http://crashedpips.co.uk/wordpress A quite sickening* mix of technopolitics, computers and utter garbage (*not guaranteed) Tue, 02 Dec 2008 12:05:07 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en TimeSearch History ::About - TimeSearch A project to document everything in known history, founded by Bamber Gascgoine (you know, ... http://crashedpips.co.uk/wordpress/2008/12/02/links-for-2008-12-02/ The 15 dumbest names for Web 2.0 startups OK - I've decided. My new Web 2.0 service, which will ... http://crashedpips.co.uk/wordpress/2008/11/30/links-for-2008-11-30/ Ooh, it's quiet. # @tom_watson Your PC probably has one built into it... called the system clock. ;) in reply to tom_watson # A bug? In WordPress? HERESY! # I need something to write about to see if WordPress has been fixed. Anyone? # @bigdaddymerk I would, but can't be arsed. Ended up posting ... http://crashedpips.co.uk/wordpress/2008/11/29/tweets-for-2008-11-29-12/ Having now configured Fedora as I like it, I can now show you some screenshots of the current desktop. [caption id="attachment_641" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="The desktop with the two gnome-panels on autohide"][/caption] I appreciate that this particular image is quite unremarkable. However, what the screenshot can't tell you is how fast it is. ... http://crashedpips.co.uk/wordpress/2008/11/29/fedora-screenshots/ I haven’t updated this site properly this week, which is odd considering the amount of stuff that’s happened: I switched to Fedora (which I did write about, rather badly), bought a new iPod, and have started using Delicious again (the plugin broke some time ago, and it’s only been now ... http://crashedpips.co.uk/wordpress/2008/11/29/its-very-quiet/ Scribes - Simple And Powerful Text Editor for GNOME More lightweight and useful than Gedit. And faster too. ... http://crashedpips.co.uk/wordpress/2008/11/29/links-for-2008-11-29/ I installed Fedora this evening, and I am absolutely in love with it. I downloaded it over BitTorrent over two days (yes, it is that slow) and popped it on an SD card, and then booted the Eee PC from it. The first thing I noticed was that it is incredibly ... http://crashedpips.co.uk/wordpress/2008/11/27/i-think-im-in-love/ Well, with it seeming almost certain that VAT will drop by 2.5% to 15%, what difference will it make? The difference, some simple maths tells us, will be 2.127659574468085106% (which we'll round up to a 2.13% decrease in price for simplicity's sake). However, with this measure meant to kickstart consumer spending, ... http://crashedpips.co.uk/wordpress/2008/11/23/what-difference-will-25-make/ [caption id="attachment_623" align="alignright" width="293" caption="Gordon Brown IS the PackageMaster"][/caption] It apppears our Great Leader and his band of minions apostles have a very strange fetish - for packages. It's quite obvious to anyone who's had at least one eye on political happennings for the last year or so. No act of the ... http://crashedpips.co.uk/wordpress/2008/11/23/gordon-brown-likes-packages/ [caption id="attachment_619" align="alignright" width="181" caption="...your name will ALSO go on the list."][/caption] The leak of an old members' list for the extreme right-wing BNP in the UK has raised some serious questions about the rights of extreme political parties. Something that strikes me is that if I were a member of a ... http://crashedpips.co.uk/wordpress/2008/11/19/thoughts-on-the-bnp-list/