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title: A Fresh Start
date: 2004-05-24 00:00:00 Z
date: Mon, 24 May 2004 00:00:00 +0000
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With that in mind, I intend to start producing useful and worthwhile content -- starting with an article on how I achieved the stylesheet switcher, particularly how I approached the problem of styling the pop up content windows.
Suggestions and comments are all appreciated (except the spammers, they can kiss my...).

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title: Work in Progress
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@ -11,3 +12,6 @@ ClockRocket is a bit work in progress at the moment. So while I am currently in
Hell I could probably do with bringing the site code more up to date, as it's currently based on MovableType 2 templates which aren't very semantically correct.
Watch this space!

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title: Style Sheet Switcher
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date: Sat, 29 May 2004 00:00:00 +0000
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&lt;a href=&quot;index.php?style=different&quot;&gt;Different Stylesheet&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;</code></pre>
And that should be that! Comments are appreciated.

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title: Internet Explorer and PNG's
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<pre><code><b>#</b> pngcrush -srgb 1 -rem gama -rem chrm [infile].png [outfile].png</code></pre>
At some point in the near future i'll write a bash script or something to automate fixing directories of files as it's a bit of a pain to do one file at a time.

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title: Get this number on the TPS!
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date: Tue, 8 Jun 2004 00:00:00 +0000
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Pre-recorded messages that phone you up suck. The ones that ring you back and carry on playing when you hang up make me want to kill things.

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title: AMD's new value chip
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@ -11,3 +12,6 @@ So it would appear that AMD have revealed the <a href="http://www.amd.com/us-en/
It now sounds like a brand of tampon as opposed to a brand of condom.
If it's as good as the Duron was, despite the name, then it should be a good chip.

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title: I have G(eek)mail!
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date: Wed, 23 Jun 2004 00:00:00 +0000
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First impressions are good. As far as web applications go this is a good one. And the appeal of 1gig of space is quite high. It actually threads conversations automatically, which is a great feature I think.
I will come back with a more detailed look later.

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title: Computer Randomly Plays Classical Music
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Found <a href="http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=261186">this</a> on Gentoo Forums. I know it's probably old but i'd never seen it before.
Made me chuckle!

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title: DoooooooooooM!!
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</blockquote>
<p>Finally, after all this waiting, prepare to have the crap scared out of you.</p>

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Microsoft Keyboard and Mouse
I'm looking for about

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title: Doom 3 Hardware guide
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<blockquote><p>What we noticed immediately is that DOOM 3 looks incredible even at 640x480! And as we increased the resolution, the game began to look more and more like a pre-rendered movie. Visually, DOOM 3 is unlike any other game we have ever seen on the PC. We initially began playing DOOM 3 on the minimum spec system, which consisted of a GeForce4 MX-440 64MB video card at the Low Quality setting and 640x480 resolution. We were literally drawn into the game, and became fully immersed in it at these settings. As we used increasingly faster video cards and were able to raise the resolution, we discovered something interesting that we had never seen before in a game: antialiasing was not necessary.</p></blockquote>
<p></p>

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title: Doom 3 Tweaking
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An excellent <a href="http://www.tweakguides.com/Doom3_1.html">guide to tweaking the hell out of Doom 3</a> has appeared at <a href="http://www.tweakguides.com">Tweakguides.com</a>.

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Wow, somebody has <a href="http://snesorama.net/flash/lemmings/index.html">re-written Lemmings in DHTML</a>! It plays exactly like the original too.

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title: iDon't want an iPod
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<li><h4>It doesn't do gapless.</h4><p>Bit of a show-stopper for me this one. I listen to quite a lot of prog stuff, Dream Theater, Marillion etc... so a player that inserts a gap between every track would just annoy the hell out of me.</p></li>
<li><h4>It's pretty expensive.</h4><p>This one isn't such a big deal any more, the iPod isn't really that much more expensive than most others, although it is still one of the highest price units on the market. The iPod Mini in particular is a bit pricey. Why spend

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title: iPod vs. Cassette Tapes
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An interesting and amusing <a href="http://homepage.mac.com/danielturek/PhotoAlbum50.html">comparison between the iPod and The Cassette Tape</a> (found on Hydrogen Audio).

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Google have released their official <a href="http://toolbar.google.com/gmail-helper/">Gmail Notifier</a>. Sits unobtrusively in the systray and checks your gmail every few minutes.
From <a href="http://blog.codefront.net/archives/2004/08/22/the-official-gmail-notifier/">Redemption in a Blog - The Official Gmail Notifier</a>

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I have a few GMail invites to give away to worthy people. Leave a comment with your email address and why you think you should get one.

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title: Mucho Demand!
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Well I had more comments for an entry offering Gmail invites than any other entry. Guess that proves they're still in demand! Unfortunately I didn't get very many good reasons, so I've closed commenting on that entry now. I have also run out of invites to send out so sorry to those that didn't get one.

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title: It's been a while...
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Ok, I know there has been very little in the way of updates here lately. That's mainly because my personal life has kinda gotten in the way of everything else lately (and no, details are not forthcoming here I'm afraid).
In other news, I'm now giving serious thought to moving this site over to <a href="">Wordpress</a>. Partly because of the new <a href="http://www.movabletype.org/get_movable_type_personal.shtml">MovableType licensing</a>, and partly because it's PHP based, rather than Perl. And having played with it a bit, I certainly am quite taken with it.

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title: Get the Firefox!
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<a href="http://207.200.85.49/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/1.0/win32/en-US/"><img alt="Get Firefox!" style="border: 1px solid #bbb;" src="http://www.clockrocket.net/archives/firefox1.png" width="300" height="237" border="0" /></a>
My first post in about two months, and it's to mark the release of Firefox 1.0!

