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So, what's the big deal about Rails?
Most important point is that it gets out of your way. Lots of people refer to it as a boring framework because the people who start […]
So whilst I was at EuroOSCON, I had a chat with a few people about an idea for a website I have. Well, not really a website, more of a web app. One person I chatted to was Rob McKinnon, who managed to convince me that I could do the whole thing myself in Ruby […]
Feels like forever since I last blogged about what's going on here in the World of Suw, but with a half-hour to kill on the flight from London to Lisbon for SHiFT, and no real motivation to do any of the things I should be doing - like writing the talk I'll be giving or […]
Last weekend I went to Brussels to take part in EuroFOO, a two day event held by O'Reilly to get together a diverse set of people so that cool and constructive conversations can happen. I have been publishing most of my notes over on Strange Attractor, but somehow it would seem wrong to publish these […]
Does
Second Life + Google Mars = Second Life on Mars?
I'm disappointed that when I go to full zoom on Mars, I'm not faced with an angry hoard of Martians the way that if I go to full zoom on the Moon I'm faced with cheese.
I once had to write an essay, which I seem to […]
Richard Hammond, one of my favourite TV presenters responsible for making Brainiac and Top Gear such compelling viewing. I mean, I don't drive, and all I know about cars is that they have a wheel at each corner and go 'vrrooom' … why would I want to watch a programme about cars? But Richard, known […]
I'm working on a silly little project, but I need data. If you happen to be in the UK, and a drinker of non-diet soft drinks, can you take a look at the bottle and leave a comment for me with this data:
Full name of drink
Size of bottle or can in ml
Grams of sugar per […]
A couple of days ago, I lost all the music from my iPod, very little of which I actually had on my iBook. Kevin needed to get a file off my iPod and plugged it into a PC it hadn't been plugged into before. He grabbed the file and said no to some update requests […]
Where there are sheep.
Stuck outside Holloway Road station waiting for it to be opened. It's shut (exit only) because there's a football match on at the Emirates Station and apparently there have been too many people using the station. They are also saying that it going to be shut every time there's a match on. Great.
I haven't minded […]
Like an idiot, I left my MacBook charger at the Corn Exchange in Brighton yesterday at d.Construct. If anyone picked it up, can you please email me?
UPDATE: I've been told that my charger was indeed found, and handed in. I shall ring the Corn Exchange tomorrow to see what I need to do next. Thanks […]
I joined Second Life a few months ago, but my iBook couldn't handle running the client. I could only take three steps and then I'd have to wait for the client to catch up. Now I'm on a faster machine (which is a way of saying I bought a MacBook), it runs like a dream. […]
Just a quicky to let you all know that I'm home. Hardly slept on the plane at all so consequently I feel dreadful and am having a hard time staying awake. Off to go buy dinner now, and have a quiet evening in.
Loved San Francisco, but it's good to be home.
Electric Sheep. I don't know if androids dream of them, but stare at them long enough and you'll end up hypnotised, if not actually asleep. I just can't wait til this kicks in during a client meeting. I'll give it five mins then start whispering “Double Suw's fee… Double Suw's fee…”.
Vince has put Nothing Travels Faster Than Bad News, the movie that we made last year, up on YouTube, along with a whole bunch of his other stuff. Bad News, if you remember, was the epic film that I helped out with, acted (very badly) in, and proudly made fake blood to my own recipe […]