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Monthly Archives: May 2005
Site Transfer
Well – all did not quite go to plan for moving JediMoose over this weekend – all the data was successfully moved by mid-Saturday morning. However, there have been some problems getting the transfer of the domain name moved, meaning … Continue reading
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Natural selection in motion
I’ve always felt that survival of the fittest is a concept that doesn’t have much weight in these enlightened times. Sure, sometimes you have to beat the other chap down to get ahead, but it’s nothing personal. And then you … Continue reading
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Sith – not a review
Went to Ep3 “Revenge of the Sith” on Friday night. Was good. But not going to blog about it. Oh no. But will share unexpected plot twists. Vader ISN’T Luke’s father. but Chewbacca might be… Palpatine is the father of … Continue reading
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Geek != Power User?
Continuing in my quest for answers to usability questions, a commenter over at schwuk.com suggested that one of the reasons that he would have difficulty moving to Linux was that he was a ‘power’ user under Windows, and that because … Continue reading
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Important Announcement
Actually, 2 important announcements, so listen carefully: Server Changes This weekend we will be moving hosts. We are saying goodbye to All About Hosting and hello to Webhosting.uk.com. This move will give us more space and bandwidth, and they guarantee … Continue reading
Pet Hate #1: Noise in cinemas
Tonight mrBen, myself and a big gang of us are going to see Star Wars Ep3: The Redemption Of Lucas. And my main expectation isn’t the film, but the certainty that I’m going to be sitting near some sorry fool … Continue reading
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Doom 3 – All mouth, no trousers
While I was off last week I had a loan of Doom 3. What a load of old pants. While it’s a joy to look at, and the graphics are DAMN good, the gameplay is disappointing. Sorry. Did I just … Continue reading
Posted in BigAl, Computing, Games
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Writing Update
This should have been posted for every day that I was off last week… oops. So did I get two 5000 word short stories written last week? Nope. Started? Nope. Any ideas at all? Some, but something got in the … Continue reading
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MMORPFPSG
OK – here is the idea that is going to make me millions. Or rather, it would if I could get the credit for it. But remember – you heard it here first. Unless you heard it elsewhere. We’ve all … Continue reading
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More on usability
I’ve been spending a lot of my time recently thinking about usability. Don’t ask me why, but it’s something that has caught my interest of recent weeks. So here is a collection of random thoughts on that subject: Double-Clicking Following … Continue reading
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Getting closer to the Mountains of Madness
As you might have figured out by now, if you’ve been paying attention, I’m quite the fan of H.P. Lovecraft. Having written many short stories, few short novels and no full-length novels, it’s quite astounding that he has maintained such … Continue reading
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Why Ubuntu is important
Ubuntu has been causing a bit of a stir in Linux-land recently. It arrived on the scene late last year, and rapidly moved its way up to become one of the favoured distros. I thought I would give some of … Continue reading
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Some thoughts.
Mitch asked me to put something together for a section in the new church website, which is due out soon. So I put together this: Reimagining Community Ever read those articles which start by stating a question, and then, in … Continue reading
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Happy Anniversary
Yesterday, for those who forgot, was exactly 2 years since the first ever post on Jedimoose. Hope you celebrated, but if not, then BigAl and I are planning a big anniversary party in a few weeks time. mrBen
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The musical baton
I’ve been passed a musical baton, which is tricky, given that I don’t listen to a lot of music…. but here goes: Total volume of music files on my computer: 80MB – probably more soon, when I get a round … Continue reading
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Open Source in Action
One of the oft-touted benefits of Open Source software is the fast pace of development, in particular when there are problems. While this definitely improves with the popularity of the software, and so if you are using rare or niche … Continue reading
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A long time ago…..
Hah – fooled you. You were thinking ‘in a galaxy far, far away’ and that I was going to talk about Episode III, didn’t you? This year I reached the almighty age of 28, which means that it is now … Continue reading
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The plan for the week
Rest. Relaxation. All that good stuff. And the main reason I took the week off from work. Writing. By the end of the week I intend to have at least two 5000 word short stories finished, in some form, and … Continue reading
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Congratulations to Labour
Well – Labour are back in for another term. I don’t think anyone is particularly surprised at this. From what I can tell, it wasn’t even a tight victory, despite a massively reduced majority. I’m kind of sad that LibDem … Continue reading