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Methodist Conference highlights
This week I've had the privilege to be a spectator, both in person and by video stream, at Methodist Conference, which is the governing body of the Methodist Church.
I wasn't exactly sure what to expect... the agenda looks fairly formidable (and indeed it is: about 2 inches thick). But it has been a really positive time, and one which has given ( Read more... ) -
Anatomy of a scam
This morning the phone rang and the doorbell went at the same time. After I'd dealt with the postman, I picked up the phone. Nobody answered... there was the usual 'I'm being connected to an autodialler' pause. OK, it's probably one of those 'you've won a holiday in Florida' scams. But it wasn't ( Read more... ) -
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"and yet forty years of honourable service given to his country were not weighed for a moment by his countrymen in the balance against the hiccups of the Daily Mail."
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Unlocking a Huawei B220 3G mobile broadband router
As I mentioned in an earlier post, I've been playing with a Huawei B220 3G router supplied by mobile network MTN Sudan and successfully managed to unlock it (for free). Since nobody else has described any kind of unlock solution, here are my notes on unlocking ( Read more... ) -
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For anyone who didn't think rail ticketing in the UK was complicated, see this thread (click on Expand All and see post 12 onwards). My head has rather exploded after the first hundred posts... -
Job vs Halifax plc
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Printing photos with EXIF information
Today I had a pile of photos I wanted to print out. Since I have access to a duplex colour printer I thought it would be neat to print out the EXIF information (datestamp, exposure information, camera model etc) on the back of each picture, and proceeded to knock up the following shell script to do so:
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WGT634U progress
I've been trying to install Debian on my Netgear WGT634U router. The following are my slightly cryptic notes-so-far, which I hope to write up properly when I've got everything working.
Most useful HOWTO I've been following is http://people.zoy.org/~walken/wgt634u/HOWTO.html.
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