I’ve just read a transcript of an interview Bill Clinton gave to the CPSA Investor’s Forum in Hong Kong. He comes across as a really bright, eloquent and realistic guy.I remember what the world felt like when he was president of the USA. I think it highlights the difference between… Read More
The server was down for a few hours due to a dead power supply.During the cold day yesterday there was apparently a power failure at the house and the power supply for the main firewall didn’t start up again. I’ve cannibalised one from another server, so we’re back in business… Read More
Yesterday was the third day in a row that work really got to me. Happily, today is Friday so there is some respite within reach. Bring on the weekend!I worked late last night, getting home at 9pm. I don’t like working late as a general rule, since I believe that… Read More
If you haven’t seen it yet, you have to check out this little video invitation currently doing the rounds.The general consensus seems to be that it’s a video invitation put together by some sort of industry creative type for a BBQ they’re having. It combines a montage of stills to… Read More
I’m currently listening to a very nice mix of deep house tunes by DJ fleep out of Tokyo. I highly recommend his site over at fleep.com. For those who don’t know, house music is one of the many varieties of what was once generically called techno, also known as doofdoof… Read More
I’m currently wrestling with some Plone based coding for seafelt, the network management software Unicity is developing. It’s proving to be more of a challenge than I thought it would be.Plone is a great system for developing websites, like this one. It’s extremely useful out of the box and has… Read More
After yesterday’s tirade about Plone, I bit the bullet and googled for how to create a custom skin in Plone. On the first page of results was a link to a helpful tutorial over at plone.org.Helpfully titled Creating a Custom Skin, it provides a link to a Product that gives… Read More
I just treated myself to a pair of Sennheiser HD555 headphones for when I’m at work. I’ve been using a pair of Sony MDR-G72 headphones for a few years, and while they’ve been quite nice, I originally bought them because they collapse down and are easy to carry in a… Read More
My current favourite thing is a little browser extension for Firefox (the bestest browser in the whole wide world!) called StumbleUpon. If you’ve ever been sitting around waiting for something else to complete (compiling software, installing software, waiting for clues to spontaneously attach to cow-orkers, staring aimlessly into space) but… Read More
Ugh. I’ve managed to catch someone’s cold, so I’m having to chow down on pseudoephedrine just so I can breath. Riding to work in the rain probably hasn’t helped.I’ve yet to get my DVB card working under linux, and haven’t had the time to spend diagnosing the problem yet. Some… Read More
