Category Archives: rant

Edinburgh #1 – Outbound

Posted on December 19, 2008 by David

So ferries are ok. Busses are crampt, smell like on-bus toilets, and take far longer to get places than they should. Ayr is dull and a very wet place. Ayrshire, similarly, is rather dull full of sheep and precipitation of … Continue reading →

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Information Overload

Posted on November 17, 2008 by David

There comes a time when you can be given too much information. 97 of your friends have updated their profile pictures… 7 of your friends wrote on X’s wall What use is that to anybody?

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One thing… (aka. The joys of rendering)

Posted on August 23, 2008 by David

There is one thing that would put me off the notion of working semi-professionally in the video field. That thing is Rendering. Rendering is when you take some source videos, audio and whatever processing you wish to apply to them … Continue reading →

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Making Rubbish Modems Work Better

Posted on May 12, 2008 by David

When the question is “How Do I Make My Really Rubbish ADSL Modem Work Better” the obvious answer is the tenuous, similarly answer requiring “Have you tried upgrading your firmware?” Response? It depends. Especially whenever your modem-router is made by … Continue reading →

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Getting around QOL (aka JavaScript execution in Safari)

Posted on October 10, 2007 by David

QOL is Queen’s University Belfast’s student intranet system which allows centralised delivery of lecture content and course material to enrolled students. Unsurprisingly it doesn’t work properly in Safari as it relies heavily on (old school) JavaScript to build page content … Continue reading →

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