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grumpy
December 28, 2008 – 3:36 am
(a copy of a complaint I just lodged on the Yellow Cabs website. Yes, this makes me a grumpy old man, but I live in hope that a little well-placed grumpiness plus word of mouth can make a difference.)
On a recent visit home to Brisbane, I saw a Yellow Cab repeatedly swerving, tailgating and [...]
sniping
December 17, 2008 – 1:18 pm
Great article on snipers and sniping, and the R&D going into the art, via the always engaging Bruce Schneier.
Heavy .50 … guns can pepper an area randomly with bullets from as far off as 7400m
“Randomly” doesn’t sound all that helpful to a sniper, until you look at the kinds of rounds he might soon be [...]
weatherbot again
December 1, 2008 – 4:58 pm
I won’t bother prefacing this blog entry with an explanation of what “Weatherbot” is. Regular readers (all three of you) already know, because I carry on about it at length. Anyone else, see older posts on the topic.
I bashed out some recent alterations this weekend, because the Weatherbug API was giving too many [...]
underdog
November 21, 2008 – 9:34 am
It’s been around for at least 18 months, but I only saw this video the other day. Captivating stuff. Don’t think about sepsis and you’ll come away feeling good.
balance
October 30, 2008 – 12:41 pm
A couple of weeks back, I - an aspiring grumpy old man - wrote a stern letter to a local burger joint, complaining about the “declining quality of their burgers”. Soon after, I received an apologetic phone call from the owner, assuring me that the cause of said decline was known and fixed, and [...]
details
October 17, 2008 – 2:24 pm
I’ve been pretty quiet in these parts lately, mostly because work’s been a bit nutty.
But like this helpful, detailed error message that I received while in a particularly delicate emotional state, I won’t bore you with the specifics.
lister
September 15, 2008 – 6:46 pm
This weekend, I got stuck into another IMified bot, “Lister”. Lister is nothing to swoon over, just a little “list management tool”1.
To give it a shot, you’ll need an XMPP instant messaging account - I use my Gmail address.
Add “lister@bot.im” as a buddy/friend/contact/homey/peep/whatever.
Once you’ve done that, I’ll let Lister’s online help speak for itself:
(3:16:34 [...]