September 2009
2 posts
OSvirtual Virtual images of operating systems →
If you read the link on Old OSes, then you’re probably going to need this to take that trip down memory lane.
Old Operating Systems Don’t Die… →
A good look at some classic Operating Systems that just won’t die.
August 2009
8 posts
Imagining the Tenth Dimension - A Book by Rob... →
Interesting video which, while not technically accurate does provide an interesting outlook on visualising existence from a 1-dimensional point up to the 10th dimension. Mind boggling stuff.
Why Murdoch's plan just might work
It’s not often I write about “meeja” (comedy double-quotes intended). As we all know the dead tree newspapers are dying, spectacularly. They’re having particular trouble fighting the Internet, where any idiot can spark up a tumblelog and start… erm… posting… erm… crap… Never mind. I had a point somewhere. Oh yeah, that was it.
Rupert Murdoch...
Kemp Folds →
Ross Kemp’s face, folded. Awesome.
BBC - Today - Radiohead: Harry Patch (In memory... →
Top notch stuff for a top notch bloke. RIP Harry.
I hate my job (from the Internets)
I can relate:
My job is so fucking unbelievable. I’ll try to sum it up by first telling you about the folks I work with:
First, there is this supermodel wanna-be chick. Yeah, okay, she is pretty hot, but damn is she completely useless. The girl is constantly fixing her hair or putting on makeup. She is extremely self-centered and has never once considered the needs or wants of anyone but...
Life in a World of Pervasive Immorality: The... →
Interesting riff on the immorality of living (i.e. you’re damned if you do, damned if you don’t).
Slashdot Comments | Alan Cox Quits As Linux TTY... →
Funny, yet cruel Slashdot comment. (Never thought I’d say that!)
F.lux: software to make your life better →
F.lux changes the lighting of your screen to match your natural lighting environment.
July 2009
4 posts
DO WANT! →
Dolphin inspired Personal Submarines that jump, dive and roll like real dolphins. Oh yes!
best of craigslist: my little nazi dolls (pics) →
A genuine WTF moment, courtesy of reddit.
The Construction of Radio Equipment in a Japanese... →
Brilliant interview with a PoW from WWII who was part of a group who made a clandestine Short-Wave radio with no electronics equipment to hand whatsoever.
June 2009
1 post
May 2009
2 posts
Remove duplicates in iTunes easily
I’ve been importing my home music library but found iTunes kept importing everything twice. I tracked down the source of the problem to be my .m3u files. When iTunes imports a folder and finds a .m3u instead of importing it as a playlist it imports all the files referenced inside the .m3u even if they’ve already been imported. This is stupid, and one of the many reasons I hate iTunes....
Ethics Gradient: The Django and Ubuntu 8.04... →
April 2009
9 posts
Chetan's blog: create your twin →
Developing Django apps with zc.buildout →
A Django Development Environment with zc.buildout... →
recommended American Psycho on Boxee →
likes American Psycho on Boxee →
Fossfor.us is a sweet Free and Open Source... →
Adult Worldly Ideas: Top Reasons Bicycles are... →
March 2009
11 posts
8:30 Tonight - National Heating & Air Conditioning... →
The Civil Heretic - Freeman Dyson - Profile -... →
How Do You Tie A Necktie : Step-by-Step... →
likes Lakeview Terrace on Boxee →
Scenes from the recession - The Big Picture -... →
likes Taken on Boxee →
3 tags
Migrating an SQLite-based Django App to PostgreSQL
This is mainly for my notes, so I’ll apologise now if this doesn’t work for you.
Getting Started The first thing to do is back up our data into an easy to use (mostly) database agnostic (mostly) format. Django provides the dumpdata and loaddata commands to do this. To dump data for the analyse application to a file called dumpdata-desktop.json you do the following (from your project...
likes Mask on boxee →
Man stuffs cat in bong, gets animal cruelty... →
Sometimes life is stranger than fiction:
“The Associated Press (AP) reported sheriff’s deputies responding to a domestic disturbance call yesterday alleged they saw 20-year-old Acea Schomaker smoking marijuana through a piece of garden hose attached to a duct-taped, plastic glass box in which the cat had been stuffed.”
What the hell was this guy thinking?
likes Role Models on boxee →
February 2009
17 posts
recommended The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas on... →
likes The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas on boxee →
“It’ll be ten more minutes of screaming before the cause of your wife’s hysteria...”
– Sexual Health Examiner: Stop sleep-raping me so we can get this relationship back on track
fakecharities.org - A to Z →
The Ultimate Website Launch Checklist →
Decent list, definitely one to come back to next time I launch a site.
likes The Good Wound on @boxee. check it out at... →
likes 10: videos : the presets if i know you //... →
recommended Che on boxee →
likes Memento on boxee →
BBC iPlayer - Terry Pratchett - Living with... →
Excellent documentary about Terry Pratchett’s first year with Alzheimers.