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For Doctor Who fans

Andy — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 23:15:35 +0000

I’ve just watched the latest two episodes of The Sarah Jane Adventures. Yes, it’s kids TV, but it’s also something any Doctor Who fan needs to watch.

It’s on iPlayer as of now:

Episode 1
Episode 2

The virtues of a tidy desk

Andy — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 11:24:53 +0000

This week I’ve been on a bit of a de-cluttering blitz, starting with my desk. It wasn’t too bad, but I had built up a small pile of random tech, magazines and bits of paper that have now all been filed away.

I’m posting this so I remember what my desk is meant to look like.

Updating and installing software on Foresight Linux

Andy — Sat, 16 May 2009 16:01:41 +0000

I’ve just installed the latest version of Foresight on my spare laptop, so I thought I’d investigate the package manager, conary, which is something I’ve never used before, but which looks like it could be as useful as apt and urpmi.

It’s really quite simple. To update to the latest version of all installed packages, type:

$ sudo conary updateall

And to install a specific package, type:

$ sudo conary update packagename

I’ll write more when I’ve explored further.

This amused me

Andy — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 16:02:34 +0000

Review : Window Sills by The Wind Whistles

Andy — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 13:00:00 +0000

I was going to wait to review this until Sunday, but as I’ve listened to it a fair few times over the last 24 hours I thought it was worth sharing.

Window Sills by The Wind Whistles – They think they sound like the Violent Femmes and the Lemonheads. Other people compare them with The Decemberists and the Moldy Peaches. I’d agree with all the above and add the White Stripes and the Fiery Furnaces to the mix.

The music has a traditional edge, but deals with modern (yet universal) subjects. Both singers can sing, and it sounds like they would be amazing in a live setting (anywhere from a concert hall to a camp fire).

I think I’ve just found my “walking to work” record for the next few days.

The plan

Andy — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 20:10:00 +0000

We have decided that trying to get to Birmingham airport for 4:30am from our house is non-viable, so we’re staying in a hotel near the airport tomorrow night.

We then fly to Italy in the early hours of Wednesday morning, and will be largely uncontactable until the evening of Wednesday 27th (or more reasonably some time on the Thursday).

I’m taking the EeePC, so blog updates might happen if we manage to find a wireless hotspot, but assume radio silence otherwise.

Thanks again to everyone who made Saturday great, and also to everyone who has posted and tagged photographs over the last couple of days. I think we’re up to about 200 photos, and there are at least three large sets I’ve not seen yet.

A proper geek t-shirt

Andy — Mon, 12 May 2008 18:41:00 +0000

Wi-Fi detector shirt.

An interesting idea, but I don’t think I’d actually want to wear one.

Finally

Andy — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 16:47:00 +0000

Doctor Who is back on 5th April.

Meet George

Andy — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 19:03:00 +0000

For anyone who has ever worked on a helpdesk, let me introduce George.

We all know George, although some of us may know him by a different name.

Read and enjoy.