I had to change machines in work and rather than re-install everything, it was suggested that I "ghost" the old machine to the new. Ran into some problems, so noting what I did here for future reference ( Read more... )

23:38 Pleased with the last episode of the 4th season of Battlestar Galactica. Lays to rest some worries I had. #

13:08 Why is Brendan O'Connor from the Indo such a moron? #

19:25 My nephew, growing up in rural Ireland, with Irish parents, is developing an English accent! #

21:53 Woo! We've tried 3G dongle on nuteile's linux machine & it works. Yet ( Read more... )

09:47 Dammit. In a hurry & no change for the bus. #

11:00 Do I want to learn about a business rules engine, or why data grids are hot? #

11:29 Talking to Antony Reynolds (the speaker) was useful. Data grids it is. #

11:32 After lunch, I think I'll go for SOA architecture. I'm already sold on agile. #ijtc #

11:34 Though I think there's something ( Read more... )

11:55 At Irish Java Technology Conference. Have lost touch with TLAs. Don't know what anything is anymore. #

12:02 Note to self: ESB is Enterprise Service Bus. Don't know what a bus is though. #

16:44 I keep hearing about Spring Source today. Never heard of them before. #

17:51 Ooo, bit of competition between Groovy and JavaFX :-) #

18:23 My ( Read more... )

00:39 disappointed that Patterson Joseph isn't the new Who. But seeing as I'm still on season 1, I don't suppose I have much right to complain :-) #

11:06 Summary of Bush's presidency from Vanity Fair: is.gd/e7GO Lots of quotes from people involved. #

13:15 Language learning myths and "shoulds": zompist.com/whylang.html #

19:00 connected o the ( Read more... )

House:

12:25 Going to look at more doors. Bringing sample handles. Hope to make actual decision on both today. #

15:57 Yay! Except for one door that's proving awkward, door & handle decisions are made! 4 panel, oak downstairs, painted upstairs, chrome handles #

16:02 twitpic.com/qxte - Sample downstairs door (architrave doesn't fit, for ( Read more... )

23:32 trying out a 3G dongle #

23:39 Knitted Cthulu Penguin! bit.ly/Z9Ub #

00:40 got 3G dongle working in ubuntu. Woo! #

00:40 Techy stuff: ran pppconfig, then pon. #ubuntu #

12:23 Wow. Very foggy in Athy. Just passed a graveyard shrouded in mist. Very atmospheric. #

12:51 Current reading material: Court of the Air, an arty craft magazine, a python ( Read more... )

• 22:02 setting gmail as my default mailto: client - tinyurl.com/5bpsys #

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• 18:33 @ puritybrown: An API is an interface between programs. For normal use, the website shouldn't be asking you for anything to do with an API. #
• 19:16 Screen back to normal now - running envyng and choosing nvidia did the trick. #
• 20:36 @ puritybrown: I've googled. Are you using friends_timeline? I think other people are having problems too. I'm ( Read more... )

None of yesterday's tweets got posted last night. They were ( Read more... )