Infernus

Sometimes one wonders if release control should be beaten into some people with a stick. Drupal 4.7.3 breaks the MoveableType interface. Bless them. At least I’m not the only one being driven mad. That last link has a typical example of ‘we-don’t-care’ when someone replies with a link to the diff file. Yes, these people [...]

At work we use the world’s worst version control system (VCS). Actually I kid – we’re not using Microsoft SourceSafe. As previously mentioned we’re using MKS, which lacks Mac support. So I went out and purchased a copy of Parallels and sent up Ubuntu. This proved to be harder than was expected. Firstly, because the [...]

Yes, Flickr now has geo-tagging (i.e. the ability to specify where your photos were taken by way of a map). The problem is that this worldwide in the same way the World Series is – yes, US only. It’s using Yahoo Maps, and unfortunately out of the way places like Paris and London are represented [...]

I'm now closer to 30 than to 20. A most depressing thought, not least as once my youth rail pass runs out that's it – full price train fares. Bugger.

I have previously bitched about my experiences of PPTP under Ubuntu – a right pain to set up, but on the other hand setting up split routing (i.e. work traffic goes via VPN, Internet via my ISP) was dead easy. On the Mac, however, the complete opposite applies. While the ghost of Ned Ludd himself [...]

Well, it’s not that bad. However, one always feels a bit regretful at the expiration of one’s holidays. A week of (relative) peace and quiet exhausted, and a return to the daily battle (aka commute) and requirement to do more than decorate the sofa while absorbing book after book. While succumbing to the temptation to [...]

I stumbled across an old quote from Yes, Prime Minister yesterday and it still holds just as true: Jim Hacker: I know exactly who reads the papers: The Daily Mirror is read by people who think they run the country; The Guardian is read by people who think they ought to run the country; The [...]

Yes, not only have the terrorists managed to force tens of thousands of people to actually read the in-flight magazine (what else are you going to do?) but our civil liberties continue disappearing. John Reid says those who would sacrifice liberty for safety “just don’t get it”. Just how out of touch can our politicians [...]

At last I have an excuse for my tardiness in updating this so-called blog. I’ve spent the last two weeks avoid trivial pursuits like games and reading my book on the politics of Africa – instead I’ve been programming, playing with the MVC framework WebWork 2. Why WebWork 2? Well, I’ve got a task to [...]