Posts for the 29th December 2003 (2 entries)
Bandwidth theft and flame-bait
29th December 2003, early evening | Comments (28)
Well well, after a nice break for Christmas, I returned to my blog to find two rather annoying things: firstly some complete arse has taken to posting aggressive and rude comments here; and secondly, that a very busy site had linked directly to the three greetings cards I displayed in an earlier post, with no mention of me or my site (I left a comment, but they didn’t do anything about it).
How was I to deal with those two things with a tummy full of turkey?…
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Playdo people
29th December 2003, late morning | Comments (9)
My nephew, Lucas, made some playdo people last night while his mum and dad and I were at the cinema watching Lord of The Rings.
I understand he had some help with ‘Grandma’ (and possibly with ‘Grandad’), but ‘Uncle Dunstan’ was all his own work.
He’s two and a half.
Blogmarks
A collection of miscellaneous links that don't merit a main blog posting, but which are interesting none-the-less.
Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we.
— George W Bush (9)- What WordPress is doing to combat comment spam. (1)
- Mobile web tools, from Pukupi. (1)
- Pukupi’s top 10 hints for building interoperable mobile Web sites. (3)
- The photography of E.J. Peiker. (4)
Stuff from the intersection of design, culture and technology.
(3)- Some handy tips for advanced Google use. (35)
- Make your own church signs, or view some real ones. (8)
- Michael Heilemann is doing a great job with his new WordPress theme; Kubrick. (1)
- I’m late to the party, but Dan has a book out. (1)
- What a crazy concept for laying out housing estates. (3)
- In San Francisco, I live here. (Try the zoom feature.) (1)
- Spider-Man reviews crayons. [Via] (3)
- Some beautiful images from photographer Greg Downing. (2)
- Lots of links, from the Link Bunnies. (1)
- Nice “when I was a child” sort of post from Stuart. (1)
- How much does SafariSorter cost? (4)
- Some handy maintenance tips for Mac owners running Panther. (2)
- Alex King launches Use Tasks: a hosted service for Tasks and Tasks Pro™. (2)
- Min Jung, Anil Dash, and I get interviewed for HBO’s Real Sex. (10)
Blog-roll
A selection of blogs I read on a regular basis.
- Hmm, the blog-roll seems to be a little bit broken right now (it may be that the blo.gs service is having problems). I’ve sent myself an email about this problem, and will try to fix it ASAP.
Weather conditions
These are the current weather conditions at my parents’ house (in Dorset), and where I live (in San Francisco).
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Current conditions | Night, Partly Cloudy |
| Local time | 12:52 AM |
| Sunrise and Sunset | 6:25 AM, 7:54 PM |
| Moon phase tonight | Waning gibbous |
| Air temperature | 12.2°C (54°F) |
| Feels like | 11.7°C (53°F) |
| Humidity | 94% |
| Dew point | 11.1°C (52°F) |
| Pressure | 30.15 inches and steady |
| Wind | 5 mph from the North East |
| Visibility | 5.0 miles |
| Latitude and Longitude | 50.875056 N, -2.529427 W |
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Current conditions | Day, Fair |
| Local time | 4:52 PM |
| Sunrise and Sunset | 6:40 AM, 7:38 PM |
| Moon phase tonight | Waning gibbous |
| Air temperature | 27.2°C (81°F) |
| Feels like | 28.9°C (84°F) |
| Humidity | 41% |
| Dew point | 12.8°C (55°F) |
| UV index | 4, Moderate danger |
| Pressure | 29.83 inches and ↑ rising |
| Wind | 21 mph from the West North West |
| Visibility | 10.0 miles |
| Latitude and Longitude | 37.7600 N, -122.4181 W |