Glasgow University graduate. I have wide-ranging interests - please see my about page either here or at roberthallam.com.
I’m referring chiefly to this: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-1224858/Yes-scientists-good-But-country-run-arrogant-gods-certainty-truly-hell-earth.html, which even had a picture of Hitler (now removed, but not forgotten) to go along with the comparison of… Read More »More Fail from the DM
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
Short post, inspired by yet another Facebook group. This time, it’s “Scotland for Green Energy”. I’ll be as brief as possible. My point is this:… Read More »If You Want Me To Take Green Energy Seriously, Include Nuclear
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
I’ve been playing a little Battlefield 2142 recently. Because I notice little things, I missed the weapon highlighting that I was used to in Battlefield… Read More »HOWTO: Highlighting Kill Weapons In Battlefield 2142
Before anything, I want to declare my opinion so that you know where I’m coming from. I support the notion of a TV license. Not… Read More »I Support The TV License
Another useful tip I’m sure most people will be familiar with, but in bash scripts $# stores the number of arguments passed to the script.… Read More »Count Arguments In A Bash Script