pixel is my favourite geek girl: "my husb is watching the bgp announcements". peer1's POPs have stopped announcing their networks via BGP and have dropped off the internet. which sucks for our sites hosted at peer1. oops » « 00:19 01/09/04 | permalink | internet tech
bytemark have started offering dedicated servers. not too expernsive (though hardly the cheapest) and they're terribly nice people. » « 18:44 01/09/04 | permalink | tech
a new perl module: XML::Parser::Lite::Tree::XPath . my first foray into xpath backends. docs are here. should reach cpan later today. » « 01:02 02/09/04 | permalink | code perl xml
the geography olympics are pretty fun. got 50% the first time and 90% the second. » « 00:12 03/09/04 | permalink | web
i'm talking at the vancouver php users group meeting next week. why not come along and hear me talk crap. » « 01:51 03/09/04 | permalink
do north americans not play conkers? crazy fools » « 03:55 03/09/04 | permalink | life
oooh. yoz has released a cool hack for delicious - tag auto-completion. » « 03:55 07/09/04 | permalink | code
"When Linux was first ported to the Furby platform, it suffered from significant stability and performance problems, which gave the Furby an unfortunate reputation as being unsuitable for enterprise-level computing". well spotted by saltation. » « 04:45 07/09/04 | permalink | tech
PAR looks really good. it's a JAR-like packaging system for perl apps. must investigate tomorrow. » « 07:40 07/09/04 | permalink | perl coding
playpumps are a really good invention. harnessing power that otherwise goes to waste is a good idea » « 22:08 07/09/04 | permalink
very useful - a list of which c functions are required in each standard (c89, c99, posix, etc). » « 18:46 08/09/04 | permalink | code
john vanderslice (ex of mk ultra) has a bunch of mp3s available to download on his site. as in whole albums. must download later when i get time. » « 19:44 08/09/04 | permalink | music
scary goings on in th p6i world - jospeh ryan explains how to inline prolog in perl 6 using macros and the cross-language eval statement. » « 18:05 09/09/04 | permalink | perl code
this random text generator makes an awesome pop-culture alternative to using lorem ipsum. » « 01:14 10/09/04 | permalink
acen of 1992 "trip to the moon" fame has all his stuff online. great stuff » « 01:52 10/09/04 | permalink | music
at least someone took my comments about PEAR's failing to heart. » « 01:24 14/09/04 | permalink | code php
wigu fan art in the form of a tDR parody. oooh - i wonder if tDR have new shirts out. » « 19:24 14/09/04 | permalink | design comics
via b4ta, a nice anti-mac video. reminds for of the mjd perl newbie video. » « 23:10 14/09/04 | permalink | apple video
i didnt realise that mjd's perl newbie rants were a segment of yapc 2002 the movie » « 23:26 14/09/04 | permalink | perl
OS-tan might be the coolest/oddest thing i've seen in a while. a manga/os-wars crossover. wikipedia knows all. » « 08:01 15/09/04 | permalink | comics tech
a new version of perl6 synopsis 5 (regexps) is out. must read it. » « 08:25 15/09/04 | permalink | perl
gah. too much work, not enough time to surf. need to remember to pay my hydro bill. doing some work for drew from tfd. more on that soon after i finish up with the client from hell. » « 05:03 16/09/04 | permalink
tortoise merge (part of the tortoise svn distribution) is a really good gui merger. » « 05:52 16/09/04 | permalink | software
listening to lee and herring from years ago i came across the dream warriors - wash your face in my sink. i was trying to remember what this song was called a few weeks ago. pretty awesome. » « 06:25 16/09/04 | permalink | music
"sympathetris. tetris! but. it has sympathy. so you get to choose what comes next". jc rules » « 23:52 16/09/04 | permalink
mac's auto-eject is great, unless you're in space. » « 02:28 20/09/04 | permalink | apple
oooh - getting a valve tourament license is free. now that's a sensible approach. » « 17:44 20/09/04 | permalink | games
this little game is a lot of fun. striatic took about 75 rolls to get it. i got it straight away. what about you? » « 22:38 20/09/04 | permalink | games
a vaguely interesting perl5 oo syntax filter module (though no standard build/install process, which sucks ass). i prefer luke's Class::Closure. » « 02:13 21/09/04 | permalink | perl code
paparazzi is a nice logical extension of hammond's webkit2png (which i could never get working). i should really get it together and try some cocoa objective-c apps. » « 05:19 21/09/04 | permalink | apple software
boris johnson has a blog. he's probably the only tory i like. » « 17:59 21/09/04 | permalink | weblogs
a fancy flash version of the hhgttg text adventure. nice. » « 19:59 21/09/04 | permalink | games
gah. shortly after getting the altec lansing speakers for my ipod, bose bring out a much sexier set for a similar price. » « 05:44 22/09/04 | permalink | tech
bookmarking for later: making custard from scratch » « 17:51 22/09/04 | permalink | food
mike pointed out this excellent page of neistat brothers movies. » « 18:22 22/09/04 | permalink | movies
george found these excellent ebola plushies. top marks! » « 23:49 22/09/04 | permalink
breaking up woth someone using powerpoint is a stroke of fucking genius. » « 18:47 23/09/04 | permalink
a french compsci teacher is using parrot on their vm course. » « 18:17 24/09/04 | permalink | parrot code
the god faq is an un-subtle work of genius » « 20:37 24/09/04 | permalink | web
craig got laid off today. we're shifting the company focus to 100% on our main product, which is a good thing. » « 01:21 25/09/04 | permalink
sean o'rourke points out a nice way to get a perl shell. now why isn't there a Perl::Shell module to do the same thing without all the line noise? a CPAN-esque "perl -MPerl -e shell" would be nice. » « 17:56 27/09/04 | permalink | perl code
i need to get a wood clock. i wonder what the viewable angle is like. » « 19:19 27/09/04 | permalink
yay! "the system of the world", part three of "the baroque cycle" has arrived. will start reading tonight and put coupland on hold. » « 19:21 27/09/04 | permalink | books
some irrefutable (maybe) proof that god hates bush. » « 00:03 28/09/04 | permalink
sim torture looks like fun. » « 03:10 28/09/04 | permalink | games
eric's daughter phoebe is a genius » « 07:07 28/09/04 | permalink | photos
jeff r of wigu fame pointed out the beautifully drawn "a lesson is learned but the damage is irreversible". i might make it a regular read. » « 20:09 28/09/04 | permalink | comics