Category Archives: Technology
We Miss Our TiVo
Having had UPC‘s digital cable TV up and running for a few days now, I feel able to make a few comments about it. Plus points: Cheap: the first six months of basic digital service are free. After that, the … Continue reading
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Projects On Hold
I’ve received numerous patches since we moved back to Amsterdam. bash completion, Ruby/Finance, Ruby/Google and Ruby/LDAP have all received patches that I need to integrate. Unfortunately, all of my computers are still in storage, so I can’t work on these … Continue reading
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Ruby/Google Fix Fix
Patches are supposed to fix things, not leave them broken in new and interesting ways, so I thought I should redo yesterday’s patch in such a way that it would actually have value. If you are scratching your head after … Continue reading
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Ruby/Google Fix
If you’re a Ruby/Google user and recently discovered that the library had stopped working, you’ll probably be interested in this patch to version 0.5.1 that fixes things. It appears that Google made some silent changes at their end, probably to … Continue reading
Catching Up With Time
I’d forgotten to change the time on my digital camera from PDT to CEST, so all of the photos I’ve taken since getting here have timestamps and EXIF headers that are nine hours off. Rather than live with this, I … Continue reading
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