SNOW!

The weather really can't make its mind up today. On the way in this morning there was wind, sun and snow and now this is what its like as we head to dinner. Ridiculous! Steak an kidney pudding was te bomb though. Even if I did get the woman who's stingy with the chip scoop. They're just chips!

It's just what I do.

Newswipe: A refreshing look at the news

I don't know about everyone else, but I fear the British news is slowly drifting the way of the American Networks.

Adding Universal buttons to the Gnome panel

So, in my attempts to integrate a wiimote into the gnome desktop, I have found a way to create universal close, resize, maximise...well any button you want. It's all to do with simulating button presses.

Wiibuntu: Getting Started

Over the past few months, I have been playing with a wiimote and ubuntu.

If you've not looked into them before, wiimotes are a pretty nifty bit of kit. There basically a bluetooth mouse and are recognised by computers as Human Interface Devices (HID). But they do more than a mouse can, there is a InfraRed (IR) CCD camera, accelerometers and of course, a few buttons.

Disco Bro:Hoe Ratio?

I was getting worried that the new series of flight of the conchords wouldn't yeild many good songs. I guess things are looking up!

This Be The Verse

They fuck you up, your mum and dad.
   They may not mean to, but they do.
They fill you with the faults they had
   And add some extra, just for you.
But they were fucked up in their turn
   By fools in old-style hats and coats,
Who half the time were soppy-stern
   And half at one another's throats.
Man hands on misery to man.
   It deepens like a coastal shelf.
Get out as early as you can,
   And don't have any kids yourself.
   
  - Philip Larkin