I’ve just taken a job where I get a Macbook, and here I’m going to keep track of some problems I hit and what their solutions are. Some…
Opinion
- Learning MacOS
- Good Meetings
I’m holding a lot of meetings at the moment, for a bunch of different reasons, and with different people. I’ve settled on some principles that I think are…
- Fortnine videos
Fortnine has another video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KUdmwmhyxM And this is a great demonstration of the standard form of a Fortnine video. They are not a discussion of the various views…
- Scotland!
I’d booked a few days off work for a trip to Germany that Mian was planning, but then he crashed and couldn’t afford to go. I’ve made a…
- All Year Riding Gear
I’ve had another discussion on Reddit that went on long enough that I thought I ought to put it somewhere more concisely. It began with the question “What…
- Riding in Southern Ireland
France has some wonderful scenery but an awful lot of French people. Belgians are much happier to speak English, but have very straight roads and not many hills.…
- Keeping a ride together - The Cornerman System
The cornerman system (or ‘corner marker system’) works pretty well for larger groups, and those with some slow and some fast riders; it encourages overtaking. If there’s only…
- Keeping a ride together - follow the leader
Everyone loves the cornerman system, which is explained both in great depth and with much convolution on most motorbike forums. But I quite like playing follow the leader,…
- Why I won't be mirroring Wikileaks
I have a fair amount of ‘spare’ server space, and some very understanding service providers, and so it makes sense for me to mirror things in general, which…
- Android Issues
Some of this might well be rendered obsolete by the 1.6 update I’ve just received. GMail Client No bottom- or inline-posting, only top-posting. And, while you’re at it,…
- Why I like plain text email
Firstly, this isn’t an attempt at conversion. It’s here becaue I keep getting asked why I tend to send and prefer to read mail in plain text. I…
- Why I use Linux
This is one of those things that’s always difficult to explain. The bits of Linux that I miss on other platforms are not things that you immediately see…
