To passify New Orleans they’re going to use troops just back from Iraq? I don’t know if that is accurate, but it sure sounds like a bad idea. When the Brits sent troops just back from the Falklands into Ireland, it wasn’t much fun either. [icbm: home]
Why does every man and his dog put man pages online?
So, I know that I have a few man pages online, but then again I wrote either the code they document, or some of the generation toolchain to create them, so I think that is different. Why does every man and his dog feel that he should put man pages online? It actually makes it…
A Saturday ride
This is a boring post, so I’ll keep it short. 30.81km, max speed 45.9 km per hour, 1 hour 52 minutes ride time. Around lake Tuggeranong and so forth. [icbm: home]
Hetherington, 82, created Mr Squiggle in 1959 – a decade before men without strings landed on the moon
Mr Squiggle was an ABC created children’s character. I certainly remember him… [icbm: work]
Addiction?
I’ve been feeling agitated all week, and really quite stressed out. This could be because of: The three conference papers i give next week in Perth Including the opening keynote The impending release of the product I work on The two book chapters I am meant to be writing this week The PhD work I…
Average build time for a PC
Is down to four minutes? [icbm: home]
Weekend riding
Not as much riding as I had hoped for over the weekend, as I ended up with yet another headache this afternoon. The frequency of them is decreasing though, so I think I am getting over whatever bug is causing them. Anyways, 12km yesterday — a ride from Dad’s house to my house, and then…
Hamster powered mobile phone charger
I so need a hamster powered mobile phone charger. Now. Please. [icbm: work]
A lunch time ride
I can’t go for a ride tomorrow lunch because it’s Lindsay’s farewell from TOWER. I therefore went on a longer ride today — from work to ANU, ANU down Clunies Ross until you hit the lake (not literally), turn left, out and around the National Museum, over Canberra Avenue, and then back up through the…
Worst timing evar!
Microsoft announces the latest release of MSN messenger, in the middle of the Google talk buzz. [icbm: work]