http://www.redsplace.co.uk/ Speaker to Machines en Copyright 2008 Tue, 04 Mar 2008 17:11:23 +0000 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss If there's anyone there, wake me up in summer. Perhaps I'll find something more useful to do with this domain name. http://www.redsplace.co.uk/archives/2008/03/hibernating.html http://www.redsplace.co.uk/archives/2008/03/hibernating.html Tue, 04 Mar 2008 17:11:23 +0000 http://www.pelicancrossing.net/netwars/2007/11/road_block.html ]]> http://www.redsplace.co.uk/archives/2007/11/over_2_months.html http://www.redsplace.co.uk/archives/2007/11/over_2_months.html Sat, 24 Nov 2007 15:34:13 +0000 So I have to be in the Southbank office at 8:30 all this week. So that means the 7:16 train from Farn (main) to Waterloo. Since I cannot get up fast, I have to wake up at 6. I go to bed early most of last week and the weekend to prepare myself for this. So by 3:30pm I'm flagging. Its serious. The training course I'm on is so not my topic, and its tedious design work (whilst I don't mind design work, I prefer implementation and problem solving. I believe in documentation after build !). Got home at 6:45pm, kinda normal. Knackered. Its the same distance as I travel to get to work, and have done every day for 2.5 years. So why do I have to get up an hour earlier? Trains are just not flexible, and the moron who decided the start time was 8:30am, not 9am, was a £$$"£$£"$"£$"£ git.... http://www.redsplace.co.uk/archives/2007/09/trains.html http://www.redsplace.co.uk/archives/2007/09/trains.html Wed, 19 Sep 2007 21:41:53 +0000 Listen to Virgin Radio - the music we all love
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]]> http://www.redsplace.co.uk/archives/2007/09/listen_along_wi.html http://www.redsplace.co.uk/archives/2007/09/listen_along_wi.html Sat, 01 Sep 2007 14:19:18 +0000 this from slynky, strangely enough things seem to have been getting worse (ie, more bureaucratic, for nobodies benefit) in the last 6 weeks. Perhaps new jobs all around, but all I was offered when I checked was west london, road access only.....er no thanks, my current 40-50min commute could become 2.5hrs easily, with no chance of a hotel. Erm.... even for the perfect job... that's a definitive no! Got an invite to a pub session tomorrow night, and since its a bank hol, that's excellent timing. Schweet. Might have to get one of these sent over too.]]> http://www.redsplace.co.uk/archives/2007/08/jobs.html http://www.redsplace.co.uk/archives/2007/08/jobs.html Thu, 23 Aug 2007 22:16:12 +0000 Create your own personalised map of the USA at World66 ]]> http://www.redsplace.co.uk/archives/2007/08/where_you_been.html http://www.redsplace.co.uk/archives/2007/08/where_you_been.html Sun, 12 Aug 2007 23:58:40 +0000 http://www.pelicancrossing.net/netwars/2007/08/wall_of_sheep.html ]]> http://www.redsplace.co.uk/archives/2007/08/the_internet_wi.html http://www.redsplace.co.uk/archives/2007/08/the_internet_wi.html Sun, 12 Aug 2007 15:04:02 +0000 picture shows pretty much what southern NM looks like. Pretty barren, but amazing. Now the SpacePort pictures and SpacePort blog Then you come to read the comments on the blog, and this stands out: With rampant alcoholism, poverty, poor education, bad roads, water problems,and sagging economy is a Space Port the most important thing New Mexico needs? I can't even get DSL for my computer. Lets got New Mexico into the 20th.century, before we try for the 21st. and beyond. David A. Sweetapple | 04.04.07 - 4:06 pm | # He's right, the state of 1.5million people does seem to be very poor compared to other parts of the US that I have visited. Its quite interesting to see in a first world country. I prefer the EU approach. ]]> http://www.redsplace.co.uk/archives/2007/07/give_me_space.html http://www.redsplace.co.uk/archives/2007/07/give_me_space.html Fri, 20 Jul 2007 21:28:51 +0000 "Short Circuit" on DVD, as it was going very cheap, and watched it. Found this reference on Wikipedia too: "Unrelated films often have parallel ideas, and 1986 was the year of the "cute robot". Other precocious machines were featured in Flight of the Navigator, Rocky IV and Space Camp." Now that's quite amusing. Wonder if any of them are also going for £2... :-) ]]> http://www.redsplace.co.uk/archives/2007/07/number_5_is_ali.html http://www.redsplace.co.uk/archives/2007/07/number_5_is_ali.html Sat, 14 Jul 2007 22:02:05 +0000 Yes, that's what the timesheet system told me. And that was