Wu-weiSunday, September 19, 20041:29PM - Link with Bloxsam broken - no further updatesThe perl plugin that I use to link my real blog at http://cgi.kript.net/blosxom.cgi choked on a post a day or so ago, and refused to run. Due to the design of Blosxam, this means the site didn't display at all, do I killed the plugin. I tried to debug this back when then macintosh line endings caused issues with the submissions to LJ, but its pretty tricky; akin to debugging a module within another program, where you can't (easily) have access to any debugging info, so, frankly, I'm not inclined to spend more time debugging it. There is a new major version number release of Bloxsam out, so that may fix it, but my upgrading to that depends on me setting up a public webserving box, which will take some time (and money!) that I don't have right now. Sorry. Tuesday, September 14, 20047:43PM - Pirates Of The Spanish Main Shipping!As I was checking my mail, preparing to leave for the airport for the return flight to the UK, I got a mail from Leisure Games with their new games for the week, which included the game I blogged about before. I've had no luck finding it in the U.S. - even the manufacturer's on-line store is out of stock - so I've placed a order with Leisure Games (online). Should have it by the weekend. I can't wait to see if its as fun as it looks. If anyone reading this fancies a game, let me know. I'm not going to play with myself (ahem). Saturday, September 11, 20047:17AM - Sleep keeps me awakeIts Friday night, and Seattle is jumping. Even the Sheraton in Bellvue has a wedding party, a cheerleader convention (no, really), and a fairly 'hopping' bar. Thursday, September 2, 20049:58PM - Gadget Wish ListI thought I'd blog my Gadget wish list. I like the Amazon wish list, but they don't do everything, so I thought I'd do my own.. Monday, August 30, 20044:44PM - Gadget Wish ListI thought I'd blog my Gadget wish list. I like the Amazon wish list, but they don't do everything, so I thought I'd do my own.. Sunday, August 29, 200411:33PM - PollsThe last poll, which you can view here didn't do so well. If I believed the poll, only four people read this. Given that I intended this to be the place my friends to catch up on what I'm doing, thats kinda depressing. what? yes, I have more than four friends! Humph! ;-) [Error: Irreparable invalid markup ('<a href'http://www.teaparty.net">') in entry. Owner must fix manually. Raw contents below.]
The last poll, which you can view <a href="http://cgi.kript.net/blosxom.cgi/2004/04/03#poll-visitors">here</a> didn't do so well. If I believed the poll, only four people read this. Given that I intended this to be the place my friends to catch up on what I'm doing, thats kinda depressing. <i>what? yes, I have more than four friends! Humph!</i> ;-) So, the new poll, responding to the requests of apparently 25% of my readership, I thought I'd see if people wanted to leave comments? It'd require some major overhauls, and prob. mean moving off the current <a href'http://www.teaparty.net">hosting server</a> but it could be done. I'd have to get over 100% approval from my fan-base though. Yes, thats right. <b>more than four people would have to want it!</b> :-) <BR>With thanks to <a href="http://www.thesatya.com/blosxom/">bloxsam2lj</a>. <BR> This entry was cloned from <a href="http://cgi.kript.net/blosxom.cgi">Kripts Other Blog..</a> 11:27PM - Should I add the ability to leave comments to "Wu Wei"?* yes * no 11:20PM - Zenith AngleBefore I read "Just a Geek", I read Bruce Sterling's "Zenith Angle". I seem to have left it our of the sidebar, which is pure laziness and no reflection on the book, so maybe I'll put it in when I get a moment. 10:56PM - Just a GeekAs the sidebar says, I've been reading Will Wheaton's "Just a Geek" recently. Just finished, and its pretty good - more than was on his website If you want to know what its like, go read a few entries on his blog/website. More of the same, and I found it interesting reading, and like many people, I suspect, hope it gets him the writing success he wants. Mind you, with two books already to his name (the other is "Dancing Barefoot"), he may already be there.. Wednesday, August 25, 200412:23AM - River of GodsI just finished reading this recently. Its a stunningly visual, complex book - much, I imagine, like the society its attempting to portray. Kind of Cyberpunk India, with some very neat ideas, and good charecterisation. A few plot holes I felt, and my knowledge of India and Hinduism is almost non-existent, so I can't comment on that, but the sheer imagination is superb - refreshingly different. The author also has a music influences list at the end, some of which I'd heard, some I'd heard of, but many I haven't. I'll have to see if they are on iTunes.. Tuesday, August 24, 20042:19PM - Neil Gaiman Short StoryCan't remember if I've blogged this before, and don't have time to check (this is another bookmark for me to go get this in My Own Time(tm)), but his short story A Study in Emerald is on his website. Friday, August 20, 200411:00PM - Games that are gadgetsWizkids have just launched Pirates of the Spanish Main a Constructible Strategy Game (tm). To quote from their blurb; 10:54PM - More on Remote ControlFor my 30th birthday, [Error: Irreparable invalid markup ('<ljuser="chrestomancy">') in entry. Owner must fix manually. Raw contents below.]
