Charlie Bird the little rascal…
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Sound and vision
Been listening to Ricky Gervais’ podcast series. Very funny.
Have been having my own New Zealand film week. Watched Geoff Murphy’s “The Quiet Earth” and “Goodbye Pork Pie”. Have also lined up “Smash Palace” and “Utu”, and will probably go to “River Queen” this weekend.
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Linux and other adventures
Desktop Linux is great. I’ve discovered KMail and Kontact which so far seems to be a little nicer to use than Evolution. Still having a few issues with sound which is a bummer as I love the interface on amaroK and can’t wait to start using it properly.
The other day I upgraded the old IBM Netfinity with a 250GB hard drive. Had no major issues changing over the home partition. Picked up a printer on Trademe for a fiver, and got that installed and set up with CUPS in no time. Can now print from anywhere around the house (or garden) thanks to that and the wireless network.
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December
Where did the December go? Lots to report on if I get around to it…. Watched an episode of Kenneth Clark’s ‘Civilisation’ last night and loved it. The series was dissed by a couple of Art History teachers I had at university, and while I see where they were coming from, judging by the episode I saw there is a lot to recommend the series.
In addition, I have just discovered an really cool feature of Konqueror, which is a spell check while you type in a textarea. Swwwweeeet.
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For the record
Just wanted to add this retrospectively, but bought first house on this day.
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More laughs from Vowe dot net
Microsoft BS that will entertain you (thanks to vowe.net). Check out the far right column.
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Tui
Just saw a Tui in the garden. These birds have always lived around Wellington but were always very rare. In recent years there has been a resurgence, particularly in the western suburbs. I’ve heard them singing over the last few weeks, but it was great to finally see one drinking nectar out of the flax.
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Webstock
Alright alright alright – party at the moon tower! Well, the Wellington Town Hall anyway. Yep, Webstock has been announced and will happen in Wellington next May 23rd to 26th. This is going to be a great conference – more than a conference, a party too. We’ve got some great speakers coming, including Joel “on Software” Spolsky, Ben “lead developer of Firefox” Goodger, Doug “the designer” Bowman, Kelly Goto, Kathy Sierra, Dori Smith, Steve Champeon, Joe Clarke, and other really really cool people. More details at the site, and plenty more announcements coming up between now and then.
