So, here I am, trying to do some work and all that, and I start downloading something over a VPN connection. Then I notice that Activity Monitor’s claiming 90k/s. On a 50k/s ADSL connection. Awesome! I guess I’m not surprised that the VPN tunnel compresses it’s data, just that it actually works. And this is… Read more
Pop-quiz, young grasshopper… your program is about to embark on an 11-hour exodus into the land of the the eternal progress bar, but the path the user’s given you to save the result to is “invalid”. More specifically, it is actually valid, but contains directories that don’t yet exist, and for reasons beyond mortal comprehension… Read more
I’m probably more of an exception than most people, but not that exceptional, insofar as I have a lot of passwords. Dozens and dozens of them. Possibly hundreds. There’s 325, in fact, in my Keychain, which only encompasses the electronic side… then there’s things like bankcard PINs, secret words and such junk for all sorts… Read more
Yes, believe it or not, there is a D&D Starcraft map. Chris & I tested it out a bit together… it actually represents a huge amount of work by some very very bored person(s). They’ve really pushed the limits of what Starcraft can realistically do; well beyond what’s officially supported with StarEdit. Until now I… Read more
I’ve made the observation that if I don’t eat during the day, snacking occasionally, I feel very hungry. If I don’t have dinner, however, I don’t feel hungry; I just get a nasty headache at around midnight or so. Must be an emergency override in there somewhere. Yes, I haven’t had dinner. Yes, it’s almost… Read more
I’m reminded, by a different train of thinking, of the time Sarah nearly knocked me out by kicking me in the head. Yes, it’s an unusual courtship ritual, but apparently that’s how some do it. ;) Okay, so the story was we were having a video night or somesuch at my place, and I was… Read more
I’m contemplating taking up water polo. Not kayak polo, as we play on Tuesday nights, but normal, float-on-your-own polo. La Trobe has a club which trains Monday nights, and competes at Albert Park on Thursday nights. So it fits into my schedule nicely. ‘course, I’m not sure how well I’d do at water polo… I… Read more