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Installing Gentoo

September 19, 2006

Argh. So, I’m installing Gentoo for some reason and it’s hard. This guide contains all commands you should use to complete a stage3 installation of Gentoo....

Attitude Cat – The Cat Who's Rude To Everyone – Episode One

September 19, 2006

Attitude Cat relaunches – drawn properly! Also Shaun will be working on episodes now.

Microsoft's Zune Won't Play Protected (Microsoft) Windows Media

September 19, 2006

In yesterday’s announcement of the new Zune media player and Zune Marketplace, Microsoft (and many press reports) glossed over a remarkable misfeature that...

I've got an one of those exploding batteries!

September 19, 2006

Yeah, my PowerBook G4 (work machine, not something I actually own, admittedly) has one of the batteries affected by the recall. Here’s the rub. 4-6 weeks to...

Kev listens to TMBG

September 17, 2006

Iâ€™ve been listening to mental jazz for for last few days, anything with a melody sounds weird. Really, anything that was recorded after 1940 OR isnâ€™t...

September 16, 2006

Just been watching Second Lives on Channel 4. By accident actually. I’m still up, preparing copies of my film, Girl Untitled for my website. Sadly, made...

Make an Anti-DRM Video and Win a Neuros Portable DVR from FreeCulture.org

September 16, 2006

From Elizabeth: “FreeCulture.org wants you to make an anti-drm video and upload it to any video-sharing site. We’ll then choose the 5 best videos and award...

The News Sniffer – monitoring news censorship

September 16, 2006

The News Sniffer project aims to automatically monitor corporate news organisations to uncover bias. Revisionista monitors news websites and detects when...

Inquiry call after turkey cruelty

September 14, 2006

from BBC News:- An animal welfare group has called for a government inquiry after two poultry workers were given community service after being filmed beating...

copyleft comedy

September 13, 2006

Brian Malow at CC Salon SF It’s time for another CC Salon SF! If you’re in the Bay Area, please join us on Wednesday, September 13, from 6-9pm (don’t worry...

Building a web app in Rails – part one

September 12, 2006

So, I’ve got another little Rails app to build. I’m going to try and blog the entire process. The idea is pretty simple:- A system to hold articles Articles...

How fucking moronic are people?

September 12, 2006

Dead stingrays with their tails cut off have been found in Australia, sparking concern that fans of naturalist Steve Irwin may be avenging his death. Argh....

The Best Joke In The World

September 11, 2006

the best joke in the world

Rosemonster has a blog

September 11, 2006

Chris Rosewell (a mate from Exeter) has just started blogging. With Nick‘s recently started blog, that makes half the people back home blogging! Not sure the...

The Ultimate Blog Post

September 10, 2006

Blogs and their ultimate perfect entry: Boing Boing: Crocheted replica of subway map cracks DRM on collection of old video games. FARK: Drunk frat boy in...

Leigh Nash – Blue on Blue

September 10, 2006

You probably donâ€™t know Leigh Nash by name, but you more than likely know her voice; as the lead singer of Sixpence None the Richer, she exhorted you to...

Updating CNUK from my phone via SSH and emacs… on my phone!

September 4, 2006

So, Shaun, Piotr and I were just sitting about after work, chatting about phones. We installed PuTTY on my Symbian phone (N70) with KDE and Blueztools and...

Download 'Turn It Back' by GoodBooks

August 20, 2006

Anna’s (formerly with CNUK) boys have put out a new no-charge download in a DRM-free format on their website. It’s not free culture, so don’t go remixing it...

Help buy Eric Raymond an iPod!

August 19, 2006

It seems Eric needs someone to send him a virtual hug, by way of an iPod. He can plug it into his GNU/Linux computer and he’ll see just how well free...

Setting rails root

August 16, 2006

<johnl> hey matt, do you remember how to tell rails that it’s hosted in a subdirectory of the root <mattl> nope. not ever done that. <johnl> ah:...

Ever wondered why I never got married?

August 14, 2006

All the pretty girls I know make websites like this.

August 14, 2006

Weed is a statistics application, and it is MIT-licensed free software. As such, you are free to do whatever you like with the source code; however, we can’t...