only a 3 day week, two days booked to "vacation". Aiiiee. Yes, I survived Paris for work (more like surviving the colleagues!) but a few "steak avec pomme frites" saved the day when the oldies didn't have the langwich. Found this site (http://www.pcdecrapifier.com/) which I think has the best URL in the world. Might be useful to anyone buying a new PC. The legacy MAC parts have arrived, something to sort out on Bank Hol monday. Off to the land of the French again on Fri, this time not in an extremely turbulant (read, I hate) aircraft. This time via Le Tunnel, or whatever its called now, and then a long long drive. Thankfully Mr Craig is driving, so we'll get there, just not sure what time :) LOL at Ribby's response to my last post ;-) http://www.redsplace.co.uk/archives/2007/05/51hrs_this_week.html http://www.redsplace.co.uk/archives/2007/05/51hrs_this_week.html Wed, 23 May 2007 23:55:37 +0000 Yes, its been a while. Its now May, but you wouldn't know it looking out the window. Today in fact apparently the M3 is flooded in places, there is an extreme amount of water on the road. Work has me off to Paris to install a server, and assist with some user migrations where possible. I should be back Tues night, just a quick stop as they say. Now what's the French for "its all gone Pete Tong" !?!?!? http://www.redsplace.co.uk/archives/2007/05/drive_by_postin_1.html http://www.redsplace.co.uk/archives/2007/05/drive_by_postin_1.html Sun, 13 May 2007 14:16:54 +0000 So, I've just booked a trip to the states, visiting a mate who is now in New Mexico. It sounds an empty but fascinating state, so it should be a different sort of trip. However its been a while since I did a long haul flight on my own, so I'd better stock up the iPod :-) http://www.redsplace.co.uk/archives/2007/04/travel.html http://www.redsplace.co.uk/archives/2007/04/travel.html Sun, 29 Apr 2007 22:28:39 +0000 Yes, I've been working far too much this week (53hrs on time sheet, for customer) but more than that actually worked due to 'internal overheads'. It sucks working on a customer site when you're not in charge of your own time. Anyway, at least I had the verbal complement "you're worth your weight in gold" for thinking quickly and suggesting a possible solution that amazingly worked, to a colleague stuck on his own in Rome on a Saturday. Had a good lunch with mates in Fleet, and we sat in the garden, but typically I find when I get home that I've "caught the sun". In APRIL for crying out loud... The Mac project continues, I had confirmation this morning that my accessories have shipped, so in the next few weeks I'll be trying some new stuff. My serial cable arrived yesterday, so it may no longer be an island soon. http://www.redsplace.co.uk/archives/2007/04/update_1.html http://www.redsplace.co.uk/archives/2007/04/update_1.html Sat, 21 Apr 2007 17:15:24 +0000 As you can see, there is my primary machine on the left end, running XP, with the new high performance machine in the middle, and the Mac Plus to the right. To the right of the Mac is my surround sound speaker, and on the floor underneath is my old server. However the Mac only has 1meg of RAM, and as I have the 30meg hard drive attached, I am trying to locate some 1meg 30pin SIMMs that would work, apparently 150ns and not EDO, and apparently the original 8 chip, not 2 chip version. As you can see the OS works: ]]> http://www.redsplace.co.uk/archives/2007/04/the_project_goe.html http://www.redsplace.co.uk/archives/2007/04/the_project_goe.html Sun, 15 Apr 2007 21:51:45 +0000 The Times last week. So, some new toys have appeared (e.g. the slynkycat camera) and so I thought I'd post some pics of my project. Click the icons for larger versions: and it actually works! Running System 6.0.4 ! I've managed to create some floppy disks of the OS and the two applications, and I'm currently attempting to order some real OS 6.0.8 and 7.5 software on the special 800k disks. I've got some memory modules and an RS232 cable on order too, and maybe (fingers crossed) some sort of Ethernet adaptor. Maybe I'll be able to get my email on this machine in the next few months. Not bad for a machine 21 years old :-) Of course the other end of the room, I have a 4yr+ old PC, and a nice new Vista machine, currently running a trial of Vista 64bit. Hey ho.]]> http://www.redsplace.co.uk/archives/2007/04/contemplation_a.html http://www.redsplace.co.uk/archives/2007/04/contemplation_a.html Sat, 14 Apr 2007 22:22:13 +0000