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title: The return of Gordan Freeman...
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It's Half-Life 2 day! Woooo! And as a testament to how damn good it is, I can say the I've been playing it for about 4.5 hours already.
<i>Edit: Well, today I ended up playing for 6 hours, which is far longer than I usually play games for. I might submit a mini review later...</i>

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title: Beat That Promotions
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<a href="http://www.beat-that.co.uk"><img alt="beat-that.png" src="http://www.clockrocket.net/archives/beat-that.png" width="127" height="150" border="0" style="border: 1px solid #999; float: right; margin-left: 10px;" /></a>I've just finished and put live the Beat That Promotions website. I put it together in my spare time for the drum centre round the corner. It's built entirely in semantic XHTML and CSS so if you're interested go have a look.
<br clear="right" />

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@ -11,3 +12,6 @@ Well... so far it's been an uneventful 2005 technically. So far this week I've
The other thing is, I could do with finding some new hosting. Not that I'm unhappy with my current arrangement, it's just that I need to be able to host more than one site so I can move the ones hosted from home. So... any suggestions for good hosts in the UK would be much appreciated! I can't use a US one (such as Site5.com) as I have no way of paying for it (they all need Mastercard or Visa y'see).
The last thing to mention is that I'm probably going to re-launch the site with a new design and a new backend (Wordpress in case you hadn't guessed) so that will be soon! I will endeavour to keep it much more up to date.

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title: The Flip Side of Comment Spam
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So it seems that even with mt-blacklist making it pointless, the mt-comments.cgi script was receiving enough hits to actually slow the whole server down considerably, and it's ironic to think that it was probably a result of mt-blacklist scanning each comment!
Anyway, I've had to disable that file completely now to ease the load on the server, so as a result I've had to turn commenting off completely. Bummer. Which means in this case, the comment spammers have beaten me.

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<strong>Yogi:</strong> "I haven't taught you enough for you to not understand jazz that well."
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I have had an interesting idea that might combat comment spam in an effective way. I'm going to have a play and see if it is actually feasible though, so watch this space. I could just be covering old ground.

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title: Hello world!
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PixelHum, the new website from danbee. Risen from the ashes that was ClockRocket.net, PixelHum will document the hobbies and interests of a lone techie living in a big world.

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Well, I've only just got here and I've already been having problems with the site. The Apache service on the server I'm on kept dying and so the site was unavailable for quite some time. A quick check of the <a href="http://forums.asmallorange.com/">ASO forums</a> revealed that it was a side effect of so many people moving in onto the newest server.
I'm going to give ASO the benefit of the doubt for now and see how it pans out over the week.

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@ -13,3 +14,6 @@ Well, Google have done it again with another killer web app. <a href="http://ma
In short, Google Maps works entirely as you'd expect. Only trouble is, it currently only covers the United States. Come on Google, give us UK maps!
<em>Edit: Somebody has already <a href="http://jgwebber.blogspot.com/2005/02/mapping-google.html">dissected Google Maps</a>.</em>

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<blockquote>The UK product design firm PDD is set to demonstrate the Helix, a concept cellphone, at 3GSM next week in Cannes. The screen on the phone swivels completely around, giving you full view of it whether it’s opened or closed...</blockquote>
<a href="http://www.engadget.com/entry/1234000067031094/">Read more...</a>

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title: Site Upgrade
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Just a quicky to say that I've upgraded to <a href="http://www.wordpress.org/download/">Wordpress 1.5 "Strayhorn"</a>. So things were broken for a little while. All's well now though!

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title: What's the Rush?
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It was while walking to the shop this lunch time that I came to the realisation that we all really are in a big damn hurry all the time. I myself was striding quickly in order that I had enough time to make my sandwich and get back to work. The amount I do in a week is really quite scary (besides going to work and sleeping), and I know I'm not the only one. What is it about our society these days that makes us fill all our available time, leaving none for the important things like just sitting, and contemplating life? I personally can't remember the last time I just had a moment to sit and look at the waves in the sea, or watch the sun go down, and I miss it.
So, on this note, wouldn't it be a good idea for us all to make a concerted effort to make time for the contemplative mind?

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title: Did I Forget?
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date: Thu, 7 Apr 2005 00:00:00 +0000
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Well, I teased you all with some entries and then forgot to update for ages! Typical Danbee eh?!? Rest assured I have ideas and plans for stuff but unfortunately RL has kinda taken over a bit at the moment. Stuff like moving home has to take priority I'm afraid, so that's what I'm doing.

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title: Sony Ericsson K750i
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The <a href="http://www.sonyericsson.com/spg.jsp?cc=gb&lc=en&ver=4000&template=pp1_loader&php=php1_10242&zone=pp&lm=pp1&pid=10242">K750i</a> appears to be essentially a <a href="http://www.sonyericsson.com/spg.jsp?cc=gb&lc=en&ver=4000&template=pp1_loader&php=php1_10139&zone=pp&lm=pp1&pid=10139">K700i</a> with a better camera, and a memory stick slot. The ability to store a couple of albums worth of music on a memory stick seems like a great feature, and I can imagine using this phone to play music on the move. Also, the memory stick makes having a 2 megapixel camera on the phone a much more viable proposition.
Of course, it helps that I like the styling as well!

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title: Ubuntu Linux
date: 2005-04-13 00:00:00 Z
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First impressions are extremely favourable. In fact, I replaced an old Debian install on a server in the office with an install of Ubuntu!
If I ever convert to Linux on the desktop, this will probably be the distro I go for.

