July 2009
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Taking off the stabilisers (again)
I’ve been riding single speed for quite a while now. This is mainly by default, caused by the decay of the bike I was riding. For too long now, I’ve been riding my Dad’s old bike, which was meant to be just an interim solution. In an attempt to prolong its life, I removed the derailleurs a long time ago, lined the chain up as best as possible and rode (poor man’s) single...
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Beer foam will go down if you lick your finger and...
dgblackout:
(via fuckyeahfacts)
Just tried it: results are definitely inconclusive. It might have had a tiny bit of an effect, but shit, I’m not sitting there with my finger in beer for 15mins for the foam to go down. Just gulp it down.
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Domain name changes. Back to the start.
About a year ago I got the i-5-m.net domain name, because I was in a bit of a strop, fed-up, and wanted a proper domain name again.
About the same time, I found out I still owned the i5m.me.uk one (the benefit of 2 years renewal on UK domains), but because I’d de-tagged it, thrown the registration certificate away (in another huff), moved address, and changed email addresses, etc, I...
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Tumblephone - Instant Mobile version of my site →
This is ace. I was wondering if anyone had done any mobile themes for Tumblr, and wondering if it was possible to serve up different themes (I doubt it?), but then problem solved.
You can use Tumblephone to instantly generate a mobile version of your site. iPhone optimised of course. Just add your Tumblr name at the end if the URL.
I’ll have to get a link added to the footer of my site.
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Roo and "OLE2 signature is invalid"
If you get an “Ole::Storage::FormatError: OLE2 signature is invalid” error when reading an Excel spreadsheet using Roo it can probably be solved by resaving the spreadsheet (unfortunately using Excel) and making sure it is saving it as “Microsoft Office Excel Workbook (*.xls)”, etc and not something odd.
I had two spreadsheets that had the .xls extension, but seems they...
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I'd like to like this, but I can't →
Google Reader has gained “Liking” posts, which is great and what I thought “Sharing” should have done all along. I.e. I’ve always thought that if I’ve shared a post I should be able to see who else has shared it. And that is precisely what “Liking” does.
I don’t know if you can combine the two (share and like at the same time) as I...
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Not beautiful, but definitely not boring. →
“Not beautiful” maybe being a bit harsh, but it makes for a better title. She’s just not my cup of tea. Listening to the Introducing podcast has paid off again:
Whilst sat on the bog catching up with my podcasts, I was half listening and half skimming through when I heard something a bit catchy. Going back for a second listen (in the bog again - it passes the day) I find out it...
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Potion - The Programming Language →
So this is what has been keeping Why busy. Suppose it stands to reason he’d finally write his own language.
I wonder whether this will become the basis of Shoes? I gather he wrote Shoes as a basis for Hackety Hack after not being able to get XUL to do what he wanted. Perhaps he’s gone one step further and done the language as well? Or it could just be done for fun.
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“iPhone = my computer…Haven’t bought new laptop since late 06”
– - Megnut
This is my thought exactly - although for me my main computing platform is a poor man’s iPhone, the iPod Touch (best £2 I ever spent) - and what I alluded to in my earlier JavaScript benchmarking post. It certainly beats a netbook.
Ironically, Tumblr is a bit over-zealous in its...
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Worldwide Real-Time Firefox Download Stats →
I’m very much a webkit man nowadays, but Firefox still rules in the coroporate / office environment (even if mainly because of IETab). These stats are cool though.
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Flickr2Twitter →
Flickr offically announced the short-url thing, along with a way to easily post these to flickr. See also the code blog post.
I still wish there was a way to grab the short-url from the Share This button on the photo page.