Debugging your brothers Windows connection problems over a flaky Skype connection while suffering a hangover from the previous nights drinking is not was I was planning on doing today. However at least its a pretty static and doesn't involve moving around in this humid warmth.

My brother couldn't connect to …

I left work around 21.45 last night. I was in by 8.10 this morning. My "Get out of bed alarm" went off whilst I was fixing my uber-tag^* for baseline inclusion. Today will be mostly brought to you by caffeine and loud music. How I shall stay awake …

On a whim I had a little play with AllofMp3.com last night (when you sign up you get $0.50 credit to play with). Now when I originally heard of this service my main thoughts was why anyone would pay for something thats so legally dubious, especially as it's …

I've been doing a lot of manual patching of baselines at work recently. It has become apparent that emacs is a lot better at patching code than the venerable patch program. However after two aborted baselines that seem to have suffered from me not noticing when C-c C-a fails I …

I've just watched a fascinating episode of Horizon which examine the data collected since the Chernobyl disaster. It's a fine example of why you should collect data points for as much of your model as possible. One of the most interesting things the program discussed was the wildlife that is …