So last Tuesday I had my first exam, RFS. In theory I should love RFS, because it’s on a topic that I consider very important and have a long term interest in. Unfortunately, the exact material covered was pretty boring, and the lecturer – while nice enough and probably quite knowledgeable on the subject –… Read more
Ain’t it beautiful? I thought it wouldn’t take too much extra effort to be able to read data from files, and I was right! I’ve been working on it for no more than two hours, I shouldn’t think, and there it is. And even though this is only a small test file, luckily the Flash… Read more
I decided to kill the old eDrive I had on one of my portable disks, since from memory I created it under Panther anyway, and with all my spare hard disks and so forth I don’t think it gives me any advantage. Anyway, TechTool Pro originally created the eDrive by splicing it into an existing… Read more
There’s an excellent quote in our ENT (Entrepreneurship) lecture notes on IP (Intellectual Property): IP often provides the leverage needed for successful companies to stay ahead of the pack. That makes protecting your IP essential. After all, the only one who should benefit from your innovation is you, right?! [Emphasis added by yours truly] This… Read more
So the New York Times is running an article For Some, Online Persona Undermines a Résumé (soul-sucking registration possibly required), talking about the apparently growing trend in employers consulting Google, MySpace, LiveJounral, Facebook and similar sites when reviewing graduating applicants. In summary: employers are turned off by poorly written rants on the writers’ most recent… Read more
So last night Sarah organised for a bunch of people to play Darkzone, in Box Hill. I was surprised actually at who came – Sverra, Adele & Michael, and so forth. They all travelled quite some way (well, with the exception of Sarah of course), which is a rare effort for them. Anyway, it was… Read more
For security I’ve been storing all my work stuff on an encrypted disk image. I knew the dangers of this going in – not only was I taking a substantial risk using disk images at all, but I was going with a sparse image to boot. Must be that masochistic streak. Long story short, the… Read more