http://www.waider.ie/hacks/hacking.html A rough account of what I did with Emacs recently. en-ie Copyright 1995 - 2010, Waider Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:56:37 GMT Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:56:00 -0000 waider@waider.ie waider@waider.ie http://www.waider.ie/images/people/waider/newlj.png http://www.waider.ie/hacks/hacking.html http://www.waider.ie/hacks/diary/2010/march.html#9 <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0420238/combined" title="The Tale of Despereaux (2008)">The Tale of Despereaux</a>: the trailer is a bit more promising than the movie, which has a voiceover and a few didactic overtones, but on the whole it's quite a bit of fun.<br><br> http://www.waider.ie/hacks/diary/2010/march.html#9 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 23:59:59 GMT http://www.waider.ie/hacks/diary/2010/march.html#7 I had an odd issue with a shared Google calendar I'd created: of all the people who were allowed access, I was the only one who couldn't actually see it. I got it sorted out today by removing and re-adding my own account to the calendar using another &quot;admin&quot; account, but The Brother had already tried that so I'm not sure why it worked for me.<br><br> http://www.waider.ie/hacks/diary/2010/march.html#7 Sun, 07 Mar 2010 23:59:59 GMT http://www.waider.ie/hacks/diary/2010/march.html#6 Movie rewatched: <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0396269/combined" title="Wedding Crashers (2005)">Wedding Crashers</a>. Admittedly I wasn't paying too much attention this time around as I was engaged in conversation.<br><br> http://www.waider.ie/hacks/diary/2010/march.html#6 Sat, 06 Mar 2010 23:59:59 GMT http://www.waider.ie/hacks/diary/2010/march.html#3 <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0893402/combined" title="Franklyn (2008)">Franklyn</a> is... <em>odd</em>. I guess it's pretty well done and all, but it's one of those dual storyline movies, except it keeps the stories separated so long that you kinda spend too much time wondering when and how they're going to mesh.<br><br> http://www.waider.ie/hacks/diary/2010/march.html#3 Wed, 03 Mar 2010 23:59:59 GMT http://www.waider.ie/hacks/diary/2010/march.html#2 <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0438488/combined" title="Terminator Salvation (2009)">Terminator: Salvation</a>: isn't particularly bad; in fact, it's a fairly acceptable action movie by itself, with the exception of the needless Precocious Child Who Is Vital In Some Pointless Way. What really lets it down, at least for me, is the number of sly back-references to the other movies: whole lines of dialogue, and visual motifs like the motorbike versus truck sequence which may even have gone so far as to ape the camera angles of <em>Terminator II</em>. Still, I guess it does what it sets out to do: it's a bubblegum movie.<br><br> http://www.waider.ie/hacks/diary/2010/march.html#2 Tue, 02 Mar 2010 23:59:59 GMT http://www.waider.ie/hacks/diary/2010/march.html#1 Reinstalled the CVS server on the Cube. I should really package it up as it's fairly handy to do so in a reasonably independant fashion.<br><br> http://www.waider.ie/hacks/diary/2010/march.html#1 Mon, 01 Mar 2010 23:59:59 GMT http://www.waider.ie/hacks/diary/2010/february.html#27 Well, go us! We beat England at Twickenham (again). Of course, we couldn't do it without scaring ourselves silly and running it down to the final minutes of the game with the potential to throw it all away, but that's the Irish international sports team for you: if we're not already the underdog, we try and force ourselves into the underdog position.<br> <br> Not to be outdone, Scotland are attempting to cling to the bottom of the table by concending to Italy.<br> <br> Movies watched this weekend: <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0327597/combined">Coraline</a> (second time) and <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0138524/combined">Intolerable Cruelty</a> (uh, fourth, I think).<br><br> http://www.waider.ie/hacks/diary/2010/february.html#27 Sat, 27 Feb 2010 23:59:59 GMT http://www.waider.ie/hacks/diary/2010/february.html#26 I didn't watch the game, but Wales lost to France this evening. Oh well. Roll on Twickenham...<br><br> http://www.waider.ie/hacks/diary/2010/february.html#26 Fri, 26 Feb 2010 23:59:59 GMT http://www.waider.ie/hacks/diary/2010/february.html#24 <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1182345/combined" title="Moon (2009)">Moon</a> is another gem. Definitely worth seeing, probably more than once.<br><br> http://www.waider.ie/hacks/diary/2010/february.html#24 Wed, 24 Feb 2010 23:59:59 GMT http://www.waider.ie/hacks/diary/2010/february.html#22 Continued Linux Printing Fail:<blockquote><tt>waider.desktop$ lpstat -t<br> scheduler is running<br> system default destination: [some printer]<br> waider.desktop$ lpr ~/Documents/whatever.txt<br> lpr: Error - no default destination available.</tt></blockquote>That'll do, Linux, that'll do.<br><br> http://www.waider.ie/hacks/diary/2010/february.html#22 Mon, 22 Feb 2010 23:59:59 GMT http://www.waider.ie/hacks/diary/2010/february.html#19 <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059113/combined" title="Doctor Zhivago (1965)">Doctor Zhivago</a> is quite the epic, complete with a 4-minute overture and a similarly lengthy slice of orchestration at the interval (yes, interval, even in DVD format - it's when you flip the disk over). Beautifully made and quite engaging, I do feel it's the sort of movie that you have to see because it's such a biggie - wheter or not you enjoy it is immaterial. As it happens, I did rather like it, but I wouldn't rush out and watch it again a second time.<br><br> http://www.waider.ie/hacks/diary/2010/february.html#19 Fri, 19 Feb 2010 23:59:59 GMT http://www.waider.ie/hacks/diary/2010/february.html#18 <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1242545/combined" title="Looking for Eric (2009)">Looking For Eric</a> is a bit slow starting off, and the accents (choose between strong Mancunian and incomprehensible - deliberately so - French) are tough, but ultimately it's a gem of a movie. All sorts of nice lessons about admitting to your mistakes, standing up for what you believe in, trusting your friends and so forth if you want that kind of thing, but it's also funny, charming, touching... definitely worth a look.<br><br> http://www.waider.ie/hacks/diary/2010/february.html#18 Thu, 18 Feb 2010 23:59:59 GMT http://www.waider.ie/hacks/diary/2010/february.html#14 Six Nations: England overcome Italy, but it's not exactly a walkover.<br><br> http://www.waider.ie/hacks/diary/2010/february.html#14 Sun, 14 Feb 2010 23:59:59 GMT http://www.waider.ie/hacks/diary/2010/february.html#13 Six Nations: Scotland threw away what looked like a guaranteed win over Wales, and Ireland apparently chose the knock-on as their match-winning move with predictable results.<br><br> http://www.waider.ie/hacks/diary/2010/february.html#13 Sat, 13 Feb 2010 23:59:59 GMT