Archive for October, 2008

Twitter Updates for 2008-10-31

1191 days

by Simon Scullion in Tweets

@SteveRichards no, this will be our second, daughter #1 turns 3 in a months time #
@stroker sure, when are you back this side of the pond? #

Twitter Updates for 2008-10-30

1192 days

by Simon Scullion in Tweets

Morning tweeps, wife had her 32 week scan this morning, all well, baby within bounds according to schedule! Not long to go now! Exciting #
@martinpacker LOL! yes, and the avgs for weight, headsize etc. #
@benpoole thx Ben, yes, but I think we’re a lot calmer with #2 than we were the first time around! #
@olufsphere thx Lars, yes, a second daughter, I’ll soon be outnumbered 3:1! :-/ #
@pedrorq @vitorpereira thanks guys! #
@Dominoyesmaybe right, nice mantra! #
@scastledine agree re 2nd languages. With living abroad and *still* learning a second language, it is something I am constantly reminded of! #
@Dominoyesmaybe well I will certainly pass on your expert opinion, should add weight to the argument! ;-P #
@angryJohnny thank you sir! #
off to get new tires on the car #

links for 2008-10-29

1193 days

by Simon Scullion in Links

mobbler – Google Code

Mobbler, Mobile Scrobbler, is a last.fm radio player and scrobbler for Nokia S60 3rd edition smartphones. It allows you to listen to your last.fm radio stations and to scrobble tracks played using the Nokia S60 Music Player. Music player scrobbling can be done both whilst you listen, or queued offline to be submitted later.

(tags: s60 scrobbler lastfm n95 mobbler radio audioscrobbler)
TiddlyWiki

TiddlyWiki is a single html file which has all the characteristics of a wiki – including all of the content, the functionality (including editing, saving, tagging and searching) and the style sheet. Because it's a single file, it's very portable – you can email it, put it on a web server or share it via a USB stick.

But it's not just a wiki! It has very powerful plugin capabilities, so it can also be used to build new tools. You have full control over how it looks and behaves. For example,TiddlyWiki is already being used as:

* A personal notebook
* A GTD ("Getting Things Done") productivity tool
* A collaboration tool
* For building websites (this site is a TiddlyWiki file!)
* For rapid prototyping
* …and much more!

(tags: writing notebook browser todo tools internet wiki productivity application gtd)

Twitter Updates for 2008-10-29

1193 days

by Simon Scullion in Tweets

buenos dias tweeps! Wet and windy start to the day, view of the sea was a stimulating sight this morning, awesome! #
@elsua I have something strongly against Telefonica/Movistar, that means I ca do without an iPhone purely for that reason! #
café #1. check #
Retweeting @yojibee: “I would rather live with a MBP which can die any day, than with a PC” < great quote! #
W00t! My Viglem MPC-Ls have arrived!! SWMBO won’t bre too happy tho! #
@leolaporte who did the free CrossOver promotion work out, no luck for me! #
Retweeting @leolaporte: “Windows 7: faster, smaller, less annoying, available next autumn.” I’ll be 3 versions of Ubuntu better off by then! #
Retweeting @bratant: http://www.iftheworldcouldvote.com just reached 500.000 votes. We have seven days to reach 1,000,000 votes #
@verowhite will have to look into that, I had no idea! #
@vsmith1 before autumn ’09, no idea, before Windows7 ships, definitely!! LOL! #
@pedrorq right! if Ubuntu’s progress is maintained tho, it will still be ahead by then #
@dale_vile why not add #Ubuntu to the mix and have the option to spend the cash saved on something else!? #
@dale_vile look forward to it! #
@chuckstar76 can’t put my MS updates-induced reboot off any longer either, driving me mad! #
RT @pedrorq: I wish people (mostly Mac fans I guess) would remember that PC != Windows . Linux rocks, but Windows has given the “PC” a b … #
Start > Shutdown > Restart > OK #
@dale_vile agree OSX has a learning curve, Ubuntu is no different, though its minimal IMO. Things seem very simple to do, no hassles #
Retweeting @dale_vile: @sscullion is Ubuntu any better that OSX/Windows from the UI/user experience perspective? << IMHO, yes! #
@vsmith1 agreed. @pedrorq was commenting earlier on how Windows tarnishes the image of a “PC” #
@hortovanyi @chuckstar76 @andypiper agreed, “no worries” is often used. Said as “no worries mate” with an aussie twang, I realise its roots! #
RT @bbcnews: A football match between politicians was journalists is called off after tempers boil over http://tinyurl.com/627q8c Pathetic! #
@SteveRichards “fairly good press about Win 7″ does not accurately reflect my twitterstream on the subject! #
@hortovanyi no, “She’ll be right” is not one that even sounds familiar with the accent! #
@stroker the Codeweavers offer was yesterday, I’m gutted I missed it! #
@hortovanyi “drongo”? that’ll be another one that hasn’t made it! #
@pmooneynet make sure you find time to escape to the island of Boracay. I visited as a kid 15+yrs ago when it wasn’t well known. Paradise! #
#FoxyProxy plugin struggling with a auto config proxy address. FF3 config works np :-/ #
hola @jonno, thx for the follow! #
@dominiccampbell but he did give you new laces right!? #
its just started to rain so hard I can’t hear myself think! #
actually its hail, kind of explains the noise! #
@stroker yep, I’m well miffed! There were server issues which didn’t help, I missed the “alternative” method they provided… #
@rustynuts7747 Nice! that tweet has really cheered me up, not!! images like that make concentrating in the office impossible! #
@benpoole nice, but 2kGBP, *ouch*! #
@Dominoyesmaybe LOL! blue skies again now, need to take the risk and run for some lunch! #
@benpoole obviously in that context it sounds a LOT better! #
closer to 2500€ at today’s rate, but I take your point! #
@gialyons I hope she recovers quickly. Meanwhile she’ll be enjoying the fact that she has an excuse for not doing as she’s told! #
@gialyons oh, poor thing! I bet the novelty has long worn off for you both then #
@chessasilva I wish more of the calls I have to participate in were of that nature! #
@SteveRichards thats an important difference, is Vista for the enterprise or the consumer? Do either need DRM? No, its a resource waste #
Retweeting @shawnz: My favorite headline from Clarion-Ledger this morning: “Microsoft says its next version of Windows won’t be as annoying” #
@dominiccampbell thats a comment I know @chieftech will be interested to hear #

