Morning coffee for my workstation

Posted on Tue 15 December 2009 in geek • Tagged with cvs, git, swap

My work machine has always been slow in the mornings. I may have moaned about this before but it's mainly due to the rather excessive overnight processing it does (convert a 3.8G CVS repo into a 714M GIT repo). This tends to leave all the active applications somewhere in …


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Chrome and Emacsclient

Posted on Sat 12 December 2009 in geek • Tagged with chrome, editor, emacs, extensions, javascript

I had a number of things planned to do today, one of which was to go pick up some parcels that the local delivery service failed to do. However some workmen started digging up the road opposite my house. As the un-controlled single lane alternating between inbound and outbound traffic …


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Simon Singh

Posted on Fri 11 December 2009 in geek • Tagged with law, libel, media, politics, science

As the nights draw in again it's time to hit the lecture circuit. Cambridge is pretty well served with public lectures as well as a number of other organisations that organises talks in return for a small donation on the day or subscription. Last night I went to the IET's …


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Post Travel Slump

Posted on Mon 07 December 2009 in geek • Tagged with android, emacs, gud, rockbox, travel

I got back from my Hungarian adventures at a slightly more reasonable time than Wednesday mornings departure. Never the less I find travel still zaps the energy out of me. On Friday night I managed to eat dinner before crawling upstairs and passing out.

Saturday has been ably documented elsewhere …


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What's in your Browser?

Posted on Thu 26 November 2009 in geek • Tagged with browsers, chromium, emacs, firefox

The official Chrome Extensions page is coming and soon I'll be seriously considering making a switch to my default browser setting. While Chromium (the open source component of Chrome) is a fantastically speedy, low memory and nimble browser it's lack of extensions if the main thing holding me back from …


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