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A Third Try at a 10K - Sponsors needed, please!
Me in my fetching running vest from the 2009 run This year's run may not be part of a bona-fide resolution, but I'm still going to try and break that 58 minute barrier I struggled with in 2010. Wish me luck! As in previous years, I'll be raising money for... -
Good password habits don't have to be a chore
If you've been anywhere near the Internet over the past couple of weeks, you've probably heard about the Playstation Network Hack, including the theft of millions of account details, including passwords. PSN users like me need to have a think about security right now, but it doesn't have to be... -
I Finally Ate Fish
It only took me four months, but I've fulfilled my first resolution of the year by eating fish for the first time since I was 10! Although it might be another 16 years before I try it again. Those of you that know me will be aware of my strange... -
How to form a habit (and how to screw it up)
I've only just realised how many of my recent "projects" (for want of a better word) have involved doing something regularly: photographing everything I eat, writing more technical blog posts, writing a novel in a year. I've probably got it wrong as much as I've got it right, so here's... -
You can find out who's SCAMMING you on Facebook!
If you're a Facebook user (and you don't even have to be as addicted as I), you've probably been bombarded over the last few weeks by invites, messages and wall posts inviting you to "Find out who's been stalking you". And yes, they're scams. I got an event invitation the... -
Dumb Stuff to Do With Grep
Sometimes, all it takes is a little command-line snafu to bring a programmer's faith in himself crashing to the ground like an airliner suffering metal fatigue. Today at work, I've been engaging in the wonderfully mechanical task of updating some open source libraries we use in the product. All I... -
How to: Mount a network drive in Mac OS at startup
One of the neat things about Mac OS is how easy it is to create network shares, and how quick and reliable they are. Once you've got the dang things mounted, that is. Therein lies the annoyance, there isn't a built-in feature for automounting them. Luckily, it's quite easy to... -
Knowing Your Audience
A funny thing happened to me the other week, that made me think long and hard about who really visits this blog. And slightly longer and harder about the sorts of things I could be writing. I got an e-mail last Thursday from someone at onlineschools.org, letting me know that... -
PS3 + Airport Extreme: Why it might not "just work", and how to fix it!
I'll admit it, I'm a bit of an Apple addict. In my general experience, they make pretty things that "just work" and I've ended up filling my flat with various fruit-branded consumer goods. So imagine my dismay when I set up my brand new Airport Extreme base station and my PS3... -
2011 Mission Statement
Happy New Year everyone! Continuing my annual tradition of quantifiable goal-setting, here's my list of resolutions for 2011. Following last year's less than stellar performance, I'm going to focus on stuff I actually want to do, need to do or at least am able to do, rather than choosing things that...
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