One of the perils of having the entire smorgasbord of a music collection available on your computer (or music playing device) is the shuffle button. I almost unconsciously end up setting the player on random and just hitting skip when a track that doesn’t quite fit my mood comes on. Sometimes I use my last.fm [...]
Archive of entries posted on October 2009
Question Time
Well the reaction quotes are in from last nights Question Time, as are the viewing figures (7.9m, easily beating the previous 3.8m water mark at the height of the MPs expenses scandal). I’m not sure I’m cynical enough to accuse the BBC of engineering the media storm on the run up to boost ratings but [...]
Finding Open Source Android applications
I love my HTC Hero and growing number of applications that are available for it. However the marketplace really doesn’t make clear the difference between free (as in beer) and free (as in freedom). For all sorts of reasons I’d like to be sure the code running on my new favourite device is Open Source. [...]
Bad Ankles
On my way into work I popped into the local primary school (via the non-CRB cleared entrance naturally) to drop of the measuring trundle thing Fliss borrowed. My suggestion that I could have used the MyTracks GPS trace and walked around the allotment had been met with a raised eyebrow. There is something wrong with [...]
Ale to the chief
Had a good but slightly tiring weekend exploring some more of the pubs of Cambridge. I’ve made a few more discoveries that will be useful to remember for later although I missed out on the Kingston Arms which I shall have to visit next time I’m in town. There was a lot of technology involved [...]
Putting on my drinking trousers
The drinking posse will be in town this weekend for Matt U’s birthday celebrations. As the geek quotient is high I’m taking the opportunity to immerse myself in the magic Google juice that my new phone makes available. I’ve pondered the danger of getting too tied to Google before but I’m getting more relaxed about [...]
Hiting its stride
In between household tasks and playing with my new toy we indulged a mini DS9 viewing extravaganza. Every now and again Fliss suggests watching DS9 with our meal. Yesterday was the first time I recall Fliss excitedly requesting another episode to follow the one we had just seen. We ended up watching a further two [...]
Cheating
I cheated today and drove the car the stones throw from home to work. Since the bike suffered it’s catastrophic failure I’ve been walking the 7 miles a day which I hope is more beneficial from a calorific point of view than the shorter time spent cycling. However if I don’t get out of the [...]