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<a href="http://maps.google.co.uk">Google Maps</a> has just launched in the UK, and very nice it is too. No more faffing with Streetmap or Multimap and it's stupidly tiny window.

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title: The Media Box will Live!
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The mainboard has everything I need on it, plus a couple of bonuses. A CompactFlash slot means I could get it booting off a memory card instead of harddisk, possibly speeding everything up and making it more of a 'switch on and off' device. A PC-Card slot means I can add a wireless card at some point (to avoid wires and keep the other half happy!).
I intend to run the whole thing on GNU/Linux, probably <a href="http://www.pixelhum.com/archives/2005-04-13/ubuntu-linux/">Ubuntu</a> given my recent good experience with it. I'll post more later, possibly with pictures!

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<img src="/images/marvin.png" class="alignright" alt="" />The feature film version of Douglas Adams 'Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy' is released this Friday. It's definately on my 'must-see' list. I'm a little worried though, as there's just so many ways it could suck. Having said that, so far the casting looks good; Stephen Fry sounds like an excellent choice for the book, and I'm sure Alan Rickman will play Marvin with just the right amount of disdain.
I'll post a review when I've seen it.

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title: Media Box hardware build
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<a title="Photo Sharing" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/danbee/11184598/"><img alt="DSCF2154" src="http://photos10.flickr.com/11184598_d91089f43d_m.jpg" /></a>
As you can see I wasted no time getting Ubuntu onto it! I'll post another article later detailing the software setup I use.

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title: Pocket MPD Client
date: 2005-05-12 00:00:00 Z
date: Thu, 12 May 2005 00:00:00 +0000
categories:
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- blog
- geek
- neompc
- web-stuff
layout: post
---
@ -29,3 +30,6 @@ Here's a couple of shots of the interface as it currently stands.
The playlist screen works in as much as it does show the playlist, but the buttons aren't functioning yet. The control screen pretty much works, although at the moment it reloads the page for every button press, which seems fine on the desktop, but Pocket Internet Explorer reloads all the images too (and not particularly quickly either), which looks rubbish. I'm thinking about possibly an AJAX solution but it depends on how much JavaScript Pocket IE supports.
I'm tempted to start a project on SourceForge or something, but I need a good name first. Any suggestions?

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title: Windows Update Blues
date: 2005-05-26 00:00:00 Z
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- geek
- news
layout: post
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@ -12,3 +13,6 @@ Windows XP Service Pack 2 has a habit of rebooting the computer if Windows Updat
<a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/tim_rains">Tim Rain</a> has written a <a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/tim_rains/archive/2004/11/15/257877.aspx">good article</a> explaining why this all happens, how Windows determines whether to restart, and how to prevent AU from automatically rebooting.
Obviously, if Windows Update needs to reboot the computer then it should be rebooted as soon as possible, but this at least allows some control and prevents data loss.

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title: NeoMPC 0.2
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date: Sun, 29 May 2005 00:00:00 +0000
categories:
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- blog
- neompc
- news
layout: post
---
@ -18,3 +19,6 @@ You'll need to be running Apache or Apache2 with <acronym title="PHP Hypertext P
Use this command to extract the archive.
<pre><code># tar -xvjf neompc-0.2.tar.bz2</code></pre>

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I'm a couple of days late with this but after almost 3 years of work Debian "Sarge" is now stable. That's one hell of a release cycle!
Debian has been the standard distro on most of our servers since I started here, but the lag between stable releases has caused me to investigate other options in order to get recent packages, although I've been using "Sarge" packages for some time now.

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layout: post
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I've been tempted for a long time to "switch", and the reasons just become more and more compelling. The majority of blogs I read are written by Mac users, OS X just keeps getting better, and the line 'It just works' seems to be more applicable to Mac than Windows these days, which was brought home to me a little with my recent experiences with Bluetooth (expect a post about this). There's some exciting stuff happening and it seems to be Mac oriented right now.
So, like <a href="http://urbanmainframe.com/folders/blog/20050520/">Jonathan</a>, I may well be buying one soon. Not a beast like the <a href="http://store.apple.com/Apple/WebObjects/ukstore.woa/91001/wo/RW6vx5OFAsWp2LM3aeNmcsN0ueY/0.0.11.1.0.6.23.1.0.1.0.0.0.1.0">Dual G5 Powermac</a>, but a nice portable <a href="http://store.apple.com/Apple/WebObjects/ukstore.woa/91001/wo/RW6vx5OFAsWp2LM3aeNmcsN0ueY/0.0.11.1.0.6.23.1.1.1.1.0.0.1.0">12" Powerbook</a>.

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categories:
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- blog
- news
layout: post
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@ -14,3 +15,6 @@ I've made a few minor changes to the logo, mainly just to clean it up and make i
In 3-4 days Apple Computer Inc should deliver a 12" Powerbook to my door. Yep, I've placed my order and I'm switching! Yay!
<strong>Update:</strong> Well... it would appear that the bag I ordered with my Powerbook will take 5 days to ship, thus delaying the order. So it won't be here as quick as I thought it would be. :(

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date: Fri, 17 Jun 2005 00:00:00 +0000
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- apple
- blog
- geek
layout: post
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@ -18,3 +19,6 @@ The OS is quite fantastic. To someone coming from Windows it's a breath of fres
It's not without issues however. The keyboard layout is slightly different and the mouse only has one button, but that's something I'll get used to. The biggest problem so far is the mouse acceleration. I hate it. I want my mouse pointer to follow the mouse 1:1 all the time, only I can't seem to find a way to turn it off or even tune it. Maybe it's something I'll get used to, but to be honest I don't want to. It's the way I've used mice from the start and I don't really want to change now.
So, If anybody knows of any way to turn off the mouse acceleration in OS X, please let me know. It'll be appreciated. It'll be appreciated more if it's free!

