So, I’m a little late to the blogsphere on this one, but then when am I not? I’ve read some pretty damning things about the iPad, it doesn’t have a SD card reader, it doesn’t have a camera, it has files and no file system, it doesn’t do Flash, and that the name suggests a type of adult nappy…
I thought that I’d look at these comments and generally give my views on the iPad and it’s hardware. Read the rest of this entry »
OK, so back in July I posted my praises of Google Reader and RSS technology. Today however, I’m not so sure. I’ve been without Internet for a couple of weeks, and look at my Google Reader:
Faye has got a new phone, some up-to-date Nokia to replace her old 6200. Her 6230 still works apart, just the battery doesn’t hold a charge very well. Read the rest of this entry »
Well it’s been a while since I last posted here. Though it’d be right that I come back with tales of new desks, screens and computers!
So what’s new? I’ve left Camberley, worked for the MoD over the summer and am now back in Aber living with Faye (hopefully a film of the flat coming soon). Since being in Aber I have bought a new desk, a new chair (which is annoyingly not here), a pair of new monitors and a new shiney computer.
Let’s talk about the monitors to start off with, two 22″ things from Samsung (SyncMaster T220 apparently), here they are: Read the rest of this entry »
I pre-ordered my copy on Monday at work, and this morning was greeted by this: Read the rest of this entry »
Do you have a photobucket account? Have you ever, for whatever reason, wanted to download a whole album or a page worth of photos and found it time consuming?
If so, here is a script that will allow you to bulk download: getpics.sh
As you can see, it isn’t the best quality script ever, but it does the job.
A word of warning, it connects to the internet once to see what page youve specified, plu as many time as you have photos.
To view a whole album (and this download a whole album) add “?start=all” (no quotes) to the end of your URL.
Requirements:
Bash
curl
Internet connection
A photobucket page that shows the “Direct Link” text box
At work I’ve got a situation where I want to store a load of files in a central location, and then scatter links accross the rest of the file system (for reasons best not explained here). The file system will be picked up and moved at some point, and indeed everybody accesses this file system through different addresses, so a relative link is exactly what I wanted.
Under UNIX, I’d do something like this: Read the rest of this entry »
Yes, it would appear I’m becoming a little more Web 2.0 compliant…I now use RSS and Google Reader. For years I couldn’t understand why you would want RSS, I had bookmarks and could click on them and look at the site myself, but there’s something about having everything in one place which is very nice. Read the rest of this entry »
After a long and hectic weekend, Monday arrived. This Monday is special, because it is my last day working at Sun Microsystems 
I woke up early and left the house at 7:30, walked to Tesco and bought some Krispy Kreme donuts 
I waited for the bus, hopping on at Blackwater station, I met Ali at Camberley as he jumped on the bus.
I had packed my badge away over the weekend by accident, so I had to go to reception and pick up a general badge. The detour didn’t bother me too much, it meant I could go to goods-in and give them a box of chocolates, thanking them for handling personal mail over the course of the year. Read the rest of this entry »
I’m on earlies this week!
Monday I came in after only having two hours of sleep and being scared by a milk float which came down the road at 3:20am! I picked up a load of tickets and started work on the most urgent ones, namely a ticket to insert some cards into a v480, reattaching some storage to the network, and battling with the 25K to net boot. Read the rest of this entry »
