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On public transport

People often think public transport is depressing, because of the people (as, after all, we all know people suck, right?)....
category   » essays, wanders and observations
date   » 2001-11-18 00:24

Of Hampstead and canals

Last Monday, the first morning in the new house, I didn't sleep that well, so I got up with the...
category   » essays, wanders and observations
date   » 2001-12-04 15:59

Laptops and migration

Not much been written here recently, has there? I am a bad blogger, possibly. Anyway, what's been going on? Well,...
category   » computing, essays
date   » 2002-02-15 11:12

Stars

I keep thinking of things I should post, but not getting round to it. Bad me. On the other hand,...
category   » essays
date   » 2002-03-27 17:07

Cloverleaf

Things seem to be settling down at 2lmc, the house I live in. We have a more-or-less functional living room...
category   » essays
date   » 2002-04-16 11:09

A trip to Docklands

I have a fascination with Docklands. There's nowhere else like it in London.
category   » essays, wanders and observations
date   » 2002-07-23 23:05

London's Open Hall

Last weekend was London Open House. I managed to visit ten buildings during the weekend, with crisps and Gareth across...
category   » essays, wanders and observations
date   » 2002-09-30 21:30

Of id3s and corrupt DBs

In which I discuss automatic tagging of mp3s and a couple of apps I've run across that don't quite manage it.
category   » computing, essays
date   » 2002-11-13 23:02

AppleEvents, subscription, and iTunes

AppleEvents need a central hub so that you can stop pestering iTunes every second.
category   » computing, essays
date   » 2003-02-24 12:29
comment   » 2

Six million Londons

I went to see a film called Finisterre, about London. It's great.
category   » essays, something else
date   » 2003-05-19 22:57
comment   » 2

Glastonbury 2003 in bits

The bits I liked about Glastonbury 2003, which I attended over the weekend.
category   » essays, social gatherings, something else
date   » 2003-07-01 13:12

The Independent tabloid- size does matter

My observations on the London launch of the Independent's tabloid edition.
category   » essays, wanders and observations
date   » 2003-10-02 10:45
comment   » 3

Don't break the Mac with Cmd+Tab

Jason Kottke proposed a retooling of Cmd-Tab and Exposé. I explain why I don't like it.
category   » computing, essays, meta [on blogging]
date   » 2003-10-30 14:11
comment   » 5

Another vision of the future iPod

You have iBooks and PowerBooks. You don't have iPods and Xpods. Yet. What would the Xpod do, though? Are Apple even interested?
category   » computing, essays
date   » 2003-12-10 14:00
comment   » 2

Obscure Restrictions and OurTunes DOS

iTunes 4.7.1 won't stream to more than five users a day. Looks like someone's trying to shut down DAAP copying.
category   » computing, essays
date   » 2005-03-16 20:40
comment   » 2

The state of viewing music

On iTunes, remembering view options, CDs, BBEdit, and other miscellaneous ramblings
category   » computing, essays
date   » 2005-09-18 14:02
comment   » 1

An update on Blue Coconut

I've been neglecting Blue Coconut, but I have to stop. It needs to be Universal, and I have a plan to get it there. I just need to do it, now.
category   » computing, essays, perl
date   » 2006-03-05 17:20
comment   » 0

Feeding The Daemons

husk.org sports four shiny new Atom feeds. Here's where they are, why they are, and why I don't like you posting del.icio.us links in your own feed.
category   » computing, essays, meta [on blogging]
date   » 2008-03-04 23:37
comment   » 2