Balcony to nowhere
Balcony to nowhere
Freddie and the Dreamers
Freddie and the Dreamers
Finally, David Davis has told leavers the truth: Brexit means compromise | Nicky Morgan | Opinion | The Guardian
Finally, David Davis has told leavers the truth: Brexit means compromise
Full marks to Davis for being pretty straight on this…
I think that this justified “finally” a few more times.
The Time I Ruined Programming – Michael O. Church
The Time I Ruined Programming – Michael O. Church
There were moments when I looked around and realized that my total contribution to humanity, by working for an increasingly maleficent industry, might be negative.
what do you want?
What do you want?
About Time
Sigh, I love About Time.
Getting rid of my home phone number
In 2018 I’m going to stop using my home phone number. The line will still be there, but there will not be a phone plugged in. This means that there’s no point in calling it, as I won’t know. Please call my mobile phone instead.
For people who say “Oh no, I don’t know your mobile phone number!” things are easy - just add 5847519410 to my home phone number 😊
CDC gets list of forbidden words: Fetus, transgender, diversity - The Washington Post
CDC gets list of forbidden words: Fetus, transgender, diversity - The Washington Post
Instead of “science-based” or “evidence-based,” the suggested phrase is “CDC bases its recommendations on science in consideration with community standards and wishes,” the person said.
Chilling.
Don't let anyone tell you that I only go out on a Friday night...
Don’t let anyone tell you that I only go out on a Friday night…
As a British EU negotiator, I can tell you that Brexit is going to be far worse than anyone could have guessed
Who knew a fortnight ago that leaving the apparently obscure Euratom Treaty would jeopardise not only the UK nuclear industry, but also the supply of medical isotopes for cancer treatment?
The experts who told the Government that, of course. Sigh.
OpenSSL, OS X "El Capitan" and Brew
OpenSSL, OS X “El Capitan” and Brew: Apple removed the OpenSSL headers, so building anything that uses OpenSSL requires a workaround. This one uses Homebrew.
My Week at SoundCloud – Hacker Noon
My Week at SoundCloud – Hacker Noon:
Two weeks ago I moved from Scotland to Germany to start a new job as an iOS engineer at SoundCloud. On Monday of last week I started that job. By Thursday evening I, along with 172 of my new colleagues, was officially being laid off.
Yikes.
GitHub - mssun/passforios: Pass for iOS
GitHub - mssun/passforios: Pass for iOS: Compatible with pass.
Using SF Mono in Emacs – Deepak Gulati – Medium
Using SF Mono in Emacs – Deepak Gulati – Medium: Not clear why Apple chose to make this difficult. The key part being:
open /Applications/Utilities/Terminal.app/Contents/Resources/Fonts/
I've worked in worse places...
I’ve worked in worse places…
Kevin Cernekee to look after ocproxy
ocproxy, the lwIP based
SOCKS and port forwarding proxy that I wrote a couple of years ago to
use with OpenConnect
continues to serve me well every day. Kevin
Cernekee has contributed various great
changes that have improved the reliability, stability and usability,
and now he will take over looking after ocproxy going forward.
Most of the significant changes since the original implementation have been Kevin’s, so he is well versed in the code. Get the latest bits from Github.
Linux on ARM Chromebooks
I’m interested in getting traditional Linux kernels and distributions working on ARM based Chromebooks. There is a lot of information available scattered across the internet, and various kernel trees with different and sometimes conflicting changes. To try and pull some of this together, this morning I set up lionarch. If this is an area in which you are interested or have expertise, please come along and join in.
Update: The linux-sunxi community is a more useful place to go, so lionarch is no more.
Solaris 11 cheat sheet
Solaris 11 cheat sheet: Nice summary of how to manage various bits of Solaris 11.
Access User ~/Library Folder in OS X Lion
Access User ~/Library Folder in OS X Lion: I always forget how to do this:
chflags nohidden ~/Library/
Keyfile-based LUKS encryption in Debian » Ryan Finnie
Keyfile-based LUKS encryption in Debian » Ryan Finnie: How to store the encryption key for a LUKS device in a local file (to allow unattended boot).
St Ives seen from Hayle Towans one evening
St Ives seen from Hayle Towans one evening (at flickr)
which came first - the colour or the fruit?
which came first - the colour or the fruit? (at flickr)
smoke
smoke (at flickr)
Larch 1.1.0 released
Larch 1.1.0 released: Ruby tool for moving messages between IMAP accounts.
