New York City
Thursday, November 26th, 2009 Posted in Miscellaneous | No Comments »New York City, originally uploaded by Tim and Trudy. Such a pretty city. Art Deco really is my favourite type of architecture. (my wife took this shot tonight on our Ixus 870IS)
Fixing a corrupted/deleted partition table
Monday, November 23rd, 2009 Posted in Miscellaneous, Tech issues | No Comments »About a month ago, while trying to upgrade to Windows 7, I managed to wipe the partition table and in trying to fix it, created a corrupted table. (incidentally, if you can't update Vista with the latest service pack, you won't ...
Email disclaimers
Thursday, October 29th, 2009 Posted in Miscellaneous, Rants | No Comments »Today I got an email from an Australian company and noticed two things at the bottom of their email. The first was the ever-silly "Go Green - please consider the environment before printing this e-mail." line. Does putting this in ...
Iconography
Thursday, August 13th, 2009 Posted in Design, Miscellaneous | No Comments »I thought this was a very literal (and ugly) choice for an icon, care of my247.com.au (why are there no decent Australian review sites?) Incidentally, Gelateria Cremona has what is easily the best gelato I've ever had. I can only imagine ...
The Bay Area response to foreclosure
Friday, May 29th, 2009 Posted in Bay Area, Miscellaneous | No Comments »I spotted this article a little while ago, discussing how one man responded to having his house foreclosed. The front yard of Williams' home is strewn with boxes, furniture and trash cans. There's even some of the home's air conditioning duct ...
Completeness versus permanence
Friday, February 20th, 2009 Posted in Miscellaneous, Tech issues | No Comments »I realised something interesting tonight. For the first time, for a huge number of people, all of their personal correspondence will be neatly catalogued and saved. This is thanks to the pervasiveness of email -- both people and ...
I love data
Friday, February 6th, 2009 Posted in Miscellaneous | No Comments »I'm intrigued by how much the data collection of my exercise influences how much I run. Suffice to say, I never run quite as far or as often when I don't have my Garmin or Nike Plus kit.
Microblogging
Friday, January 16th, 2009 Posted in Miscellaneous, Personal | No Comments »Between more substantial posts, I am constantly updating my Twitter stream. (Twitter updates are also available in my sidebar) Expect plenty of pithy and unsubstantiated entries.
A short break – some random Wikipedia links
Sunday, January 4th, 2009 Posted in Miscellaneous | No Comments »I just got back from a wonderful (albeit short) break to visit Australia. Always great to see family and friends back home. No incredibly insightful first post for the new year sadly, I'm still enjoying the lazy feeling from a relaxing ...
Random Wikipedia Link of the Day
Tuesday, December 9th, 2008 Posted in Miscellaneous | No Comments »A two-fer today: Emerald Cockroach Wasp As early as the 1940s it was reported that female wasps of this species sting a roach twice, delivering venom. A 2003 study proved using radioactive labeling that the wasp stings precisely into specific ganglia of ...
