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Avast! Belay there amidships! Get up the mizzen-mast afore I keelhaul ye, ye scurvy sea-dog! Shiver my timbers! This be a fantastic idea! The International Talk like a Pirate Day (UK) be almost upon us! Make sure ye follow this excellent tradit'n, Cap'n...
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I was just browsing someone elses site, and came across this: I recall, when I was at school, a conversation between a teacher and a pupil which went something like this: Teacher: Why did you do [whatever the trivial misdemeanor was]? Pupil: Beca...
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I bought an MP3 player last weekend. I wanted 2 things from it : OGG support, and Linux support. There were a few that supported both, but, heeding "The Paradox of Choice", I chose the first one that fulfilled all my requirements, and got the iRiver IF...
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I was told about the questionnaire at www.politicalcompass.org. My results are as follows.: Your political compass Economic Left/Right: -3.75 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.31 This puts me near the Dalai Lama, Ghandi and Nelson Mandela who are...
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Did you know that the US is very heavily in debt? Read about the risks.
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Ever wished you could get a Radio 4 comedy program in OGG or MP3 format, but all they have is streamable Real Audio? Follow these simple instructions, and your wish will be granted. Dump the stream to a file. (Note - you won't see any output while it is...
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Software patents are bad. Software is already copyrightable, which means that if you write a fantastic program, people can't copy it and say it's theirs. But if you allow companies to patent what are sometimes the only way of performing a certain action...
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I think that a single speed limit is too inflexible. It is set for the lowest common denominator. A better solution would be to use a variable speed limit. The criteria could be: Time of day or nightWeather conditionsAmount of trafficLocationType of ro...
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On another weekend at my mums, I have just read (well, not all of it - just dipped in and out) a very interesting book called To Have or to Be?, by Eric Fromm. In it he talks about that theory that in modern life we value ourselves by what we have (cars...
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Just read Operators and Things, by Barbara O'Brian. It is her very interesting account of the schizophrenia she developed, and how her "Operators" carefully guided her through the next few months to recovery.