Build the Village

Build the Village LEGO + Portmeirion + The Prisoner = Build The Village!

New Music Video From The Hoff

New Music Video From David “The Hoff” Hasselhoff – “Jump In My Car” – Google Video Man. This is great.

FreeNYC, Free Events in New York City

FreeNYC, Free Events in New York City There is no denying that having fun in New York City has become quite a costly venture. Being bored and broke in one of...

Morning. First morning in NYC – got here okay and managed to sleep and wake up at normal times, which is good. Today.. I’m not sure what to do, I think I...

Rob Myers on 'Open Source'

I find that when an artist or philosopher discovers â€œopen sourceâ€? they then try to either apply its principles to their work or to decide what those...

at the airport now. Manchester is a big, proper airport. Keep seeing this random girl from Leeds around, must be five times now. If i see her again, i’ll be...

it’s 5.14am here in Leeds and i’m tired. i’ve not slept all night, so that i will sleep on the plane. I’m sat at the train station, waiting for the train to...

My letter to Pizza Hut

Dear Pizza Hut, I feel the Pizza Hut restaurant chain would do well to reintroduce its phrase ‘Let’s hit the hut’ back into the public arena. Not only does...

My letter to KFC

Dear KFC Company, I am writing from my bed, as I am terribly confused by the KFC corporate logo. For many years, I have been plagued by the notion that...

My letter to Burger King

Dear Burger King UK, I am pleased to see the introduction of the Burger King mascot into your recent advertising slogans, however I feel you may be missing a...

Quote of the week – July 10th 2006

“We have street kids who grow up from the age of nine or 10 on crack, who live with their mothers who are prostitutes in squats, where the rats literally eat...

I think this is an advert for a keyboard

I think it’s an advert for keyboards, but I’m not sure. I want a real fucking keyboard like Mark, who has just quit using OS X, along with Cory Doctorow – I...

Why I Hate Sports

I hate sports, and here’s why – they bring out the part of most people that is best left hidden away. Competitive sports, as opposed to friendly, non...

Princess Fiona!

Fiona, our head of department at work has taken up blogging.

Random Tech Project

Random Tech Do you remember the TV that could print Teletext to 4 inch thermal paper? Do you remember the device that would allow you to back up your data to...

just cause i'm autistic

today , i got to thinking, about how bored i am and stuff, and how life’s been so dull of late, i’m feeling pretty rough. so time, i think, to fix myself,...

So. 25. Blah. Birthday card by Rob. PNG or SVG. Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike licensed. So, please mash me up a birthday card.

Happy Birthday to me

So, 25. Ah, life.

New York and coming…

So, I’m off to New York City again in a few weeks. There’s something differently lovely about going to New York – from the mist and steam pouring out of the...

My letter to Wall's

Dear Wall’s, I wish to complain about one of your products, namely Solero Orange Fresh, purchased from the Shell garage at Countess Weir roundabout in Exeter...

(Yet another) Rails reference

(Yet another) Rails reference – This time, a very nice and quick (a giant â€œcheat sheetâ€?) reference. In HTML and PDF.

(Yet another) Rails reference

(Yet another) Rails reference – This time, a very nice and quick (a giant â€œcheat sheetâ€?) reference. In HTML and PDF.

Is DRM Just a Consumer Rights Issue?

Bruce Perens article on DRM – Is DRM Just a Consumer Rights Issue? Is DRM just a consumer rights issue effecting your record collection? A UK board is...

Why the light has gone out on LAMP

Why the light has gone out on LAMP PHP and MySQL are this generation’s BASIC. BASIC has become the leading cause of brain-damage in proto-hackers. This is...

Sustainable Living in Leeds

A great little article about urban redevelopment. (Thanks Maz!)

Canadian Music Coalition

Some of Canada’s best known musicians, including Avril Lavigne, Sarah McLachlin, Sum 41, and Barenaked Ladies, have formed a new copyright coalition. The...

WikiRadio is a radio that anyone can contribute to, or broadcast to, all they need to do is book a slot and they are good to go.