Monthly Archives: April 2007

pixar exhibition

Went to see the exhibition this afternoon. It was interesting, if a little small to fully justify the £6 entry fee. The artwork on display was certainly varied and for people who knwe the movies much of it was instantly … Continue reading

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Beltane Fire Festival

I’ll be going to the festival tonight. I’m not great at using my DSLR in public, but will take it along and try to get some pictures as it should present some opportunities rarely seen. While it’s no Burning Man, … Continue reading

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upgrade to feisty

After waiting for the initial hysteria to die down and having not seen any negative reports about the upgrade, I finally pressed the button and let the laptop upgrade while I went to the gym. I’d already upgraded my AMD64 … Continue reading

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feet

The feet on the laptop keep falling off. It’s a natural side effect of having pushed and prodded the poor little thing into my bags when there was barely enough space for it, but it’s still mildly annoying. Anyone have … Continue reading

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new laptop battery installed

After a bit of hunting around I found an eBay seller who had replacement batteries for a reasonable price. I ordered it on Tuesday, it arrived today. design capacity: 25940 mWh last full capacity: 25940 mWh The original battery lasted … Continue reading

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laptop battery

design capacity: 27360 mWh last full capacity: 8820 mWh Think that says it all really. Time for a replacement!

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proposal(s)

I just submitted my first proposal for ApacheCon US 2007. It’s a modified (and expanded) version of the one I gave at ApacheCon US 2006. I’ve had very little feedback about how the talk went in Austin, so have no … Continue reading

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twit twoo

While at Tobys last week we somehow ended up talking about Twitter. They’d been using it for a while, and while my initial reaction to the concept was the same as Rich’s – “why?” – but they painted a different … Continue reading

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new mobile

It was finally time. The reduced battery life on the 6630 was starting to annoy. It’s failure to allow me to install Jargoing was the final straw, so I spoke with Vodafone. The phone I thought I wanted was the … Continue reading

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