..or thought I learnt that gdb can corrupt your stack if you plant a conditional breakpoint. Queue much wailing and gnashing of teeth after wasted a half a day trying to track down another bug using this feature. Of course I'd made a rather simple schoolboy error which a C …

Well this weekends LARPing experience was certainly different. The Crooked House crew did a fantastic job of capturing the flavour of 30's pulp fiction. There where (in rough order): ancient tombs, plagues of locusts, uranium mines, ancient doomsday devices and a Voodoo Witch Doctor. It all built up to a …

Heading off to Voice of the Seraph now. Have a good weekend everyone!

My Mum asked me how to save a Real stream so she can listen to it at a later date. Unfortunately although technically possible the player denies you this ability (there is a lesson about proprietary software for you). Although the BBC is experimenting with podcasting (AFAICT another name for …

Last night was another party at work to celebrate the shipping of one of our top secret products to a top secret customer. Much fun was had, mainly at the expense of the CEO's credit card behind the bar. Free beer is so much more enjoyable when you can watch …