links for 2008-10-28

1194 days

by Simon Scullion in Links

Arduino – HomePage

Arduino is an open-source electronics prototyping platform based on flexible, easy-to-use hardware and software. It's intended for artists, designers, hobbyists, and anyone interested in creating interactive objects or environments.

Arduino can sense the environment by receiving input from a variety of sensors and can affect its surroundings by controlling lights, motors, and other actuators. The microcontroller on the board is programmed using the Arduino programming language (based on Wiring) and the Arduino development environment (based on Processing). Arduino projects can be stand-alone or they can communicate with software on running on a computer (e.g. Flash, Processing, MaxMSP).

The boards can be built by hand or purchased preassembled; the software can be downloaded for free. The hardware reference designs (CAD files) are available under an open-source license, you are free to adapt them to your needs.

(tags: arduino software opensource technology diy embedded microcontroller home automation)

Twitter Updates for 2008-10-28

1194 days

by Simon Scullion in Tweets

buenos dias tweeps! #
RT @bbcnews: BP sees its profits for the July to September period more than double to $10bn (£6.4bn) http://tinyurl.com/6h5ge3 What crisis!? #
@verowhite pues podria ser! Aunque ahora estoy viendo algo de cielo azul aqui en Asturias! #
@verowhite ojala! si fuera asi, seria nosotros, la gente en la calle, ganando con esto lo del crisis y no los de siempre! ;-( #
@benpoole yep, same old story. We’re all mugs! #
@chuckstar76 yep, already putting off the reboot…. driving me nuts #
@pmooneynet hope you start to perk up soon! #

Twitter Updates for 2008-10-27

1195 days

by Simon Scullion in Tweets

enjoying the daylight this morning after the clocks went back, shame its damp and drizzling though! #
@ThePPenguin before you ask, yes, I’m still gutted about yesterday’s result, was a good game tho #
@vitorpereira at least we had a beautiful sunny weekend, hard to believe November is almost upon us! #
@ThePPenguin just let me know the numbers! #
@andysc I feel your pain, I’ve got the same task ahead of mr today… :-/ #
You can run… but can you hide? Concerned over privacy, gov data protection? A must read http://snurl.com/4qsbz #
RT @bbctech: Concerns arise that terrorists may use technologies like blogging site Twitter to plan and organise.. http://tinyurl.com/5jxwvm #
@Dominoyesmaybe of course, didn’t you see it!? #
just created my first screencast with Jing to explain a UI bug in an app, someone is going to get a fright when they hear me moan! #
@cflanagan Happy Birthday from Spain!! #
hi to my latest follower @betteroffdad, how did you find me? #
@cwhisonant can I have one without the other!? #
@betteroffdad is looking for “like-minded dads on twitter who are souled out on fatherhood.” welcome to twitter! #
RT @Dominoyesmaybe: QOTD “To mess up a Linux box, you need to work at it; to mess up your Windows box, you just need to work on it ” ROFL! #
RT @LotusEvangelist: oooo, Azure will allow the OS to get updated without rebooting….I don’t believe it, didn’t they claim that for Vi … #
@LotusEvangelist Ubuntu is *far* easier than WinXP to setup IMHO #
@chuckstar76 think thats hard, try using tables and headings + table of contents! MS Word 2007 #FAIL #
@cwhisonant will let you off then! #
@LotusEvangelist you can try it now from WinXP using #Wubi http://wubi-installer.org/ Highly recommended #
@Dominoyesmaybe I use Amarok, tho don’t own an ipod, useful list here http://snurl.com/4qx77 #
@Dominoyesmaybe also, make sure he knows about the Ubuntu forums, great resource. Heres ipod thread http://snurl.com/4qx9l #
M$ Project Atlanta. IBM Project Atlantic. Which came first? Disclaimer, I have no idea what the former is about!! #
Retweeting @duffbert: All your data belongs to ms << wouldn’t surprise me! #
home time for me, busy evening ahead #
@delboycarter might be falling here too tomorrow, that was after another weekend in the 20′s :-/ #
@chrispepin thx for the link for Screenshot for Symbian OS, will try that one out #
@chuckstar76 me thinks this weeks drop in temperatures is going to come as a bit of a shock to the system after a fantastic warm October! #
@vitorpereira very tempting! #
@flocker use this all the time, works in #Firefox too! #
still struggling with Flickr uploads, taking *ages* any ideas? #
@mattandjess even trying via the uploader page, I’m on Ubuntu, so no native linux uploader, normally use the functionality built into F-Spot #
@cflanagan hope you’re having a good day, though don’t celebrate too hard on a school nite! #
finally finished uploading my pics from my trip to Washington DC http://is.gd/4Xut #
@delboycarter don’t forget I’m talking centigrade!! #