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date: 2005-07-07 00:00:00 Z
date: Thu, 7 Jul 2005 00:00:00 +0000
categories:
- geek
- apple
- blog
- geek
layout: post
---
@ -20,3 +21,6 @@ Networking just works. The Airport Extreme card just picked up my Netgear route
There are two programs I miss so far though. On Windows I use Foobar2000 for music playback, and so far there is nothing comparable on OS X. I've been using iTunes (which is great for making AAC files to play on the mobile phone), but unfortunately lacks the ability to play most of my music collection, which is encoded in Ogg Vorbis. Cog fills the gap quite nicely at the moment although it's a little bit feature free right now it does play my music and does so gaplessly.
The other program I'm having difficulty finding a replacement for is TextPad. I think text editors are very much a matter of personal taste and it may be that I just have to get used to something a bit different.

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title: Optimus Keyboard
date: 2005-07-14 00:00:00 Z
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categories:
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- blog
- gadgets
- geek
- news
layout: post
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@ -15,3 +16,6 @@ The <a href="http://www.artlebedev.com/portfolio/optimus/">Optimus Keyboard</a>
I think it's a fantastic idea and would probably buy one in an instant.
(from <a href="http://www.engadget.com/entry/1234000740050460/">Engadget</a>)

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- blog
- geek
layout: post
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@ -22,3 +23,6 @@ Last but not least, I would like to be able to sort my albums by year, not by na
I'll be keeping my eye on Dibrom's <a href="http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=34627">Euphonos</a> player as a Foobar2000 like replacement for iTunes. And I'm using <a href="http://www.lightheadsw.com/xinema.php">Ximema</a> for fullscreen Quicktime playback.
This has been a bit of a rant, thanks for listening.

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title: Notes from a Switcher, part 4
date: 2005-08-19 00:00:00 Z
date: Fri, 19 Aug 2005 00:00:00 +0000
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- apple
- blog
- geek
layout: post
---
@ -18,3 +19,6 @@ This post was inspired by Michael Heilemanns <a href="http://binarybonsai.com/ar
<a href="http://www.usboverdrive.com/">Two</a> <a href ="http://plentycom.jp/en/steermouse/">solutions</a> appear to be popular, but neither of them support my Apple Bluetooth mouse, and they both cost money. And it seems ridiculous that third parties have felt the need to write software that fixes something Apple should have fixed.
So come on Apple, give me a decent mouse control panel which will allow me to turn the acceleration off!

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title: What, no 'Stop'?
date: 2005-10-06 00:00:00 Z
date: Thu, 6 Oct 2005 00:00:00 +0000
categories:
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- geek
- blog
- gadgets
- geek
- music
layout: post
---
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There seems to be an increasing trend for media players (both hardware and software) to leave out the 'stop' button. They have a 'play/pause' button, 'next' and 'previous' track buttons, but no stop. iTunes, iPods, and my new iAudio5; none of them have a 'stop' button. I know the pause button does pretty much the same job, but it's still different. It's not quite as final 'stop' is it? It gives the impression that the music will start up again at some point in the future. What if I don't like what's playing? What if I just don't want to listen any more?
So come on, stop leaving out the 'stop' button and put it back in it's rightful place. Next to 'play'.

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title: Windows Restart
date: 2005-11-10 00:00:00 Z
date: Thu, 10 Nov 2005 00:00:00 +0000
categories:
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- news
layout: post
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@ -23,3 +24,6 @@ Relating to my <a href="http://www.pixelhum.com/archives/2005-05-26/windows-upda
</code></pre>
Download: <a href="http://www.pixelhum.com/stuff/windowsupdate/aunoreboot.reg">aunoreboot.reg</a>

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date: 2005-12-14 00:00:00 Z
date: Wed, 14 Dec 2005 00:00:00 +0000
categories:
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layout: post
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I'm not dead. Just not had a great deal to write about on here. There is another 'Notes from a Switcher' article in the works, but my plan is to take my time a bit more on this one. Expect to see it in the next few weeks.
Note: I have noticed that my del.icio.us stuff has stopped working. I'll get round to fixing it at some point. <em>(Edit: It seems to be working again now)</em>

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date: 2005-12-14 00:00:00 Z
date: Wed, 14 Dec 2005 00:00:00 +0000
categories:
- geek
- apple
- blog
- geek
layout: post
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@ -18,3 +19,6 @@ iPhoto is one such application that appears to have features missing, mainly the
iTunes lacks the ability to play most of my music by default--although the XiphQT component is coming along nicely (missing some metadata stuff at the moment)--and doesn't do gapless playback, which means that mix albums and any other albums that have tracks running into each other end up with little gaps in the music. Quite annoying. There also doesn't seem to be any way of sorting albums in the browser by any other criteria than album name. I'd prefer to sort my albums chronologically.
On the good news front, I've found a solution to the mouse acceleration problem in the form of <a href="http://plentycom.jp/en/steermouse/">SteerMouse</a>. This handy little replacement mouse driver allows me to tune the acceleration or even turn it off, which is what I did. The bad news is that it costs $20, but I'll be paying that $20 without too much complaint because I can now use my Bluetooth mouse properly. Do you think I could send the bill on to Apple?

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date: 2006-01-11 00:00:00 Z
date: Wed, 11 Jan 2006 00:00:00 +0000
categories:
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- news
layout: post
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Just upgraded the site to Wordpress v2.0.  Everything seems to be in order so far...

