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Just testing the LiveJournal Android app...
Here: have a nutcracker. Whatthehell? Whyarenospacebeinginsertedbetweenwords? Hmm...
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Farewell Leelah Alcorn: your death will not be in vain
Still feeling sad about Leelah Alcorn's suicide. It's a tragedy all round. And as much as it's hard to feel sympathy for her parents, when they can't even acknowledge her suicide, let alone her gender, I still feel sad for them. Well, sad about them would be more accurate ( Read more... ) -
Distraction of the day
It was grey outside and rain was pelting down noisily on the roof. Suddenly my mind was whisked away to a quiet country pub or maybe a guest house, sitting with Michelle on a comfy couch in front of an open fire, looking out through a large window as rain swept across rolling green pastures. The glass shielded us from the wind and made the sound of ( Read more... ) -
Usability observation: "share" is ambiguous
Felt like I was running usability studies today. A colleague was having trouble sharing a document, claiming that the interface for sharing changed significantly with the switch from Google Docs to Google Drive. As it turns out, the sharing interface hasn't changed, and the way you get to it hasn't significantly changed. The culprit was the ( Read more... ) -
Stymied by a generous download quota
All I want to do is run a simple Perl script. But...
- It requires Net::DNS.
- Fortunately, Net::DNS can be easily installed by using the CPAN module. My Mac does appear to have CPAN. But...
- CPAN requires make to be able to install Net::DNS.
- Fortunately, command line tools like make and gcc are available as part of Xcode. I have Xcode. But...
- The ( Read more... )
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Dream: Heath's birthday/gathering
I just attended the most incredible 21st for a friend I haven't seen for years. (Or was it just a gathering if some kind? After all, he is now almost 32.) It started outside on a lawn near the city. Such a lovely, mild evening. Not sure why I sat apart at first: all his friends were nice, friendly and welcoming, and I was pleased when he introduced ( Read more... ) -
Computing cost and elapsed time
Okay, I admit that opening a file 14334 times to see if it has a line matching the current item may not be the most efficient thing to do. In hindsight, reading the whole 2396 line data set (432 Kb) into memory might have been a better thing to do. *Taps watch ( Read more... ) -
Local countdown
nathanj@pecan.local> 11:59pm [~/]: date ( Read more... ) -
Unphotographable: retro sensibilities or hoon in training?
This is a photo I didn't take of a couple boys aged about 12, cycling around Frankston North on trikes that were the size of adult bikes, flat green in colour, as if coated in fence paint, and each with a wooden platform between the two rear wheels to carry stuff. As they rode along the street I was turning into I heard music, and in the rear ( Read more... ) -
Mac App Store first impression: utter fail
So, I finally decided to upgrade to Lion. Only problem is that the Mac App Store is buggy and won't fully download the installer. What's really bizarre about it, though, is that it's not like it's getting stuck or anything - rather, the partial download gets cleared away any time I switch to the login window.
Me: "3 Gb downloaded. I'll let the ( Read more... )