tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-41479672011-04-22T03:42:04.064+01:00Well, lets see if this blog lasts longer than a bored afternoon. Lotus domino, community wireless networks, Camberwell, greater London Ladies Drinking Club, mojitos, Burning Man and big art in general...Tnoreply@blogger.comBlogger471100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147967.post-1142337993838116142006-03-14T12:03:00.000Z2006-03-14T12:06:33.846Z

str8:man:wife:flatmateplease do not feel that I will be put out if you move out and into our mutual friends flat - I've just spent an hour extolling your virtues so that he will consider it more heartily.go, go - with your toilet seat upness and your smelly boy smell and your apathy and endless telly watching. Fly little bird, fly...

Tnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147967.post-1141215314156090592006-03-01T12:14:00.000Z2006-03-01T12:15:14.166Z

WOW!!!Yes - the deed was done.Hell, what a good piercer he is! I had Mark at TUSK, and he rocks. Not only is he a decent guy, but he is a really good piercer. He talked me though the proceedure and was really good with the breathing when it came time to put needle to skin. My 2 ear lobes weren't the most difficult or harsh of piercings to have, but pushing a 3.2mm needle through a fleshy piece of

Tnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147967.post-1140009883645550892006-02-15T13:21:00.000Z2006-02-15T13:24:43.656Z

Are these not the butchest blooms in the world? ValenSwines looked better after this unexpected hand delivered giftie...butch swooning commences...

Tnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147967.post-1139241188811973402006-02-06T15:52:00.000Z2006-02-06T15:53:08.823Z

NOWHERE 2006 DATE ANNOUNCEMENT:Thursday 6th - Sunday 9th JULY 2006The Third Adventure in the Middle of NowhereYou are invited to participate in the 2006 Nowhere festivities, acelebration of self-expression through art, costumes, music,performances and tomfoolery.Nowhere is an event inspired by Burning Man and embraces its underlying principles of radical self-expression, radical self-reliance, no

Tnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147967.post-1138961470441474922006-02-03T09:50:00.000Z2006-02-03T10:11:10.486Z

Songbird, is an opensource itteration of itunes-ish...well not really , really but kinda.its a desktop media player that looks to work with apples proprietary music store files amongst the usual others...but I can't say that legally. From what I can gather, it's based a bit on Firefox.From what I've read so far, it looks to work better with genereic mp3 players - but what I'm after is something I

Tnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147967.post-1138267597569797482006-01-26T09:26:00.000Z2006-01-30T23:13:10.420Z

the term dropped into my head the other night but I haven't had time to craft a wikipedia entry for it. Someone else has termed it but their explanation doesn't suit my understanding of the term.

Tnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147967.post-1137754125817516132006-01-20T10:48:00.000Z2006-01-23T12:40:20.016Z

Well, I blogged briefly about the first one. Didn't make the 2nd, but was there for the 3rd. There was no formal speaker this time, but Rachel Jones from Instrata spoke about designing UI's for mobiles, and how the dilemna was whether to design an interface that would be familiar to people, or whether to design an interface that may work better or show off the new phone features better.Bill

Tnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147967.post-1137147156291146012006-01-13T09:27:00.000Z2006-01-13T12:19:59.880Z

Why? Well because we pay for the software maintenance and apparently release 7 is hotter.What do I need to do. I've been trawling through the upgrade notes. First off, I need to convert our flat name scheme to hierachical: that needs user input. Not always a good thing. I guess we would have to kick it off by adding an org unit to the domain? ( well I've done that now) and yes, I've RTFM'd

Tnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147967.post-1137142966207895222006-01-13T09:00:00.000Z2006-01-13T09:02:46.603Z

Whoo-hoo...leeched some ink:porn action. I'm hoping to inspire myself to finally ring tat girl to start working on some new ink. ££ or lack of it has been holding me back. But I'm hoping to do a bit of barter with her, so it should be do-able. I'm still stuck on having too many images in my head and not a clear enough focus on what I want the completed piece to look like.

Tnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147967.post-1137089256873448792006-01-12T18:07:00.000Z2006-01-12T18:07:36.883Z

It's happened again - someone's ooo agent aint working. First JW and now HM. With J, I opened his mail file and enabled it thru administrator. Is this connected to changing everyone to designer access to their mail files?Went to check - she has correct ACL entry. Notes.net mentions that you can also check that it's running on the correct server. Only instance I can find, on the client side, is in

Tnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147967.post-1136911499982778772006-01-10T16:41:00.000Z2006-01-10T16:47:52.773Z

I, alas, did not write this, but it is so strong and powerful and delicious I just had to put it out there.Original can be found here: HERE , under the Truth and Beauty Lab. Man!!Prayer for YouI'm happy to announce that this is a perfect moment. It's a perfect moment for many reasons, but especially because I have been inspired to say a gigantic prayer for all of you. I've been roused to unleash

Tnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147967.post-1136805666090585752006-01-09T11:20:00.000Z2006-01-09T11:21:06.100Z

Tnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147967.post-1136555428822895052006-01-06T13:46:00.000Z2006-01-06T14:04:21.266Z

Ops from SF flew thru town the other day. Over kumquat mojitos and dim sum, him, I and the kimmie hatched a festival plan. Well actually we just kinda latched on to his and expanded it a bit.hoya! kicking it off we have:http://www.reggaeontheriver.com/index2.htmlreggae.on.the.river.need I say more. It's in northern cali so we can fly in to SF or LA, decompress a wee while - head up to Eel River,

Tnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147967.post-1136542408119628732006-01-06T10:04:00.000Z2006-01-06T10:15:18.830Z

wowzer - I've been fiddling with php groupware which I chucked on a Dell box. man that box sucks...it sucked when I bought it 3 years ago - always blue screening, think it came with win2k originally. Then it got XP'd. Still crap. Now its got fedora core on it and it still just doesn't run right.Anyhoo - linux - man, webmin aint running right, keeps freezing, ssh freezes up, more or less the same

Tnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147967.post-1136541856852083202006-01-06T10:02:00.000Z2006-01-06T10:04:16.853Z

Whoo-hoo! The new year has brought renewed geekiness to the fore. I've abandoned waffling of a personal nature as I've managed to bore myself. Navel gazing and all that...

Tnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147967.post-1136462208627520142006-01-05T11:42:00.000Z2006-01-05T11:56:48.636Z

ok, cruising round the 'net as you do, and I noticed this app http://www.backpackit.com/ - which seems like a quick fix for collaborating with others over the internet. At work, we have freelancers, and as admin, one of the many, many boring tasks I do is clearing out our mail server of dead mails - and a fair proportion of em, belong to mail that cannot be delivered to freelancers coz they are

Tnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147967.post-1135941856945155982005-12-30T11:24:00.000Z2005-12-30T11:24:16.950Z

ok - Paperchase has a sale on. They have tat on sale. Tat like plastic kitty-banks...I walked into the shop and there was a HERD of em looking up at me from a shelf. Little round pleading eyes...glinting...I've put em upstairs so they greet any wary traveller upwards...My original plan was to arrange them in a guilt-inducing circle on the floor so they greet you when you enter the room, staring

Tnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147967.post-1135939315550090302005-12-30T10:41:00.000Z2005-12-30T10:44:12.916Z

l'apartement - very french, slap bang in the middle of the Marais...big up to Charm and Dan xxlines, andstraight lines and girders...mmm, lines of metal...yum....and cold! man...but beautiful, even beyond the cliche

Tnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147967.post-1135875139340578622005-12-29T16:51:00.000Z2005-12-29T16:52:19.350Z

ok - the tears on that deers face have stopped me purchasing...

Tnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147967.post-1135173335398607862005-12-21T13:48:00.000Z2006-01-04T12:47:48.113Z

OMIGAWP - it's arrived and its beautiful. And it's up on my wall and I love it. What I don't love is the fact that the gallery I bought it off has now got another one to sell - erm, did I not ask you if you had any others - TWATS!! *sigh I know I'm going to have to get it*This is it below - my new objet' au lust....&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&

Tnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147967.post-1133513981381376252005-12-02T08:38:00.000Z2005-12-02T08:59:41.630Z

Aha! I've discovered torrents. Well, I've started using them, to be precise. What is a torrent you may cry. Well, I'll let Wikipedia explain to ya:"BitTorrent is both the protocol and the name of the peer-to-peer (P2P) file distribution application ...possible to massively distribute files without incurring the corresponding massive consumption in server and bandwidth resources."e.g. many

Tnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147967.post-1133348183665147452005-11-30T10:56:00.000Z2005-12-01T14:44:37.770Z

Gallery Nineteen Eighty Eight.Have given in and purchased a print. Alas, I cannae afford an oil, but I live in hope... Mind you, the subject of said print does reflect my tastes rather well.

Tnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147967.post-1132737425353544252005-11-23T09:12:00.000Z2005-11-23T09:17:26.940Z

Man! I think I came across this guy's work on an online poster site, or something like that. His art just grabbed my eyeballs immediately. I like the colours he uses - muted and threatening almost, a bit pastel-ly in the texture (not the shade). And some of them are kinda melancholic, some evil, some humerous. Dunno, I just think they rock. To the point I'm going to have to hoard some £££ so I

Tnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147967.post-1128530228471077352005-10-05T17:34:00.000+01:002005-10-05T17:37:08.476+01:00

this is an email I tried to send them from their web site. Not surprisingly, the email function didn't work.**I wanted to tell you how unhappy I am with your service. I keep on getting my calls cut off. I keep on getting my voicemails 3 days late. I now cannot make calls because the unlucky recipients say I sound like I am phoning from a wind tunnel. I cannot believe you have the gall to offer a

Tnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147967.post-1128083486124379572005-09-30T13:18:00.000+01:002005-09-30T13:32:34.070+01:00

Not in chronological order..."Yeah i bet you lurve it well violent, freak...""Yep.It's a jungle out there... Sharp haircut is almost more important than sharp elbows x""She couldnt move her limbs at all. She was simply too battered & bruised.A timid squeal of agony escaped her lips...""Aye,that would b grand.New toys do indeed illicit urgent urges 2 play. And one rarely gets bored of playing...I

Tnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147967.post-1127736372628216322005-09-26T12:57:00.000+01:002005-09-26T13:06:12.630+01:00

the bitter tears of petra von kant - ENOok, I've never been to see an opera. Well, I saw Die Vledermaus once - like 2 decades ago, when twatted, in SA. Doesn't really count now does it.set - mmm, 70's kinda flat scenery but demarcated into different rooms by area and design. Costumes - 70's fabulousness, with wigs used as part of ones wardrobe - reminds me of my mum back in the day. *titter* v.

Tnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147967.post-1127128711796275192005-09-19T11:59:00.000+01:002005-09-27T15:26:56.746+01:00

oh.my.good.lordy.lovely. divine. inspiring. amazing. amusing.at Potters Fields next to mayors bollock-building. I got a heads up through SOFAS network announcement. Went on Friday evening with mates. Got into the tent and was herded with rest of audience to what seemed like one side of the tent. I could see the arena where there was an obvious performance space, but it was exluded from bar area

Tnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147967.post-1126807668193007602005-09-15T19:03:00.000+01:002005-09-15T19:07:48.196+01:00

ok, so now I've figured some of the more arcane switches. mmmmm,lovely warm spare...wouldn't say hot spare as there will be a 3 hr window. But not bad I say! Esp sor SMB eh? More anon of my (hopefully)elegant solution.

Tnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147967.post-1126525098555275452005-09-12T12:36:00.000+01:002005-09-13T17:28:33.683+01:00

a veritable menu of options - shall sequester myself in a dark room till I figure out the best one. up to the northern parts in the latter part of the week so will need to make a decision soon. more on this later.************hmmm, ok DFS aint gonna cut it. Cygwin aint gonna cut it. XXCopy using time/data stamp will have to do. Glasgow is going to be cold and wet apparently. All the better to stay

Tnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147967.post-1126517674519650782005-09-12T10:13:00.000+01:002005-09-12T11:50:27.996+01:00

Yikes...thought I was too old for a 3 day bender/weekender..I am. Day 1 - thursday night - the dirty red ball, advertised as a lesbian extravaganza. Yeah, right. I was impressed, don't get me wrong. For a lezzer do, it had a great venue, good acts ( even though I gave up and left before Empress Stah came on, bah!)and, *GASP*, people made the effort to dress up. The jeans and t-shirt brigade as

Tnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147967.post-1126190049759972672005-09-08T15:32:00.000+01:002005-09-08T15:36:57.720+01:00

YES, I believe he is...or at least, the most visible one

Tnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147967.post-1126085753462073012005-09-07T10:35:00.000+01:002005-09-12T11:53:16.586+01:00

oh cool...I saw an ad or something for this, the fact that she was South African caught my eye. The fact that the flyer was Faye Dunaway looking very "mommy dearest" and there was something to do with Madonna fans...Went last night with the mad one. Had to laugh - I was looking more formal than usual and she was out of her usual, sharp office attire. Swap...Hoxton - a veritable herd of trendies..

Tnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147967.post-1126084946054039362005-09-07T09:46:00.000+01:002005-09-07T10:40:06.353+01:00

madge singers

Tnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147967.post-1125945555379314772005-09-05T19:38:00.000+01:002005-09-07T09:44:52.580+01:00

freecycleok, I adore Freecycle. Its ethos, the way you can post something on the board and someone will pitch up and haul off your tat, the mild aura of virtue as you are thanked profusely...I don't believe for a moment that humans do anything for altruism only. We may think we do but c'mon...you telling me you don't like being thanked for your help, or enjoy that rosy glow of having helped out

Tnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147967.post-1125486031034589292005-08-31T11:50:00.000+01:002005-08-31T12:00:31.040+01:00

hmmm, shall I go, shall I go? Seething with jealousy at the texts I am getting from my yankee friends as they go to the desert. Sigh...Went to 2003 burn in Nevada, meant to hook up with euroburn this yr but got caught up in morgage action ( rather the opposite of burn ethos I'd say!)"pix 2003"Lets see if the leggy blonde wants to come with me..

Tnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147967.post-1125485391198174522005-08-31T11:43:00.000+01:002005-08-31T11:49:51.203+01:00

Right! So mac users have old files with "?" in- they don't copy across. Solution - run file renaming doodad on 400Gb file server to rename files..nah - confuse the buggers it would.Going to rely on SDLT's for secondary backup so should be ok - older files only so they should be archived in due course anyway.Xxcopy resets archive bit. That can be sorted with a switch.Next - test scheduling and

Tnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147967.post-1124882801865986182005-08-24T12:21:00.000+01:002005-08-24T12:27:49.576+01:00

Righteo - round two of playing with xxcopy. It seems that non ascii characters do not copy over when using xxcopy. So all those thousands of files that our lovely mac users create, named with as many words and characters as they can possible summon, are not copying across. A lovely mixture of path being more than 255 characters ( can you believe) and characters such as question marks.hip bloody

Tnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147967.post-1124812518555115562005-08-23T16:51:00.000+01:002005-08-23T16:55:18.560+01:00

Oh another gotcha. If you should want to download a compiled html file, extension = .chm, and you happen to be using XP, you can open the thing but cannot see any info.Go to file, R-click it and at the bottom, tell the darn thing to stop unblocking it.viola!

Tnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147967.post-1124729591577215482005-08-22T17:00:00.000+01:002005-08-22T17:53:34.656+01:00

righteo - have cranked up xxcopy to use as a file shunter over a WAN.scenario - one data server in one city, one data server in another. Max 1Mb pipe for data transfer.PartitionL on server1 for live data, PartitionL on server2 for a read only copy of same data.PartitionG on server2 for live data, PartitionG on server1 for read only copy of same data.see whereI'm going here? Disaster recovery and

Tnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147967.post-1124457278194317042005-08-19T13:51:00.000+01:002005-08-19T14:15:43.460+01:00

Right - frustration du jour...(besides the 2 older mac users who will not and can not change their working methods)RIP software - sits between printer and user - user sends something to print - hits the RIP (raster imaging processor). Data goes from application, gets rasterized and printed. But no! iProofSystems PowerRipX and Canon W2200 doesn't play nice at all. Even though they are supposed to.

Tnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147967.post-1124441857513334412005-08-19T09:44:00.000+01:002005-08-19T09:57:37.516+01:00

Hooray! Synchronicity, doncha love it ... prancing around Brighton Pride, I bumped into 2 mates that I haven't seen for years, since I was a chef in fact.One of them, is a tattooist that I've been hankering to get in touch with. She rocks and her artwork is fine and delicious. She's back in London and that means that I'm due for a buffet of endorphin joy and ink!Now I've just got to tighten up

Tnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147967.post-1124373512184361622005-08-18T14:57:00.000+01:002005-08-18T14:58:32.190+01:00

hmmm, how about a HUGE pic on the front page then..why did I think it would end up discreetly on my full profile instead?

Tnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147967.post-1124372358545266302005-08-18T14:39:00.000+01:002005-08-18T14:39:18.550+01:00

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Tnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147967.post-1124298765670592632005-08-17T18:09:00.000+01:002005-08-19T09:58:56.140+01:00

Ok, so I'm going to start my wifi love by making an external antenna. Obviously a homebrew is best so I'll start there.Maplins is about to become my best friend. Ooooh, or maybe freecycle stuff, even better and fits in with my ethos of freeing up some pipe, for free. hmmm.*******************Oh, ok...my model router doesn't have an external antenna port. Bugger. Soldering iron..*******************

Tnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147967.post-1124271703304908092005-08-17T10:35:00.000+01:002005-08-17T13:27:00.253+01:00

Teeny little hangover this a.m. Nowt that stong java and Dr. Pepper can't cure though. Why..? Went to geek girl do last night at the Texas Embassy. Chance to test le Tex-Mex and hang with geekie girls. Lovely. Had some interesting chats and met some interesting people. Didn't get hit with a Fajita tho'. More's the pity.Salad Fingers. Google it. Turn the sound up, it's better that way. Enjoy it.

Tnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147967.post-1124203886602218512005-08-16T15:49:00.000+01:002005-08-17T11:05:35.620+01:00

Aah the marvellous manor of SE5. I've just moved there from SE1, so have added an extra 30 mins to my daily bus journey to work. Fortunately, I still have a 1 bus-to-work situation ( a prerequisite for flat purchasing ) and it's pretty empty when I alight.Have collected an admirer ! His name is Ahmed and he is a strapping guy of 27. He wants me to be his girlfriend. Yeah right. Somehow my boyish

Tnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147967.post-1124200019844279862005-08-16T14:39:00.000+01:002005-08-17T12:07:33.966+01:00

Having gotten a 2mb ADSL link and wireless router for wurk, I've been wondering if I could find a use for the bandwidth I'm not using during working hours.http://map.wirelesslondon.info/node/35This is partcularly interesting to me as years ago, I had a dream of figuring out a roll-my-own solution to internet access for rural societies. I believe there was an article in WIRED mag. about a solution

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