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date: 2006-02-01 00:00:00 Z
date: Wed, 1 Feb 2006 00:00:00 +0000
categories:
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- news
layout: post
---
I must apologise for the lack of updates here lately, life has kind of taking priority. We're looking for a house (in fact we've found one) and are currently in negotiations with the buyer. Normal service may resume at some point.

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title: Stop using Linux!
date: 2006-05-01 00:00:00 Z
date: Mon, 1 May 2006 00:00:00 +0000
categories:
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- blog
layout: post
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<blockquote><p>'It's a computer program that was initially developed in Finland as a means of circumventing valuable copyrights and patents owned by an American company called SCO Group.' <a href="http://shelleytherepublican.com/2006/04/linux-european-threat-to-our-computers.html">#</a></p></blockquote>
<p><strong>Update: </strong>Just so people are aware, I posted this because I found it funny, not because I agree with it. I'm European (well, British) myself!
</p>

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date: 2006-05-05 00:00:00 Z
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layout: post
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PixelHum now has a new look!  Although I'm unsure as to how long it'll stick about.  I'm not as keen on it as I was when I started work on it.

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title: Do Most PCI Wireless NICs Suck?
date: 2006-05-06 00:00:00 Z
date: Sat, 6 May 2006 00:00:00 +0000
categories:
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- geek
layout: post
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@ -17,3 +18,6 @@ The card installed fine. Connecting to the network was a painless experience th
So a few hours later I came back to the machine, and everything has stopped. The computer is locked up tighter than a Nuns arse. Not even numlock on the keyboard works. So I turned the machine off and went to bed, hoping it was a one off. Not so. The next day, after getting home from work, the machine locks up twice in ten minutes. Did a bit of research, and it turns out that this is a common problem with this card (Atheros chip based) when partnered with VIA motherboard chipsets.  So I chanced a call to Netgear technical support.  Well, that was a waste of time.  The bloke at the end of the phone was clearly not English, and simply took me through a script that had me move the card to a different PCI slot.  Anyway, it locked up again half an hour later and that card is now in a box waiting to be returned to Amazon.
I've now got a Linksys card in there, which as far as I'm aware is based on a Broadcom chipset. No problems as yet, and I'm just going to keep my fingers crossed...

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title: Recursive Desktop!
date: 2006-05-18 00:00:00 Z
date: Thu, 18 May 2006 00:00:00 +0000
categories:
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- blog
layout: post
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<a title="Recursive Desktop!" class="imagelink" href="http://www.pixelhum.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/05/Picture%2011.png"><img width="400" height="300" id="image110" alt="Recursive Desktops!" src="http://www.pixelhum.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/05/Picture%2011.png" /></a>
Boredom + Mac OS screen capture key = Recursive Desktop!

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date: 2006-05-19 00:00:00 Z
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categories:
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- neompc
- blog
- linux
- neompc
- news
layout: post
---
I'm in the process of getting my Media Box up and running again, the intention being to set it up as a music player with my iPaq as the remote. This means the the NeoMPC project is *not* dead! I'm going to make a page for it, so it has a permanent home here on PixelHum.

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date: 2006-05-25 00:00:00 Z
date: Thu, 25 May 2006 00:00:00 +0000
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- blog
layout: post
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<p><a href="http://www.towelday.kojv.net/"><img alt="Towel Day" title="Towel Day" src="https://f001.backblazeb2.com/file/danbarber-me/images/2006-05-25-towel-day/toweldays.gif" /></a></p>
<p>I can't believe this one passed me by! I didn't bring a towel...
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title: Websites as Graphs
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date: Wed, 31 May 2006 00:00:00 +0000
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- blog
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<img style="border: 0pt none " alt="HTML graph of Pixelhum" title="HTML graph of Pixelhum" src="https://f001.backblazeb2.com/file/danbarber-me/images/2006-05-31-websites-as-graphs/pixelhum_sitemap.png" />
[Via <a title="Ministry of Information" href="http://www.ministry-of-information.co.uk/blog/">Ministry of Information</a>]

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title: Blogging from Textmate
date: 2006-06-22 00:00:00 Z
date: Thu, 22 Jun 2006 00:00:00 +0000
categories:
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- blog
layout: post
---
[Great screencast](http://macromates.com/blog/archives/2006/06/19/blogging-from-textmate/) by Allan Odgaard on the blogging bundle in Textmate. In fact I used it to post this!

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title: The Media Box
date: 2006-07-10 00:00:00 Z
date: Mon, 10 Jul 2006 00:00:00 +0000
categories:
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- blog
- neompc
- news
layout: post
---
@ -34,3 +35,6 @@ For the record, here is the error that I was getting:
On a good note, I've spotted [NeoMPC being used in the field](http://rin3y.livejournal.com/135269.html)!

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title: NeoMPC at Google Code
date: 2006-08-02 00:00:00 Z
date: Wed, 2 Aug 2006 00:00:00 +0000
categories:
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- blog
- neompc
- news
layout: post
---
I'm now hosting the code for NeoMPC at [Google Code](http://code.google.com/p/neompc/). Currently only the last release is there, but the issues raised in the original post comments will be fixed soon, I promise!

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title: Flickr? More like Slowr...
date: 2006-11-20 00:00:00 Z
date: Mon, 20 Nov 2006 00:00:00 +0000
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- news
layout: post
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Flickr is a great site. The idea behind it and the execution are wonderful. My only problem with it is the speed. Pages seem to take way, way too long to appear. It's near enough painful!

