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I’ve had a little issue trying to get more than 4GB of data onto this unit, and the usual {Google} wasn’t helping much. Checking all of the jumpers…
BBC – Radio 4 – The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy – Play the adventure online: http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/hitchhikers/game_new.shtml Oh dear – this could be the biggest waste of my…
This is a bug in {Apple}’s Disk Utility – it will totally choke on my G3 B&W when presented with a drive that has had a {NetBSD/macppc} disc…
A modified rapid white loaf from page 25: 300g Strong White flour (Tesco) 50g Strong Brown flour (Tesco) 50g Strong Wholemeal flour (Hovis) 3/4 tsp Yeast (Tesco) 1…
Well, I’m going to admit defeat for the moment – I haven’t yet managed to get a decent rapid bake cinnamon and raisin bread. I’ve added everything in…
Ignoring the obligatory {Dilbert} references, I think I might qualify when I found myself using this line to write my age: <?php echo floor((time()-gmmktime(6,41,0,6,21,1971))/(60*60*24*365.242)); ?> Must check if…
Apollo 13: http://www.spectrum.ieee.org/WEBONLY/wonews/apr05/0405napola.html Although I was unexpectedly impressed by the film, this is a rundown of the real events without any ‘added drama’, which is much more satisfying…
BBC NEWS | Technology | Digital switchover firm launched: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4441079.stm So does this mean that we’ll have an educated, ordered and event free switch over, with dates being…
Macworld: News: Nine Inch Nails releases GarageBand 2 project: http://www.macworld.com/news/2005/04/15/thehandthatfeeds/index.php?lsrc=mwrss-0405 Wow – that’s more than just one better than releasing music online; now we just need to wait…
Macworld: Editors’ Notes: Au revoir, Rendezvous: http://www.macworld.com/weblogs/editors/2005/04/bonjour/index.php?lsrc=mwrss-0405 That’s just fine by me: when typing in IM I could never spell rendezvous correctly: I stand a much better chance…
A slightly modified Spicy Fruit loaf from page 26: 400g Strong White flour (Tesco) 100g Strong Wholemeal flour (Hovis) 1tsp Yeast (Allinsons) 1 1/2 tsp Salt 2 1/2…
After some more experimentation (I’ve already mentioned that I’d swapped 1g of butter for 1ml of virgin olive oil) I’ve stopped putting any extra fat in the bread…
Emma Kennedy: http://www.emmakennedy.net/blog/index.php?id=581 I think I’ll stop collecting these now, and go and get the BBC radio series instead. Speaking of which, the fourth part of the trilogy…
Short film review: http://planetmagrathea.com/shortreview.html No spoliers in the short version but linked to a longer one with spoilage, both from MJ Simpson who seems to know a thing…
Neil Gaiman: http://www.neilgaiman.com/journal/2005/04/hp-sauce-as-coin-cleanser-and-so-on.asp Ignoring (like those in question) the main thrust of his entry, this sentence made me smile: “Well, I looked the Slashdot thread over and, like…