Archives for February, 2004
the problem with latex
Sunday, February 29th, 2004
In case you’re expecting a story about rubber, stop reading now. you’ll be disappointed. In fact what I am getting at is, when I use Latex, I find it really difficult to be objective about the documents I write and process. The reason being that they just look so good on the page. I really [...]
I wish I was a communist
Sunday, February 29th, 2004
while I was in the middle of cooking my dinner, I realised I needed a (that’s one!) tomato and I didn’t have one. oops. so off I went to the Coop to purchase a tomato. They only had really old ones which were squishy, but with no choice, I selected one and went to pay. [...]
i’m quick
Sunday, February 29th, 2004
wow. it’s 29 february today! a good excuse if ever i heard one not to do any work, because it is a bonus day, we don’t normally get one – right?
loop the loop
Sunday, February 29th, 2004
My phone has gone mad. it keeps crashing and for no reason it just made the sound it makes when I eject the SD card from it. I think it might be dying. I’m going to call Orange to ask them to replace it because it has a software defect. They’ll probably send me to [...]
pee mee
Saturday, February 28th, 2004
I just went to Sainsbury’s on my way home from university. I don’t like supermarkets much, but because I’ve been working all day every day recently, I had to go there, to get some things. Bought some nice food (I hope), and when I paid for my purchases, they gave me 1p. Confused? I was, [...]
encore une fois
Friday, February 27th, 2004
Today Easyjet announced they would start flying from Brighton (err Gatwick actually..might as well be Brighton though!) to Cologne later this year. Cool. Another interesting destination I can get to without having to trek to Stansted. Now I hear Easyjet. What is it with Gatwick and ridiculous competition?
terminal illness pt 2
Friday, February 27th, 2004
I just ran a terminal and got this error: *** malloc[12739]: error for object 0×91460: Incorrect checksum for freed object – object was probably modified after being freed; break at szone_error [Process was terminated by signal 11] I’m paranoid now that my machine might have been rooted.. installing chkrootkit to see if it picks anything [...]
iPod studies
Friday, February 27th, 2004
I discovered this article, about a guy researching iPod usage. Intesting, I thought.. and then discovered he is a lecturer at Sussex. Now I want his book, Sounding Out the City: Personal Stereos and the Management of Everyday Life.
snow?
Thursday, February 26th, 2004
man! i can’t believe it is actually snowing in bristol, i saw the pictures on Sasha’s LJ and it looks properly snowy. crazy.
cold
Thursday, February 26th, 2004
my house is cold. i’m just killig time waiting for it to warm up before i get up…