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title: Basics of Linux Server Administration, Part 1
date: 2006-12-19 00:00:00 Z
date: Tue, 19 Dec 2006 00:00:00 +0000
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- geek
- linux
layout: post
@ -98,3 +99,6 @@ Or, if you haven't got an `/etc/cron.daily` directory, add a line to your `cront
00 01 * * * root /usr/scripts/check_disks.sh
Doing it this way will also allow for more flexibility in when you want the script to check.

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title: Mandolux
date: 2006-12-19 00:00:00 Z
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- asides
- blog
- news
layout: post
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[Some fantastic and very tasteful desktop wallpapers](http://www.mandolux.com/).

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title: Musical Browsers
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layout: post
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I've created a [new page on this site, to host all my music](/music/). Most of what's on there is the stuff I was composing many years ago, but gradually some new things should appear on there. Hopefully some of it will be quite good!
I've also switched my default browser to [Opera](http://www.opera.com/). It feels way faster and leaner than Firefox, and so far doesn't seem to be having any trouble with my favourite sites...

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title: 'Plugin of the Week: Chimera'
date: 2007-03-28 00:00:00 Z
date: Wed, 28 Mar 2007 00:00:00 +0000
categories:
- blog
- music
- plugin-of-the-week
layout: post
@ -19,3 +20,6 @@ This synth is capable of some lovely organic, haunting sounds which are ideal fo
[chimeralink]: http://www.majken.se/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3&Itemid=9
[chimeraimage]: /images/chimera.png "Majken's Chimera"

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title: 'Plugin of the Week: RubyTube'
date: 2007-04-10 00:00:00 Z
date: Tue, 10 Apr 2007 00:00:00 +0000
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- blog
- music
- plugin-of-the-week
layout: post
@ -17,3 +18,6 @@ Next up on plugin of the week is [RubyTube][rubytubelink].
*"RubyTube is a real time, digital tube amp simulator. RubyTube simulates the saturation effect that can be found in audio equipment with vacuum tubes. This effect is usually hardly noticable but it is responsible for the classic tube sound. Sometimes its just a sparkle on the voice and a slight compression of drums and bass that makes the difference between a neutral recording and a warm and full sounding song."*
RubyTube is a lovely subtle effect and is great for adding that analogue tube 'grit' to a track. I've found it especially effective on drum tracks, bass tracks and vocal tracks.

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title: NeoMPC 0.3
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categories:
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- news
layout: post
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After nearly 2 years, version 0.3 of NeoMPC is out! For downloads and what's new, see the <a title="NeoMPC" href="/neompc/">NeoMPC page</a>.
This should mark the start of more regular development as well, and I've got some more features planned.

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title: 'Plugin of the Week: SSL LMC-1'
date: 2007-05-11 00:00:00 Z
date: Fri, 11 May 2007 00:00:00 +0000
categories:
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- music
- plugin-of-the-week
layout: post
@ -17,3 +18,6 @@ This month on plugin of the week is [Solid State Logic's LMC-1 Listen Mic Compre
*"The SSL Listen Mic Compressor was the secret weapon in many producers sonic arsenal of recording techniques. Originally designed to prevent overloading the return feed from a studio communications mic, its fixed attack and release curves were eminently suitable for use on ambient drums mics. Of course, we’d like to take all the credit for this great sound, but as usual, it was the creativity of SSL users that led to the idea."*
Awesome plugin for getting that really compressed 80's drum sound. Or turn it right up to get huge crunched drums.

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---
title: NeoMPC 0.4
date: 2007-05-14 00:00:00 Z
date: Mon, 14 May 2007 00:00:00 +0000
categories:
- blog
- news
layout: post
---
@ -13,3 +14,6 @@ Hot on the heels of version 0.3 comes version 0.4! New things in this version i
* Add and Play buttons now recurse the file tree (Be careful with this one if you've got a large library!).
Get it from the <a href="/neompc">NeoMPC page</a>.

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---
title: 1,337 Spam
date: 2007-05-18 00:00:00 Z
date: Fri, 18 May 2007 00:00:00 +0000
categories:
- blog
- news
layout: post
---
<img id="image134" src="http://www.pixelhum.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/05/askimet1337.png" alt="1,337 Spam" />

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title: NeoMPC 0.5.1
date: 2007-05-18 00:00:00 Z
date: Fri, 18 May 2007 00:00:00 +0000
categories:
- news
- blog
- neompc
- news
layout: post
---
@ -14,3 +15,6 @@ New stuff:
* Album cover display on the control page.
* Track progress bar and time display. (Requires Javascript)
* Control page has been shuffled about to make more sense.

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---
title: 'Diary of an Amateur mixer: Part 1'
date: 2007-08-22 00:00:00 Z
date: Wed, 22 Aug 2007 00:00:00 +0000
categories:
- music
- blog
- milar
- mixit-1
- music
layout: post
---
@ -23,3 +24,6 @@ data="http://www.pixelhum.com/xspf_player_slim.swf?song_url=http://www.pixelhum.
<param name="movie"
value="http://www.pixelhum.com/xspf_player_slim.swf?song_url=http://www.pixelhum.com/downloads/music/milar/SLB_2007-08-22.mp3&song_title=Simple Little Bird" />
</object>

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---
title: 'Diary of an Amateur mixer: Part 2'
date: 2007-08-24 00:00:00 Z
date: Fri, 24 Aug 2007 00:00:00 +0000
categories:
- music
- blog
- milar
- mixit-1
- music
layout: post
---
@ -27,3 +28,6 @@ For part 2 of my diary I thought it would be a good idea to give a run down of m
I'm using a custom built PC (one of my many talents!) with an AMD Athlon 64 X2 dual core CPU and 2gb RAM. This gives me plenty of headroom for plugins, which is nice :).
That outputs to an M-Audio FastTrack Pro USB interface which is connected to Mackie HR624 monitors via balanced connections. I also have a pair of Sennheiser HD280 headphones which, apart from monitoring while recording, I also use to double check the low end (no treatment in my room yet, so I can't really trust the Mackies) and headphone compatibility. My DAW of choice is [Reaper](http://www.reaperaudio.com/).

