presentations and background colorpresentations and background color
In response to my last post about using laptops for presentations it has been suggested to me that using white (or a very bright color) as the background color can[...]
last beard postlast beard post
On Tuesday the 23rd of January I shaved off my beard after spending 107 days growing it, see above for the final beard pic. It was an interesting experiment and[...]
vaccinationsvaccinations
You might expect that a vaccine against a disease that causes cancer would be widely embraced as soon as it was proven safe. If the disease in question was transmitted[...]
the word “beamer”the word “beamer”
Martin F. Krafft blogs about looking for advice on buying a “beamer“. He describes the word as meaning a projector in Germany (it also means the same in the Netherlands).[...]
meeting people at Linux conferencesmeeting people at Linux conferences
One thing that has always surprised me is how few people talk to speakers after they have finished their lecture. A lecture might have many questions and the questions may[...]
spare tiresspare tires
The following letter was published in the RACV Magazine. The Royal Automobile Club of Victoria is a driver advocacy organization that provides roadside assistance and insurance. The fact that they[...]
Mercedes S class and car safetyMercedes S class and car safety
The S Class Mercedes has some really interesting safety features, see this 6.8M PDF file for details. If you are interested in technology then you want to read it just[...]
slangslang
It is reported that a theater in Florida has changed the name of The Vagina Monologues to The Hoo-Haa Monologues after a complaint. How does a medical term become so[...]
a good dog for upliftinga good dog for uplifting
The Norwegian Puffin Dog has six toes that are all fully formed. This has to be a good start for the uplift process. The requirements for uplift are intelligence, speech,[...]
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xen sucksxen sucks
According to Debian bug #399113 and linked discussion it is impossible to run a stable system on Xen without enabling PAE. It seems that no-one is considering the fact that[...]