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Archive for April, 2007
Lazy weekend
In: diary
30 Apr 2007Didn’t get up to that much really. We had a couple of friends over for dinner on Friday (if I say so myself, I make a cracking lasagne. Fresh pasta sheets are my secret), which ended in a marathon Singstar session, with a little Guitar Hero II thrown in. Saturday was a bit hazy in [...]
links for 2007-04-25
In: diary
25 Apr 2007Vivat Bacchus | 47 Farringdon St, Holborn, London | 0207 353 2648
Rather nice looking restaurant
(tags: london restaurant)
Ploughing through the week
In: diary
25 Apr 2007Is it Wednesday already? Bloody hell, I’ve gone a bit without writing then. Not been up to a lot, Saturday we went into Reading, Mrsfb managed a successful shopping trip with some nice clothes, I only wanted to go to one shop (Muji) and got there to find it had closed down, so I was [...]
links for 2007-04-24
In: diary
24 Apr 2007Ubuntu:Feisty -
New howto guide for Ubuntu Feisty Fox
(tags: Ubuntu linux howto guide feisty tutorial wiki)
Why is Everyone Missing the RSS Transactional Messaging Opportunity?
Ideas for big companies such as Paypal & Amazon to provide information by RSS
(tags: rss)
links for 2007-04-21
In: diary
21 Apr 2007MyCyberTwin – Let Your Personality Shine Online
Create your own chatbot
(tags: chat web2.0 avatar personality online im Website)
The Happiness Project: Seven tips for making yourself happier IN THE NEXT HOUR.
Some tips on improving your happiness through simple actions
(tags: happiness lifehacks health productivity tips inspiration howto)
Geek to Live: Black belt scheduling with Google Calendar – Lifehacker
More Calendar [...]
links for 2007-04-19
In: diary
19 Apr 2007Transmission
Bittorrent client
(tags: bittorrent software mac linux osx p2p)
links for 2007-04-18
In: diary
18 Apr 2007Hacking Ubuntu to Improve Performance
Worth a proper read through, good explanations of how Ubuntu is put together.
(tags: ubuntu linux performance hacks sysadmin hacking speed)
Howto: Install Oracle Instant Client and PHP OCI8 module [Archive] – Ubuntu Forums
Handy for setting up DBD::Oracle on Ubuntu as well
(tags: php tutorial oracle)
P Wyndham Little 3 – New information!
In: p.wyndham little
18 Apr 2007It has been a little while, but as I mentioned, the day before yesterday I got another email about P Wyndham Little. I seem to get at least one a year, for the last 4 years or so. If you don’t know what I’m on about, the short explanation is that in 1997 I found [...]
links for 2007-04-17
In: diary
17 Apr 2007» 12 Breeds of Client and How to Work with Them
(tags: business freelance clients consulting webdesign)
Still here, it would appear
In: diary
16 Apr 2007Well despite my best efforts this hasn’t disappeared off the face of the earth, so I guess I better write something. Well, a good weekend in the main. Firstly got our tickets for this year’s Truck Festival, which we don’t know the line-up for yet, but we do know we’ll have a few friends going, [...]
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