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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…

Canon EOS Beginners’ FAQ V – Misc

Canon EOS Beginners’ FAQ V – Misc: http://photonotes.org/articles/beginner-faq/misc.html “Is it true that taking a person’s photograph steals their soul? Yes. This is why movie stars, fashion models, politicians…

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…

Sony SDT-7000 DDS2 on NetBSD/macppc

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…

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy – Online Infocom Adventure

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…

netbsd macppc drive label can crash os x 10.3.9 disk utility

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…

slightly granary

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…