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---
title: 'Diary of an Amateur mixer: Part 3'
date: 2007-08-29 00:00:00 Z
date: Wed, 29 Aug 2007 00:00:00 +0000
categories:
- music
- blog
- milar
- mixit-1
- music
layout: post
---
@ -39,3 +40,6 @@ And finally... under the fold you'll find a list of all the plugins I've used so
* Ambience (Magnus)
* SIR (Christian Knufinke)
* SupaPhaser (Bram)

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---
title: 'Diary of an Amateur mixer: Part 4'
date: 2007-09-04 00:00:00 Z
date: Tue, 4 Sep 2007 00:00:00 +0000
categories:
- news
- music
- blog
- milar
- mixit-1
- music
- news
layout: post
---
@ -43,3 +44,6 @@ Updated plugin list under the fold.
* SupaPhaser (Bram)
* Ferox (JB)
* Omnisone (JB)

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title: Return of the Amateur Mixer
date: 2007-12-23 00:00:00 Z
date: Sun, 23 Dec 2007 00:00:00 +0000
categories:
- music
- blog
- milar
- mixit-2
- music
layout: post
---
@ -23,3 +24,6 @@ I've not done much with the guitars yet. Just got some rough levels and panning
At this point I decided to leave it for the night so I saved a new project file and printed a mix.
I've waffled on quite a bit here, so I apologise if I bored anyone!

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title: First Room Response Measurement
date: 2007-12-29 00:00:00 Z
date: Sat, 29 Dec 2007 00:00:00 +0000
categories:
- blog
- news
layout: post
---
@ -11,3 +12,6 @@ And this is why I use headphones to judge low end.
<img id="image142" src="http://www.pixelhum.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/room_response_2007-12-29.png" alt="Room response measurement, 29th Dec 2007" />
There's a lovely 12dB peak at about 128hz and about 24dB difference between that and 90hz! Time to order the bass traps...

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title: 'Return of the Amateur Mixer: II'
date: 2007-12-30 00:00:00 Z
date: Sun, 30 Dec 2007 00:00:00 +0000
categories:
- music
- blog
- milar
- mixit-2
- music
layout: post
---
@ -19,3 +20,6 @@ I spent a bit more time EQ'ing the vocal so that I was happy with it and also au
I still wasn't completely happy with the bass. It needed to be filling more of the frequency range above it to compensate for the lack of low end in the guitars. So I bussed it to another track and used a pitchshifter to bring it up an octave. I mixed this quite low in the mix, you can hear it if you listen out for it but it's not obvious. It also helps to make the bass fill out the mix on smaller speakers. There is one place in the song where I automated it to make it much louder, and that was the crash about 3 minutes into the song, which I always felt was a little bit lack in power.
And with that, in goes the fork...

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title: Platform Shift
date: 2008-02-27 00:00:00 Z
date: Wed, 27 Feb 2008 00:00:00 +0000
categories:
- blog
- news
layout: post
---
I've just migrated the blog to Habari. That was painless...

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---
title: Perian
date: 2008-04-18 00:00:00 Z
date: Fri, 18 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0000
categories:
- blog
- divx
- h264
- matroska
- media
- news
- quicktime
- media
- xvid
- divx
- matroska
- h264
layout: post
---
[Perian](http://perian.org/#detail) is an open source Quicktime component that adds support for AVI, FLV, and MKV file formats, along with H.246 and XVid/DivX support among others.

