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I am so envious of this sort of thing: [qotile.net] I’ve got an ongoing project, reprogramming the firmware in these 1985 Epson LQ-500 printers to turn them into musical instruments. I originally just wanted to make a sort of homemade mellotron, but it’s evolved into a much deeper project. These printers (like all printers) have…

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How do I configure GNOME (or one of its elements) so that the icons for my Desktop folder are on the right, rather than the left, after (for instance) a “Clean Up By Name” operation?

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A little light decorating. Shoe shopping, and beer/ale restock. A glass of chilled Sauternes. Warm, dry and sunny. Nice.

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I stumbled across the website for Madagascar, the new Dreamworks animation, and amongst the “cast” is a resonably familiar-looking penguin: [1] [2] (both SWF, alas) My only question is whether this is a conscious or subconscious casting. 😎 Full trailer at [www.apple.com] …and it has Ali G in a voice role!

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Via [www.fipr.org] US wants to be able to access Britons’ ID cards By Kim Sengupta Independent 27 May 2005 The United States wants Britain’s proposed identity cards to have the same microchip and technology as the ones used on American documents. The aim of getting the same microchip is to ensure compatability in screening terrorist…

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…a LiveJournal SpamBot: [www.livejournal.com]

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Good on you, Judge Roy Anderson: [news.bbc.co.uk] Anti-social behaviour orders have been trumpeted by the government as the answer to society’s loss of respect. But is there a danger they will instead be used to curb its freedoms? Civil liberties campaigners are celebrating after a district judge refused to impose an Asbo on a 63-year-old…

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Go read it, now! [www.ibiblio.org]

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…not that it is particularly apropos of anything, nor do I suppose that he is a celebrity whose name many of my American colleagues would recognise. For translation purposes, he’s kinda the UK equivalent of Casey Kasem, but somewhat less old. It was an interesting train-trip into London – physically knackered but mentally bouncy because…

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I received this query from Peter Horsfield, referring to my photos at [www.crypticide.com] :- Alec, I found your site by accident (looking for Baglux info). I have just bought a tank harness for my R1200GS and your hand? How did you attach the harness (to what parts of the bike)? The pictures show a very…

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<snigger> <snarfle> <giggle> <snurf snurf snurf> [www.siliconvalleywatcher.com] Early next week IBM will introduce the largest ever corporate blogging initiative in a bid to encourage any of its 130,000 staff to become online evangelists for the company. The move comes on the heels of IBM’s most recent quarterly financial report, which missed Wall Street expectations and…

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Did something happen yesterday? Something to pique the world’s conscience? Overnight I have received (literally) several hundred short spam messages: … 341: Subject: Multi-Kulturell = Multi-Kriminell 342: Subject: Dresden Bombing Is To Be Regretted Enormously 343: Subject: Blutige Selbstjustiz 344: Subject: Multi-Kulturell = Multi-Kriminell 345: Subject: Dresden 1945 346: Subject: Hier sind wir Lehrer die…

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