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Firefox features I miss

September 21st 2008

I little while ago I ditched Firefox, and moved over to Safari, because Firefox just felt slow and clunky. It might be my imagination, but Safari feels fasters on my Mac, faster even than Camino which I used for a while. There are however somethings about La ‘Fox which I miss, mostly plugins. Apple-click opens [...]

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Foam is not food!

September 20th 2008

I’m pretty sure I’ve bitched about the “celebrity chef” use of foam before now, but I blooming hate it. Foam is not food, at best it’s savory Angel Delight, fit only for children and people too infirm to have teeth. This morning on “Great British Menu”, (a program so pretenious that I hope one day [...]

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Learning Polish

September 17th 2008

Youtube – full of crap keep saying. However, should you wish to learn Polish, this might be quite handy…. I am scared of Tigers! Your mother makes laundry in the river! Possibly Related Posts: Cold Water Swimming Trailing : One Forget the deli, find a German The strange and pale styling The magic of computing [...]

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Spam or Engrish chat up?

September 17th 2008

As recieved by email: Hello! My name is Margarita! I am 29 years old. I addressed in agency acquaintances. When I have specified, how I search for type of the man. Me have told to approach in 1 week. When I have again come to agency of acquaintances, to me have told yours email adress. [...]

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It’s ok to be small

September 15th 2008

People seem to be have to inflict themselves on the world around them. People play music out loud from their mobiles on the bus. People shout out at pub quizzes with “funny” answers. People feel the need to shout out at people in the street because they are wearing funny trousers, or they are fat, [...]

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Link brain dump

September 14th 2008

It’s Sunday morning, and I’ve a list of things I should be doing, but one of them is clearing through a week’s worth of feeds.  Here are a few that I’ve enjoyed: 8 meatless dishes for meat lovers – I’m no vegetarian cook, probably because I’m not a good enough cook. The tech behind Nine Inch Nails [...]

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Simple way to share iTunes over the Internet

September 10th 2008

I’m messed about with ssh tunnels (works but is a ball ache) and then lastnight I had a throught – and this morning I’m sitting in work listening to music via iTunes streaming from home. Turn on iTune sharing Add password to your iTunes share Log into your router Port forward both traffic types on [...]

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Poxy Boggards Anime

September 7th 2008

Yes, it is true. At some point in the past, some genius took the faux-medievil ballards of the Poxy Boggards (whom I first ran across though Warren Ellis’s excellent 4am podcast), mixed it up with anime style drawings, and posted them up on youtube. A star is born I feel. Possibly Related Posts: Cold Water [...]

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