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Entries for week beginning September 5, 2004

September 11, 2004

weatherfox

Advertising-free weather-forecast-displaying plugin for Firefox.

September 9, 2004

LOGO R.I.P. - A commemoration of dead logotypes

Gorgeous. Added to my Amazon wishlist.

Tricks of the Trade - The Blog

Weblog version of that fantastic “Tricks of the Trade” article.

Save Betamax - National Call-In Day September 14

The law, not the format.

Dive Into Python

I’m setting myself a goal of being proficient in Python by the end of the year. Mark Pilgrim’s book is going to be my starting point.

September 8, 2004

Text Generator

Who needs “Lorem Ipsum”, when you can have the lyrics to the Dogtanian theme?

September 7, 2004

I caught me a Doozer!

Image sent: 200409072257

TargetAlert

Another *fantastic* plugin for Firefox — Displays icons next to PDF links, so you don’t get a nasty surprise.

What the well-scheduled TiVo will be wearing this Fall

I’ve just spent a very pleasurable hour or so, making my annual trawl through the Entertainment Weekly Fall TV Preview.

Joey was already set on our TiVo, and I’ve been looking forward to JJ Abrams’s new series, Lost, for a while. But the new series that intrigues me most is House, a new drama starring the fabulous Hugh Laurie. I hadn’t heard of the show until tonight, but I suppose that by the time it premiers, following Fox’s incessant promotions during the World Series, I’ll be sick to death of it.

September 6, 2004

BBC NEWS | Mad Muppets top cult science poll

Dr Bunsen Honeydew & Beaker finally getting the recognition they deserve. Their Nobel prize is only moments away, I’m sure.

Miguel de Icaza: Longhorn Changes

Great analysis of “Longhorn” from someone who’s architected a framework or two in his time.

September 5, 2004

Movable Type 3.1 - Two Thumbs Down.

I was originally just going to post Keith Robinson’s ’“Movable Type 3.1 Still a Developer Edition?”(Movable Type 3.1 Still a Developer Edition?)’:http://www.dkeithrobinson.com/asterisk/archive/2004/09/mt-31-impressions rant in my Links log, but I want to see if I can get Anil Dash to post in my comments.

I upgraded to 3.1 as soon as it came out, as I am wont to do whenever a new MT release appears. It’s never been a problem before.

This time, however, I enjoyed such luxuries as my carefully crafted (and heftily hacked-upon) templates being overwritten by months-old-version (Thank gawd for Bacula!), and despite upgrading to 3.11, my homepage is still not updating at the right time. (When I make a new post, most pages are re-generated, but not the homepage).

Two thumbs down, Six Apart.

Stupid shit that makes me happy (No. 96 in an occasional series)

Entertaining myself by entering stupid job titles when applying for free subscriptions to trade magazines. (With the added bonus that I can tell who’s selling my name!)

PC Magazine label
JDJ Magazine label

Tour De Glasgow, Everybody Come Down

Fun wee promo flash-game for the new Delgados single

CountOlaf.com

Actor, Humanitarian, Heartthrob, Ultimate Dad

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