Thinking about email

Posted on Tue 17 November 2009 in geek • Tagged with emacs, email, gmail, imap, mail

I saw a post on my feeds today discussing a new email client called notmuch which set me thinking about my own use of email.

I have three primary ways of accessing email at the moment. On my domain I run Mutt in a screen session. At work I have …


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Film Review: Dark Star

Posted on Tue 17 November 2009 in geek • Tagged with film, reviews, sci-fi

As part of our wandering approach exploring film rental the latest instalment to drop on the door mat was John Carpenter's Dark Star. It's a weird black comedy about a bunch of bored stoners, some sentient bombs and strange beach ball aliens aboard a deep space planetary destroyer. As …


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Partaaaay Aftermarth

Posted on Mon 16 November 2009 in general • Tagged with home, house, party

Well this weekend was filled with the preparation, execution and aftermath of our House Warming party. Fliss finished a number of final touches to curtains, clothes racks, and other such details while I pottered around moving cardboard to the outbuildings and ordering two polypins of local ale to keep people …


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SIM Troubles

Posted on Thu 12 November 2009 in general • Tagged with phone, sim, t-mobile

My SIM card is starting to show it's age and refusing to allow my phone to connect to the network. It's not surprising as the thing is fairly old having had it since I first joined T-Mobile. I managed to order a new SIM yesterday throwing only a minor strop …


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Are the Armed Forces being let down by government?

Posted on Wed 11 November 2009 in general • Tagged with politics, rememberance, war

Well the gruby counter accusations continue over a letter sent by Gordon Brown to offer condolences to a bereaved mother. For all the heat and noise it's generating for the papers, no doubt not helping the poor mother come to terms with her grief, it's become a proxy for a …


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