Monthly Archives: November 2005

I went for a walk today. I took some photos. Some of them I made into this photomosaic. Small 300k version Not-so-small 4.6M version

I am in Switzerland. How did this happen? I’m pretty sure I never woke up and thought, “I must move to Switzerland. Switzerland, that’s the ticket!” Zürich is very pretty, especially with the layer of snow it has right now. … Continue reading →

I am sitting in the departure lounge of Bristol International Airport waiting for the BA flight to Zurich. While I do this I am catching up on my email via my Thinkpad and Bluetooth-capable GPRS phone. I feel like one … Continue reading →

It’s freezing tonight, and foggy with it. I went out to buy some vodka (ever seen a commie drinking water?) and snapped some pictures on the way. Fog.

I keep reading blockheaded Americans who tell me that we wouldn’t have a chav problem if we only allowed people to carry guns; that carrying guns would make our streets safe at night; that guns guns guns GUNS GUNS GUNS … Continue reading →

Today, Rachel and I finally moved all the electronpusher.org and strangenoises.org machines to a nice new home. Here, look. Now maybe I’ll be able to get something done.

I’ve just discovered a nasty little bug in the Airport Express. It doesn’t seem to like sharing a network with iTele when it’s in bridging mode. I think (I’m not sure, but I think) it’s suffering from interrupt load exceeding … Continue reading →

I like to play with artificial intelligence. I believe I have seen and done things that imply that intelligence and life can be emergent properties of simple inanimate systems. Want to see something amazing? Find yourself a pet computer programmer, … Continue reading →

I got my hair cut. Apologies for the terrible photo but I have a cold.

This is me, working, as captured by Rachel. She thinks three screens is too many; I think it’s not enough.

Ever heard of eBaumsworld? You know, that stupid, shitty site that half of your idiot friends send you links to at least once a week? Yeah. Well, it turns out that they’ve been stealing content from dozens of other sites. … Continue reading →

The visible society? Or just wondering who watches the watchers?

Daisy!

Relax your mind, unwind and float downstream. It’s midnight. Outside it’s raining hard and hard-cornered metal and tarmac death is all around, but here in my little bubble I’m safe. Tucked in behind this double-reflex-curved arch of polycarbonate, it’s dry, … Continue reading →

And Karl Rove looks to be even more fucked than I said he was some months ago. Hah. The Axis of Weasels grows weaker by the hour.

Poor old SGI got delisted today. That’s a little bit odd, because I’ve spent most of the last three months in SGI-land, working in a building formerly known as SGI Building 43, riding the SGI bus to work, seeing SGI … Continue reading →