Archive for July, 2007

Random Head Mush for 2007-07-30

Monday, July 30th, 2007

Still recovering from birthday over indulgence. Simpsons movie, all you can eat curry buffet and lots of beer…. *burp* #
@technosailor darren did one for the olympics #
Found a link to more British culinary delights for @dnorman http://www.effingpot.com/food.shtml #
@dnorman British cuisine is world renowned … or perhaps infamous #

BBC in the pockets of Microsoft and DRM

Monday, July 30th, 2007

License payers (IE. the television tax) now need to pay an additional tax to get the full benefits of the programming we already paid for … to Microsoft
BBC Corrupted | DefectiveByDesign.org
From today, you will need to own a Microsoft operating system to view BBC programming on the web. This is akin to saying [...]

Random Head Mush for 2007-07-29

Sunday, July 29th, 2007

Just checking email then logging off - it’s my Birthday :) #

Random Head Mush for 2007-07-27

Friday, July 27th, 2007

They don’t really want you to play ‘Free Bird’. They’re just heckling you #

What I was browsing in 2002

Friday, July 27th, 2007

Here are the links I had on my website in 2002 … wow am I a geek or what? … Of course there are broken links, it isn’t 2002!

Star Wars Episode 1
TheForce.Net
Aint It Cool News
Hotwired/Webmonkey
Suck
BBC News
QuakeWorld
Circlemakers
Popcorn
Prehensile
Powazek
Spacegirl
Urban Insect Evening Theatre
Flaunt
Anthology
GNOME (*The* user interface for Linux)
GIMP (a photoshop-alike for Linux)
Linuxberg (Linux software site)
A Mark [...]

Filter Noise From Your Feeds

Friday, July 27th, 2007

Back a year and a bit ago I had a similar idea but I have to admit AideRSS is not half bad, in fact could well be better than what I had in mind. Put in a feed URL and it will show you only the good stuff.

Harry Potter Rap

Friday, July 27th, 2007

Kinda funny + cheesy

Random Head Mush for 2007-07-26

Thursday, July 26th, 2007

My birthday just a few days away, perhaps about time I grew up and got a real job? #
@mattpallatt - don’t cheek your elders, I will be a spritely 33 #
I love the fact it’s July but I just commented about Christmas trees http://tinyurl.com/yskfec #

Advice on how to tame your inbox

Thursday, July 26th, 2007

Excellent video on taming your inbox

Still not excited about getting a second life

Thursday, July 26th, 2007

I keep reading about second life. Friends mention it. It’s funny, the same pressures that got me to try facebook are not working to get me into this virtual world. I am glad for people like Darren Barefoot who provide some much needed perspective, check out his latest post
The article later suggests that [...]