire a car from Easycar. First mistake, of course, with their ridiculous policies and puny (100km/day) mileage allowance. But anyway, I attempted to do it. I use Mozilla…
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Is there some way to sync bookmarks?
I have a simple idea, but I haven't been able to find any software to do it. I have a browser at home and a browser at work. Both are Mozilla Firebird. I want the bookmarks to be the same in both. The…
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Jean Grae: The Bootleg of the Bootleg EP
I've followed the career of Jean Grae since her collaborations with The Herbaliser (as "What What") back in 1997. Since then she's changed names, crews and producers, making her very difficult to trac…
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Kraftwerk at RFH
Turns out, after looking at their site, Kraftwerk are also playing at Royal Festival Hall which means there are cheaper tickets, but seated, available. Not sure which I'll go to. While looking at the…
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Kraftwerk playing Brixton
Ooh! I just discovered that Kraftwerk are playing at the Brixton Academy next March. Yay! I'll definitely be grabbing some tickets.
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Linux aint there yet
Every now and then I get a bit overly excited and proclaim that Linux is 6 months off dominating the desktop. In some ways this could happen, particularly in corporate environments where it's importan…
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Love my mouse
I just started having trouble moving my excellent trackball. Pretty funny because when I pulled the ball out there was so much gumpf around the bearings it rolls on that the ball was having trouble mo…
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Merry Xmas
If you're reading this and I missed you from the mass mailout of our xmas card, I apologise. Here's what you should have received.
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Mmmm. Bandwidth
I love my cable modem. I spend much of the day listening to Dublab on an 80k stream which is interesting. Those of you who've heard me rant will know that I think Internet radio is a stupid idea. The…
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New musical discoveries
I've just discovered some new, and re-discovered some old, music worth passing on. Ellen Allien has been around for years but I've only recently discovered her music. She has an excellent mix on her s…
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Off to Sydney
Holly and I are off to Sydney tomorrow morning for three weeks. If you want to call me, I'll mostly be at my parents place: 02 9879 0308. Should have access to email while I'm there too. Holly's havin…
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Power is back
London can't let New York edge us out for crappiest infrastructure of a so-called modern city. No, we had our own little power outage this evening. I was in the tube but fortunately the power cut out…
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Quicksilver
My copy of Neal Stephenson's Quicksilver arrived last week and I've been reading it. Quite good so far, though not the roller coaster ride that was Snow Crash. Anyway, page 92 appears to abruptly end.…