For my 30th birthday, <ljuser="chrestomancy"> (chrestomancy for those reading this non-LJ) bought me two miniature remote controlled cars. Superb fun, raced them around for ages. Alas, the built in batteries lost their ability to maintain a charge. The, my friend G got two mini remote control <b>Tanks</b> that could shoot each other. Now I've just found a mini remote controlled <a href="http://www.iwantoneofthose.com/ProductDetails.aspx?product=MINFOR&category=weeksale&language=en-GB">Forklift</a> with actual, honest to god working forks. Another thing to go on my Want List.. <BR>With thanks to <a href="http://www.thesatya.com/blosxom/">bloxsam2lj</a>. <BR> This entry was cloned from <a href="http://cgi.kript.net/blosxom.cgi">Kripts Other Blog..</a> 10:46PM - Romeo and Remote ControlI've been using my iBook a lot at work recently, and listening to my downloaded music via iTunes. This led me to try Romeo a freeware application that provides bluetooth remote control of my mac. The description doesn't quite do it justice. Check out the web page for a fuller description of the features. Mostly, I used it as a handy remote for iTunes. I was using Desktop Manager and the Konfabulator widget I was using to start and stop and control the volume didn't move between the virtual screens, so when someone came up to me, I had to hunt for the right virtual window and the control. With Romeo, all I had to do was hit a button on my phone. 10:43PM - Romeo and Remote ControlI've been using my iBook a lot at work recently, and listening to my downloaded music via iTunes. This led me to try Romeo a freeware application that provides bluetooth remote control of my mac. The description doesn't quite do it justice. Check out the web page for a fuller description of the features. Mostly, I used it as a handy remote for iTunes. I was using Desktop Manager and the Konfabulator widget I was using to start and stop and control the volume didn't move between the virtual screens, so when someone came up to me, I had to hunt for the right virtual window and the control. With Romeo, all I had to do was hit a button on my phone. 10:01PM - Rediscovering Old MusicI'm greatly enjoying listening to my back catalog of TheThe (apart from Hanky Panky, which is their covers of Hank Williams songs, and, frankly, blows goats in hell. Monday, August 16, 20042:06PM - Oooh!According to his Official Website Iain Banks will be bringing out a new SF novel called "The Algebraist". The Dictionary.com definition is here and the Amazon.co.uk link is here. Sunday, August 15, 200410:31PM - New iPod GadgetCan't remember where I saw this first, but this is a link to the new "Griffin's Road Trip" a nifty device that is both a cradle to charge your iPod when its in the car, and a FM radio transmitter, so that you can broadcast your play lists to your car's stereo. The extra nifty thing, though is that the FM transmitter is removable and connect-able to any computer with a headphone out port, so you can make your own radio station from any computer. Not bad for $80. I bet it wont make it over the pond, though. The iTrip, Griffin's predecessor that plugged straight into the headphones socket of the iPod, hasn't been cleared for us in the UK, so we've never (legally) seen it. Heres hoping they make a UK version, though(or even one you can select your country on, and it sets the available frequencies appropriately)... 10:30PM - New iPod GadgetCan't remember where I saw this first, but this is a link to the new [Error: Irreparable invalid markup ('<a [...] trip"</a>') in entry. Owner must fix manually. Raw contents below.]
Can't remember where I saw this first, but this is a link to the new <a href="http://wiredblogs.tripod.com/cultofmac/index.blog?entry_id=406050"Griffin's Road Trip"</a> a nifty device that is both a cradle to charge your iPod when its in the car, and a FM radio transmitter, so that you can broadcast your play lists to your car's stereo. The extra nifty thing, though is that the FM transmitter is removable and connect-able to any computer with a headphone out port, so you can make your own radio station from any computer. Not bad for $80. I bet it wont make it over the pond, though. The iTrip, Griffin's predecessor that plugged straight into the headphones socket of the iPod, hasn't been cleared for us in the UK, so we've never (legally) seen it. Heres hoping they make a UK version, though(or even one you can select your country on, and it sets the available frequencies appropriately)... <BR>With thanks to <a href="http://www.thesatya.com/blosxom/">bloxsam2lj</a>. <BR> This entry was cloned from <a href="http://cgi.kript.net/blosxom.cgi">Kripts Other Blog..</a> 10:17PM - Mac OSX Panther HacksI have to admit, I bought this one out of loyalty to oreilly. I didn't expect that they would be rewriting the excellent MacOSX Hacks that I had previously purchased, but just updating the existing hacks. I was wrong. They wrote an almost completely new book, with 100 different hacks (OK, a few carried over, plus a couple from Linux Server Hacks, also excellent). I have to say that I enjoyed this book tremendously - I'm a great gadget person (no, really), and this book was like getting a different gadget on every page! Navigate: (Previous 20 entries) |
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