things that only i could care about

white sandwich loaf

Very nice indeed (our current favourite), and it works exactly as printed on page 32:
400g Strong White flour (tried both Hovis and Tesco)
1 1/2 tbsp Milk powder
1 tbsp Sugar
1 tsp Salt
1/2 tsp Allinsons Easy Bake yeast
15ml Olive oil
290ml Warm water

Baked on the Sandwich program (5 hours) either immediately or via timer for a very soft [...]

saved by javascript – what a turn up…

Given that I have always tried as hard as I can to make browsing my site (in all its incarnations) as similar as possible in both the latest standards compliant browser(s) as well as lynx/links (without resorting to browser idents, thankyouverymuch) it’s with regret that I now announce that I’ve added JavaScript to my site, [...]

spammed by an avid merrion impersonator ?

“It was nice to hear from you during the xmas, it was cold but your call was very warm”
I don’t usually like to let them know their email has even been received, but this one made me smile: it’s just a shame they didn’t take the joke beyond the first sentence.

New Mac for Windows Switchers

22nd January 2005
Another new Mac to win over Windows switchers
The new Mac Shuffle features key aspects of the Windows user experience to make ’switchers’ feel right at home.
The Shuffle feature randomly puts all your documents in a different place every time. Did I save it in My Documents? Or My Pictures? Or the desktop? Or [...]

NoSoftwarePatents.com :: View topic – (EN) 24 JAN 05: JURI is still out on EU software patents

NoSoftwarePatents.com :: View topic – (EN) 24 JAN 05: JURI is still out on EU software patents: http://www.nosoftwarepatents.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=314
Yet again, sense prevails thanks to Poland !

ThinkGeek :: Gadgets :: Lights & Lasers

ThinkGeek :: Gadgets
:: Lights & Lasers : http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/lights/
Argh ! Nononononononononono. What devil have I unleashed ? I’m not sure I can continue looking at this site until all methods of paying US Dollars have been removed from my person and placed in a locked underground bunker no less than 6.732 miles away.
<homer>Inductive [...]

creative muvo firmware update and itunes

If you have updated the firmware in the Creative MuVo flash player to support FAT16 (and so allow easy reformatting under OS X) then you may have noticed that iTunes fails to detect the device. No matter how often I tried to add things like MuVo Helper or the ‘unreleased’ Nomad Plugin nothing happened.
What [...]