(Jump to the bonus section on sorting a removed Gnome panel) I finally got round to doing the Jaunty->Karmic upgrade on a troublesome machine. Well,… Read More »Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Upgrade Problem Fixed (mountall/init)
A6BQXSMBXD9S [for Technorati, please ignore] If, like me, you are looking to round off your Half Life 2 Episode 2 achievements, you’ll want to have… Read More »Little Rocket Man / Get Some Grub
Another after-the-fact post. This is written at about 1420 on the 9th of November. Right. So after sleeping in this morning (my room has no… Read More »Second Day
This post is retroactively posted as there’s no wifi at the place I’m staying. It’s 2242 local time (so 2142 UK time), and by now… Read More »Arrival
Well, I’m actually leaving tomorrow… which is technically today. Actually, Sunday if you mean the country. But still the strains of the Divine Comedy’s mournful… Read More »Leaving Today…
The title of this post conveniently ignores all the other pins I’ve earned, which must be at least…. for certain… that I know of… to… Read More »Finally, A Real Pin
Edit: Forgot to include noise-cancelling / in-ear / tin can headphones as an option. Thanks George! Jump to the choices if you want to skip the blah.
Another update: I really must strongly recommend noise-blocking earbuds or similar. I bought a pair which have rounded soft material on the bud – essentially a cross between an earplug and an earbud. They were relatively cheap (about £8 from Argos), and the difference is substantial. They claim 30dB reduction or such, I don’t know whether that is true, but I can say that for many situations 40% volume is now sufficient. They do take a little getting used to, but once you use them you won’t go back – and your ears will thank you. Happy listening!
…or as I like to call it “the place of Temptation, so tempting it requires a capital ‘t’”. So I moseyed into the Apple Store,… Read More »The Glasgow Apple Store
Well, it’s not really a tale, as a tale implies length. More of a cautionary anecdote… or cautionary aside. All right, a cautionary mentioned-in-passing. I… Read More »A Cautionary Tale: I Broke My iPod Trying to Fix It
Well, not completely useless. A follow up to my post from a few months ago. — So, by now I have decided to go to… Read More »Spanish Adventure Update: Banks Aren’t Useless After All