There’s dust on the sensor of my 20D. I need to remove it. Here’s a few bits I found.
Gulp! I hate the thought of wiping anything against my camera sensor!
There’s been lots happening lately in the world of WordPress MU. In this email to the wp-hackers list I detail some of those changes!
Ciaran O’Riordan asks Irish business to go to Brussels and talk to their MEPs about software patents. We really only have next week to catch them in their offices, so who’s going?
Contact your local TD if you can!
Here’s that Guardian article RMS wrote with a very simple and clear example to show why patents are not the same as copyright, why they are absurd!
Later.. Brian has more.
It’s bonfire night here in Cork. Is this celebrated anywhere else in Ireland? I was at home in the suburbs earlier and I could see black smoke rising from all around. Needless to say, this night is one of the busiest for the fire service!
I need to get rid of this car immediately – ideally in the next 2-3 hours before my cheating arsehole husband gets home to find it gone and all his belongings in the street.
I am the registered owner and I have the log book. Please only buy if you can pick up tonight.
(Thanks Donal!)
I saw the Philips DVD-R610 DVD Recorder in Tesco this evening priced at 249 Euro. I was tempted to buy but decided to look up reviews instead. Doesn’t look like a good buy at all! The reviews above are all scathing and negative!
Via Slashdot so you may have seen it already, here’s what The Onion may look like in 2056!
Lunar Olympic Officials Continue Search For Missing Pole Vaulter
Democratic Middle Eastern Union Votes to Invade U.S.
If you’ve ever wondered what all the fuss about patents was about, read this article by Richard Stallman in the Guardian.
He lays out a clear example of why patents are not the same thing as copyright and why they are bad.
A novel and a modern complex programme have certain points in common: each is large and implements many ideas…
Imagine patents with broad claims, like these:Communication process structured with narration that continues through many pages.
A narration structure sometimes resembling a fugue or improvisation.
There you go! Every book in existance would infringe those!
The Red Bull Air Race comes to Ireland on July 24th this year! The only way of getting tickets is by a draw, so I hope I get a few!
If you missed the race, check out my photos for a flavour of the event!
Get your tickets here! Just enter the draw on this page and you’ll be in with a chance to win some tickets!
Update! Wooo! I won tickets for myself and my friends! The only way to get them is by entering the competition on the Red Bull site which I did several weeks ago!