This post on Boing Boing got me thinking about the time I wrote a program that played with itself. I think it was written on the mutated basic supplied with the ICL/BT Merlin Tonto that my Dad brought home one day. Or it could have been on the ZX Spectrum, can’t remember. Anyway, I taught the… Continue reading Board Games Automated
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Ubuntu On The EeePC, Part 3 – The Sickening
The story so far: Part 1, Part 2 Charlie Stross, a sci-fi writer of some regard, talks about installing a new Linux OS on his Asus netbook, and again I am inspired to give it another go. Where was I? Unetbootin woulnd’t work, that was it. So just to confirm I gave it another try,… Continue reading Ubuntu On The EeePC, Part 3 – The Sickening
ORG 3rd Birthday
The UK Open Rights Group has now been around for 3 years, and they have released their 2008 Review of Activities. It shows how busy the group has been, and also how much more they are needed. It seems that a week doesn’t go by when a CD isn’t lost or a laptop isn’t stolen… Continue reading ORG 3rd Birthday
Moleskine / Notebook Elastic Hackery
As well as my PDA, I keep a notebook as well, so I can quickly scribble stuff down, draw little diagrams, reminders, anything. It’s quicker than the PDA, and can support more subtly shaded drawings (though I’m no artist). My girlfriend thinks this is all very pretentious, and so it is. But sod it eh?… Continue reading Moleskine / Notebook Elastic Hackery
Palm Tungsten E Lego Sync And Charge Cradle
I’ve had my Palm Tungsten E PDA for about 6 months now, and it’s great. I got it 2nd hand off Ebay, and it’s given me no trouble. Here’s what I do with it… (read on, it’ll be worth it!) I keep all my contacts, calendar, and tasks synced with my home PC, and backed… Continue reading Palm Tungsten E Lego Sync And Charge Cradle
Psion Siena DUCT-Xtreme Skinflint Casemod
Avoiding spending money on a new PDA! Take that, consumerism! Rar! Why spend money on a new PDA when you can spend it on gaffer tape? And then on a new PDA? There’s a lot of sites out there which describe how the owners of high-end computer systems strive to make them even faster and… Continue reading Psion Siena DUCT-Xtreme Skinflint Casemod
UK Postage Stamp Values
I had such trouble finding out what denominations postage stamps come in that I decided to PUBLISH them, which, God knows, is more than the Royal Mail do. So, as at the time of posting, postage stamps are available in the following denominations: 1p 2p 4p 5p 8p 10p 20p 34p 38p 42p 47p 50p… Continue reading UK Postage Stamp Values