20120110
20120110 (at flickr)
twcamper/sicp-kindle - GitHub
twcamper/sicp-kindle - GitHub: A version of SICP converted for viewing on the Kindle.
20120102
20120102 (at flickr)
HOWTO: Using OpenVPN on Debian GNU/Linux | Uwe Hermann
HOWTO: Using OpenVPN on Debian GNU/Linux | Uwe Hermann: Clear instructions.
GNOME Prepaid Manager Applet
GNOME Prepaid Manager Applet: Understanding the credit left on your pre-paid SIM under Linux.
jam jar
jam jar (at flickr)
Restore a deleted file in a Git repo - Stack Overflow
Restore a deleted file in a Git repo - Stack Overflow: Simple instructions on how to get back a deleted file.
after the boys of summer have gone
after the boys of summer have gone (at flickr)
cold tree
cold tree (at flickr)
Making CapsLock equal Control in Debian Squeeze (Shallow Thoughts)
Making CapsLock equal Control in Debian Squeeze (Shallow Thoughts): Simplest method of having CapsLock be Control with hot-plug USB keyboards.
CoverLovin in Launchpad
CoverLovin in Launchpad: Simple to use and effective script to find and download cover art for an MP3 collection.
Starter Kit for Arduino (ARDX) from .:oomlout:.
Starter Kit for Arduino (ARDX) from .:oomlout:.: Interesting Arduino starter kit, though no ethernet included.
sstephenson/rbenv - GitHub
sstephenson/rbenv - GitHub: Installing (and choosing between) multiple versions of Ruby on Mac OS X.
Unicode character misbehavior?
Unicode character misbehavior?: Configure SLIME to work when SBCL outputs unicode characters.
FoolControl – Phear the penguin » Blog Archive » Linux power regression + overheating problem on ThinkPad [fixed]
FoolControl – Phear the penguin » Blog Archive » Linux power
regression + overheating problem on ThinkPad
[fixed]: Much improved fan speed, in
my case on a Thinkpad X220, by updating /etc/default/grub to:
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash pcie_aspm=force i915.i915_enable_rc6=1"
Not sure if it’s the PCIe ASPM or the Intel graphics change that makes the difference, but the fan runs much slower (and hence quieter) after a reboot.
Pricing
Over the last twelve months the battery in my cordless drill has declined noticeably in capacity. This came to a head at the weekend when a freshly charged battery was not sufficient to complete the installation of a single screw, particularly given that I need to drill four 16mm holes into some concrete.
The drill itself seems fine, if a little battered, so I looked into buying a new battery. Amazon sells the battery for £40.76. That’s not so bad - the drill was originally about twice that price.
Just to be sure, I checked what a new drill will cost. It turns out to be £58.94. Hmm - just an extra £19 to have a new drill, charger and case. Seems like a reasonable option.
Oh, but wait - the new drill comes with two batteries.
So, a battery is ~£40 and a drill with two batteries is ~£60. How does that make sense?
cherry blossom
cherry blossom (at flickr)
24 bit RDP under Windows XP (Think Thin)
24 bit RDP under Windows XP (Think Thin): How to persuade Windows XP to allow a 24 bit RDP session.
Diego
Diego (at flickr)
How an Economy Grows and Why It Crashes: Two Tales of the Economy: Amazon.co.uk: Peter D. Schiff, Andrew J. Schiff: Books
How an Economy Grows and Why It Crashes: Two Tales of the Economy: Amazon.co.uk: Peter D. Schiff, Andrew J. Schiff: Books: Description of Austrian economics and criticism of Keynesianism.
TimeMachineEditor
TimeMachineEditor: Control when TimeMachine runs.
Updated: A Beginner's Guide to Freelancing (Phil Gyford’s website)
Updated: A Beginner’s Guide to Freelancing (Phil Gyford’s website): Interesting guide to going freelance - why, when, how much, etc.
Amazon.com: A Visit from the Goon Squad (9780307477477): Jennifer Egan: Books
Amazon.com: A Visit from the Goon Squad (9780307477477): Jennifer Egan: Books: Recommended hypertext (or not) book.
first one up
first one up (at flickr)
The End of Money and the Future of Civilization by Thomas Greco, Jr. - Chelsea Green
The End of Money and the Future of Civilization by Thomas Greco, Jr. - Chelsea Green: The history and future of finance and, more specifically, money.
Bug#268631: force preference of IPv4 over IPv6
Bug#268631: force preference of IPv4 over
IPv6:
Details what to add to /etc/gai.conf to prefer IPv4 over IPv6.