I went to see Lawrence Lessig give a talk this evening, at the Computer History Museum, on the topic of copyright. It’s an issue which concerns me, as should it to anyone of my generation, given the ridiculous state of it today. I’ve never heard Lessig speak before, nor read any of his books, but… Read more
Driving home tonight someone was trying to high beam me, since I was only doing the speed limit, but they were tail-gating so close that I couldn’t see their lights at all – I only just barely noticed the change in intensity from the ambient glow.
Once I heard, on Monday, when pop’s funeral would be, I booked a flight over. That was annoying to do – it took a few hours just to book because Qantas’s booking website is seriously snafu and I had to try a couple of different routes through it to find one that actually worked. Then… Read more
My 23″ Cinema Display stopped working last night. It worked in the morning, and now it doesn’t. I have no idea what happened or what’s broken. I miss it… having to put my Safari windows on the same monitor as Mail just seems inappropriate.
I’ve had an interesting weekend. In the Chinese-proverb sense of the word. Friday night I got an email from dad informing me pop was in hospital. This wouldn’t normally bother me too much as it’s not an uncommon occurrence. That dad felt it necessary to send me an email, however, was unusual. When I spoke… Read more
I took advantage of CrossOver’s somewhat undesired give-away of their products, as part of their Lame Duck challenge. I don’t particularly have any Windows stuff I want to run, but I thought I’d check out World of Goo – it sounded like fun and it seems to be pretty popular. I had to laugh at… Read more
I was surprised to find the weather today wasn’t half bad; it’s been crappy and raining for a few days – which reminded me very nostalgically of Melbourne, with how quickly we went from summer to winter, and furthermore the daily pattern of rain in the mornings and sunny afternoons. Still not a huge amount… Read more