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worthy widget: TypeCast

I’m still not 100% sure that {OS X} Widgets are a great idea (I tried Konfabulator over a year ago, and it was trashed before the end of…

missing font: found

When I first put up a site at this domain back in 1999 I was using hsc on BeOS: when I moved away from that to Solaris for…

They’re finally getting it…

BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Music | Net label plans music revolution: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/music/4176486.stm It’s taken long enough: the bottom line is probably that any given act that pushes…

camilla camel – Google Search

camilla camel – Google Search : http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&client=safari&rls=en-us&q=camilla camel&btnG=Search Ok, so maybe it’s not something to be proud of quite yet but Camilla now comes in on the first…

Update: iLife ‘05, iPhoto 5.0.1 and Canon PowerShot G3 RAW files with OS X 10.4

For those of you who have iLife ’05 and OS X 10.4 and haven’t yet tried it, iPhoto will now process RAW files from the Canon PowerShot G3…

S5: A Simple Standards-Based Slide Show System

S5: A Simple Standards-Based Slide Show System: http://www.meyerweb.com/eric/tools/s5/ Apologies to the original site which pointed me at this stuff: it’s so long ago I’ve forgotten where I read…

why, silly me

“Of course it’s nice. It’s got sugar on top” Aha. I’ll try to remember that then.

BBC NEWS | Technology | Software patent bill thrown out

BBC NEWS | Technology | Software patent bill thrown out: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4655955.stm Finally dead – it was crazy that the bill should have been so mangled and still managed…

New Scientist Breaking News – Entering a dark age of innovation

New Scientist Breaking News – Entering a dark age of innovation: http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn7616 The instant and rather glib answer is that the USPTO is single handedly trying to reverse…

Carrel.ORG – GPGMail and Mac OS X 10.4.1

Carrel.ORG – GPGMail and Mac OS X 10.4.1: http://www.carrel.org/2005/05/16/gpgmail-and-mac-os-x-1041/ Excellent: works a charm ! UPDATE: Well, maybe not. Just had Mail die during a composition when trying to…

an excuse to buy an iPod…

PodSmith: http://www.makienterprise.com/podsmith/index.html Yesterday’s price reduction on the 1GB iPod Shuffle pays for the licen[c|s]e for this program, and means I finally have an excuse to get one. Other…

Boffins create zombie dogs | The Other Side | Breaking News 24/7 – NEWS.com.au (27-06-2005)

Boffins create zombie dogs | The Other Side | Breaking News 24/7 – NEWS.com.au (27-06-2005): http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,15739502-13762,00.html This surely can’t be real, can it ?

sweetcorn and sunflower bread

After a conversation with my Mum about various loaves she’d tried recently whilst on holiday in France, here’s a more interesting savory loaf (based on the cinnamon and…

apples real new stratgey for world domination – p2p piracy ?

Apple Matters: http://applematters.com/index.php/section/comments/apple_computer_is_piracy_the_pathway_to_profits/ Interesting: not an approach I’d even contemplated as an option, but one which is quite possible. To get an idea of {Apple}’s opinion on this…

booting darwin 8.0.1 on a b&w g3 350

I’ve had quite a problem getting {Darwin} 8.0.1 to boot on my B&W – holding down the C key doesn’t work, and so that is pretty much it…