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---
title: Improved Font Rendering in Ubuntu
date: 2008-05-06 00:00:00 Z
date: Tue, 6 May 2008 00:00:00 +0000
categories:
- autohint
- blog
- firefox
- fonts
- linux
- ubuntu
- fonts
- firefox
- autohint
layout: post
---
@ -45,3 +46,6 @@ Put the following in ~/.fonts.conf:
</match>
</fontconfig>
```

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title: CHDK
date: 2008-05-09 00:00:00 Z
date: Fri, 9 May 2008 00:00:00 +0000
layout: post
categories:
- blog
---
[CHDK](http://chdk.wikia.com/wiki/CHDK) is a firmware add-on for Canon's Digital Ixus/Powershot range of compact cameras that enables a bunch of cool new features. RAW support, scripting, exposure bracketing and more.

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title: Scratching the Itch
date: 2008-06-24 00:00:00 Z
date: Tue, 24 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0000
layout: post
categories:
- blog
---
[Very interesting article in the New Yorker about how we perceive](http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2008/06/30/080630fa_fact_gawande?currentPage=all). Via [kottke.org](http://www.kottke.org/08/06/itching-and-perception).
> The account of perception that’s starting to emerge is what we might call the “brain’s best guess” theory of perception: perception is the brain’s best guess about what is happening in the outside world. The mind integrates scattered, weak, rudimentary signals from a variety of sensory channels, information from past experiences, and hard-wired processes, and produces a sensory experience full of brain-provided color, sound, texture, and meaning. We see a friendly yellow Labrador bounding behind a picket fence not because that is the transmission we receive but because this is the perception our weaver-brain assembles as its best hypothesis of what is out there from the slivers of information we get. Perception is inference.

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title: Bricking It
date: 2008-07-12 00:00:00 Z
date: Sat, 12 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0000
layout: post
categories:
- blog
---
I've finally got IPv6 working on my home network. It took a fair bit of fiddling! I'm using a tunnel and subnet provided by [SixXS](http://www.sixxs.net/), which is run from a Linksys WRT54GS router running [OpenWRT](http://openwrt.org/). I've had the tunnel running for a while, but it was only today that I got the subnet and was able to setup radvd to broadcast it. It does seem that radvd doesn't like broadcasting /48 subnets though so I had to change it to a /64 to get it working.
@ -11,3 +13,6 @@ By the way, never ever *ever* try uninstalling libgcc from an [OpenWRT](http://o
# ln -s /lib/libc.so.0 /lib/libgcc_s.so.1
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title: Foxconn anti-Linux?
date: 2008-07-25 00:00:00 Z
date: Fri, 25 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0000
layout: post
categories:
- blog
---
While I don't agree with the way the guy handled this (telling them they suck and their products are 'filth' is *not* the way forward), the idea that a [motherboard manufacturer is deliberately screwing with Linux support](http://ubuntu-virginia.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=869249) is quite scary.
Makes you wonder if someone is paying them...

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title: Habari 0.5
date: 2008-07-28 00:00:00 Z
date: Mon, 28 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0000
layout: post
categories:
- blog
---
Habari have released [version 0.5](http://habariproject.org/en/0-5-released) of their blogging platform, complete with new admin interface, 'Monolith', designed by [Michael Heilemann](http://binarybonsai.com).
Guess I better upgrade...

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title: Shiney!
date: 2008-09-02 00:00:00 Z
date: Tue, 2 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +0000
categories:
- news
- google
- blog
- browser
- google
- news
- web
layout: post
---
Just installed [Google Chrome](http://www.google.com/chrome). First impressions are good, it feels *very* quick. Gmail in particular is very responsive indeed.

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title: Hackintosh
date: 2008-09-15 00:00:00 Z
date: Mon, 15 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +0000
categories:
- mac-os
- mac
- blog
- hackintosh
- mac
- mac-os
layout: post
---
I'm now running my very own Hackintosh! It was a relatively easy install, with just a few tweaks required to get the graphics card working correctly. I had to come to terms with the fact that there were no working drivers for my onboard LAN adapter (nForce 570) and get a PCI Gigabit card. The Netgear GA311 is a good choice.

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title: "&quot;Með Suð í Eyrum Við Spilum Endalaust&quot;"
date: 2008-09-29 00:00:00 Z
date: Mon, 29 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +0000
categories:
- music
- audio
- blog
- music
- sigur-ros
layout: post
---
<a href="https://www.discogs.com/Sigur-Rós-Með-Suð-Eyrum-Við-Spilum-Endalaust/master/9666"><img src="https://img.discogs.com/BjK8UrFgGGMw6dSNEJKSuR7snOE=/fit-in/300x300/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(40)/discogs-images/R-1372678-1218992005.jpeg.jpg" class="left"></a>It's very rare that find an album that I just can't stop listening to, but "<a href="https://www.discogs.com/Sigur-Rós-Með-Suð-Eyrum-Við-Spilum-Endalaust/master/9666">Me&eth; Su&eth; &iacute; Eyrum Vi&eth; Spilum Endalaust</a>" (in english "With a Buzz in Our Ears We Play Endlessly") by Sigur Rós is one such album. It's simply stunning! Haunting vocals and wonderful soundscapes are offset by quite edgy sounding drums.

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title: Awesome Ajax Regex Tool
date: 2009-05-14 00:00:00 Z
date: Thu, 14 May 2009 00:00:00 +0000
layout: post
categories:
- blog
---
Regular expressions are one of those tools that's almost like magic. This makes working with them quite a pain in the arse. Thankfully, tools such as [Rex V](http://www.rexv.org/) make working with them much less painful.

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title: EcoDisc
date: 2009-07-05 00:00:00 Z
date: Sun, 5 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0000
layout: post
categories:
- blog
---
I just had the misfortune to put one of those new EcoDisc's in my Powerbooks optical drive before I saw the warning on the back. Damn did I feel suckered?! Luckily I think the publication in question intend to go back to normal DVD's in future!
Anyway, after some fiddling I managed to get the disc out by carefully sliding a knife about an inch into the drive (avoiding the barrier in the middle of the slot) and then lifting it up as the drive tries to spit the disc out.

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title: Dear Firefox Guys...
date: 2009-08-28 00:00:00 Z
date: Fri, 28 Aug 2009 00:00:00 +0000
layout: post
categories:
- blog
---
When are you planning to fix this?
@ -11,3 +13,6 @@ When are you planning to fix this?
For anybody that's interested this is what happens when Firefox tries to restore windows and tabs when using an authenticating proxy server. If I didn't have the master password set you'd simply see just as many proxy authentication dialogue boxes instead.
*Edit*: I believe, as of Firefox 3.6.2, that this bug has been fixed.

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title: VanadiumJS
date: 2009-09-11 00:00:00 Z
date: Fri, 11 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +0000
categories:
- web
- blog
- javascript
- jquery
- web
layout: post
---
[VanadiumJS](http://vanadiumjs.com/) is a rather nice, easy to use javascript validation library for HTML forms. Using it is as simple as including the .js file (and jQuery) and adding classes to your inputs.

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title: Record Companies want Apple to pay for 30 second previews
date: 2009-09-20 00:00:00 Z
date: Sun, 20 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +0000
layout: post
categories:
- blog
---
[This is further proof](http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10355448-93.html) that the big record companies simply don't get it:
> "(On iTunes), you can stream radio, and you can preview tracks, things that we should be getting paid performance income for."
> --David Renzer, CEO Universal Music Publishing Group

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