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Category Archives: General
Macbook Wheel (by the Onion)
The Onion on a new Mac … They got that Mac tradeshow look so perfectly too.
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iPhone Shuffle?
The iPhone Shuffle, (Advert 1) (Advert 2) (Advert 3) Plus the obligatory Wired.com article (a bit more serious though)
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Adam Savage, Dodos and the Maltese Falcon
I just happened to watch this amazing presentation by Adam Savage (of Mythbusters) Adam Savage on Obsession (Fora.tv)
Zend Framework – run in a subdirectory
This article explains how to use Zend Framework MVC in a subdirectory (rather than in the DocumentRoot) [Link]
Zend framework Quickstart and SQLite
I was building the Zend Framework quick start tutorial example but I kept getting the following error: Message: SQLSTATE[HY000]: General error: 14 unable to open database file This was despite the fact that I had correct privileges on the database … Continue reading
Is there a pilot on board?
In movies like Airplane! the pilots have all been incapacitated and a desperate call goes around “is there a pilot on board?” To which some brave soul then stands up and says something like, “Yes I can fly the plane”. … Continue reading
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Loyalty Cards
I was looking at my wallet and I realized that I have a whole collection of loyalty cards. Am I really loyal to all of them? I don’t think I can be, since some of them are for direct competitors.
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Cinema Audio
A Fascinating Video with Ioan Allen of Dolby Labs talking about different kinds of Film audio system.
Is the iPhone NDA still in effect?
This post from yesterday on the cocoa-dev list seems to suggest that it is. I wonder what is happening? (Although it doesn’t affect me much because I’m still not doing iPhone development at all yet)
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National Lighthouse museum closed
I was sad to read that the National lighthouse museum in Penzance appears to have closed. It was an interesting place to visit and it had lots of real exhibits including light house lamps, optics and models. It was also … Continue reading
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UCS-2 vs UTF-16
Since I got confused by this one the other day: http://unicode.org/faq/basic_q.html#14 Q: What is the difference between UCS-2 and UTF-16? A: UCS-2 is what a Unicode implementation was up to Unicode 1.1, before surrogate code points and UTF-16 were added … Continue reading
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Google Chrome Comic
The Google Chrome comic is a work of art, it’s both functional and artistic, and it manages to explain so many really important points in a way that is easy to understand. If you haven’t read it, and you’re interested … Continue reading
Cappuccino Framework released
The people at 280 North have released the The Cappuccino framework as open source. The Cappuccino framework is the system that powers the 280 slides web app, which is sort of Keynote in a browser. I’ve been playing around with … Continue reading
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SQLEditor Progress
It’s been a little while since I wrote about the release of SQLEditor so it’s time to write about what’s been happening with SQLEditor since then. SQLEditor 1.4.1.b2 (available now) There is a new bug fix release of SQLEditor available … Continue reading
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Virtualized Mac OS X servers
Media Temple are running a beta programme for virtualized Mac OS X server hosting (Using Parallels Server) This sounds really interesting, it would be nice to be able to rent a Mac OS X box and run services on it. … Continue reading
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Water found on Mars
They spotted water on Mars! Colonising now seems a step closer … MarsPhoenix Twitter (via Boing Boing)
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Film Release Schedule
Because I can never remember where this list is kept: UK Film Distributors’ Association Film Release Schedule
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The inspiration for star wars?
George Lucas in Love A parody on the origins of the star wars story…
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Engineers without borders
Wired has an interesting article about Engineers without borders, a group that is trying to develop cheap technology solutions for developing parts of the world. The latest idea is a low cost wind turbine to generate electricity for lighting. Best … Continue reading
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Chocolate Russian Roulette
I happened to come across this: Chocolate Russian Roulette [cybercandy uk] You get a tray with 12 pieces of chocolate. 11 of them are praline filled milk chocolate bullets, the 12 contains a real chilli pepper.
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