Monthly Archives: September 2004

Who, me?

Posted on September 29, 2004 by Andrew

iChatUSBCam has just been updated, so I took the opportunity to see if it works any better with my Creative USB webcam. Seems to – hurrah! This led to me trying out evocam, a very nice package for taking snapshots, … Continue reading →

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Busy Busy Busy

Posted on September 26, 2004 by Andrew

It’s been a busy week. On Monday, it was down to London to meet up with the accountants to deal with some outstanding paperwork (more on that at a later date). An opportunity to meet up with Jeremy and, later, … Continue reading →

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That’s useful

Posted on September 26, 2004 by Andrew

If you’re keyboard-oriented, go into System Preferences | Keyboard and Mouse | Keyboard Preferences and Turn on full keyboard access. Now you can deal with dialog boxes the way you’re used to… – via The Tao of Mac

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Island mentality

Posted on September 25, 2004 by Andrew

The Telegraph reports that pupils are dropping out of language learning. As a result of changes in the law, they are no longer required to take languages at GCSE level. This is a terrible thing for this country, where we … Continue reading →

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Content management and content consumption

Posted on September 23, 2004 by Andrew

Two great bits of news: The board has approved Lenya’s graduation to be a top-level Apache project NetNewsWire 2 public beta has begun. Go get it – it rocks! That is all.

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Sloppy journalism

Posted on September 19, 2004 by Andrew

From an article in The Telegraph, “Born in the Sewers“: Bucharest’s vehicle-choked main streets, darting between ageing Trabants, buses and trucks that spew out so much exhaust the air is barely breathable. Uh, no. The trabants aren’t trabants, they are … Continue reading →

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Congratulations…

Posted on September 18, 2004 by Andrew

David and Elise, two of the loveliest people I’ve had the pleasure to know, tie the knot today and become Mr and Mrs Plans. Congratulations and best wishes to them … may they have many, many happy years together.

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Can you dig it?

Posted on September 18, 2004 by Andrew

So, remember back when I was digging the garden over the bank holiday weekend? I finally finished the border from hell this afternoon, getting rid of the evil flowers that were threatening to take over the garden. Seriously, that green … Continue reading →

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flickr iphoto plugin

Posted on September 18, 2004 by Andrew

There’s a plugin for iPhoto that lets you export photos directly from iPhoto to flickr – fantastic! Only problem is I just exceeded my upload limit. Ooops. Guess I shouldn’t upload full-size photos… (via Patrick)

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Adrian’s trip to Korea

Posted on September 18, 2004 by flickr

IMG_1594 Originally uploaded by aid. Adrian is back from a recent trip to Korea, and I just introduced him to flickr. He’s uploaded his vacation photos, including this stunning one of some old buildings. Very cool…

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