July 2010
I must be mistaken but I thought we’d all agreed that, for powerpoint, clipart just made you look stupid…
web::irssi::scripts →
Perl scripts to enhance irssi’s functionality…
pbrisbin - Irssi →
Another of Pat’s great short tutorials: simple and effective…
Flicking between TTYtter and Irssi…
Played with an iPad today: I’d never buy one (I prefer freedom, thanks) but they are a very attractive tchotchke…
Logging on to irc for an AGM #oldskool
Last.fm’s robots.txt http://www.last.fm/robots.txt
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-7-25) →
Chris Abrahams (7)
Digable Planets (6)
Dag (5)
Charlie Haden (2)
cmdln (1)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
John Basinger memorized all 12 books of Milton’s ‘Paradise Lost’ http://j.mp/a4Ctv9 Amazing. (& the first comment is gold…)
GRUB Error Messages →
Very handy reference…
Irssi - Colour formats →
Documentation for theming irssi…
Interview with Joi Ito on Creative Commons and their RDFa http://j.mp/dlDXW9 #cc #copyright
RT @trib: Beautiful, but fiddly - Jan Tschichold on the “perfect” way to lay out paragraphs, pages, and books http://bit.ly/9kvbv5
Github hits one million projects http://j.mp/awhP7j That is an impressive amount of free software right there…
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Chris Abrahams
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WatchSeaweed.
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“What we lose in mystery we gain in awe,” Frances Crick, quoted by David Eagleman in this article on cognitive science http://j.mp/bXydsW
Welcome to the Troll Economy http://j.mp/cYFuBO Astute observation by @glynmoody
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How Much Are They?
The inestimable Jah Wobble with Holger Czukay and Jaki Leibezeit on their seminal album, Full Circle.
Terminal colour highlights →
Some handy scripts and a colour picker…
How publishing _really_ works http://j.mp/au6flB (via @tcarmody)
Slavering Bibliophiles, Batman! Bookshelf Porn http://bookshelfporn.com/archive
The weird are turning pro…
“Even the Russians had no interest in Vista” http://j.mp/bJzGWN
And lo, there is a light: Changing Lives Through Literature as an alternative to prison http://j.mp/dpBHfL
Edge: DREAM-LOGIC, THE INTERNET AND ARTIFICIAL... →
Could human-like intelligence emerge on the internet? No. First, the raw materials are wrong. Human beings and animals are conscious and, as the philosopher John Searle has argued (in effect), a scientist must assume that consciousness results from a certain chemical, physical structure — just as photosynthesis results from the chemistry of plants. You can’t program your laptop or cellphone...
Terrific interview with comic genius Bill Murray http://www.gq.com/entertainment/celebrities/201008/bill-murray-dan-fierman-gq-interview
When bureaucracy meets security, or cloak and stagger http://j.mp/awZvZI (via @tcarmody)
You are a journalist in the Gallery and you _don’t_ have voicemail? How quaint…
Relaxing after dinner, browsing through the mutt manual (as you do) http://www.mutt.org/doc/manual/
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Arch mirrors
In a wonderful development, there is now a second Arch Linux mirror in New Zealand. So those of us that have our international traffic throttled are no longer dependent on the original Vodafone mirror.
http://mirror.ihug.co.nz/archlinux/
http://mirror.ece.auckland.ac.nz/archlinux/
This is great news because for a rolling release like Arch, it is particularly important to have access to...
Is the golden age of full-text RSS feeds over? More often than not I’m invited to ‘read more’ now…
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Watch35 movies in a brilliantly animated 2 minutes…
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Lovely Jane
From the appropriately titled album, Righteous…
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-7-11) →
Music Revelation Ensemble (3)
Miles Davis (2)
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan (1)
Chris Abrahams (1)
James Carter (1)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Z shell made easy | TuxRadar Linux →
Good intro to zsh…
Never underestimate the ability of people to ignore clear, concise and proven instructions…
I love recieving hand written screeds featuring swastikas and biblical quotes from members of the public…
Why we have a Protected Disclosures Act http://j.mp/cQi1Pq NSA Official leaks docs to media…
6yr old to a coeval (authoritatively): “The biggest number in the whole world is google. Infinity is second.”
That’s twice today I’ve finished an email (in Outlook) with ;wq
So. Microsoft have _improved_ Comic Sans http://j.mp/dnUQC8 “an affordable set of creative tools…”
ALL Andrei Tarkovsky’s films are now available online http://j.mp/cBdGC2 #genius #open
http://godblock.com/
Charlie Brown on acid http://j.mp/cRZPqU The Doctor is IN…
Which usability guru decided lifts don’t need floor buttons inside them?
Anyone else in .nz have trouble accessing this site? http://mirror.ece.auckland.ac.nz/archlinux/
Off to talk to comms people about social media and reputation management….