http://www.drossy.net/blog Semi-literate ramblings of Derek Ross Tue, 16 Dec 2008 22:21:42 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en So public sector pensions have been overpaid, all very embarassing. But what caught my eye reading the link was the comment from David Cameron - "You have to ask why this was allowed to go on for such a long time. "This government has been in power for a lot of ... http://www.drossy.net/blog/2008/12/16/httpnewsbbccouk1hiuk_politics7784883stm/ as a venting; if I don't direct my anger, irritation and frustration into some other channel, there's a very good chance I'll put my fist through my computer screen. And that wouldn't be good - its new, shiny and undeserving, and it would just be the modern equivalent of shooting ... http://www.drossy.net/blog/2008/08/09/not-so-much-a-rant/ CERN Document Server: Record#1103616: CCRC08 - View from Sites Comedy starts about 17:20, and lasts for about 10 minutes IIRC when I scuttle back to my chair. At least you can't see me. Still, I can now say I've stood on the same stage as Nobel prize winners and given a ... http://www.drossy.net/blog/2008/06/03/for-your-listening-amusement/ My hot water heater is fine now, someone can round to look at it. [Alright I'm playing with MarsEdit to see what its like as a blog posting tool.] http://www.drossy.net/blog/2008/02/07/since-someone-was-apparently-worried/ So I think my iBook may be having hardware issues, Leopard installs dumped out at various points. After reboots its had difficulty finding the airport and the sound device from time to time, and I'm pretty sure that some of the sizes reported by files are wrong (Anyone else's /Library/iTunes/iTunes ... http://www.drossy.net/blog/2008/01/21/one-of-those-weekends/ It won't do automated backups if the power cord isn't plugged in or the disk isn't mounted Its picky about mount points, so if you've switched from wired to wireless (or vice versa) with out unmounting, check that the backup disk is mounted in the expected directory under /Volumes sudo lsof -p ... http://www.drossy.net/blog/2008/01/21/assorted-time-machine-notes/ Just had a jarring UI experience with removing a prefpane for an installed application. You need to ctrl-click on the thing to bring up a link to remove the prefpane. Why the heck aren't these things draggable to the Trashcan? That's the default metaphor for "I'm done with this now" ... http://www.drossy.net/blog/2007/10/16/removing-prefpanes-in-os-x/ Crikey, its been a while. I'm sitting here waiting for my preload of Half-Life Episode 2 and Portal to complete. (BTW as I've been a sucker and bought the Orange box, that means I'll shortly have HL2 and HL2 Episode 1 codes to give away, so if anyone want them ... http://www.drossy.net/blog/2007/10/08/random-miscellany/ As my iBook isn't owned by work, I'm slightly leery about connecting it to work systems - so when at work I connect through the public wireless network and I don't use VPN either. Which means that I've got a growing collection of ssh tunnels to get to the internal ... http://www.drossy.net/blog/2007/05/22/more-mac-stuff/ When I first got my iBook I bought a license for TextMate shortly afterwards. however it has always been somewhat under used - until now. Doing the digital equivalent of searching for loose change down the back of the sofa, I found a 15ukp gift certificate from Amazon that had ... http://www.drossy.net/blog/2007/05/20/textmate/