Month: September 2017
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Technorgy
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git poem
Altgit poem
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The Bad Hair, Incorrect Feathering, and Missing Skin Flaps of Dinosaur Art
llustrating long-extinct creatures is difficult, but important work. With no living specimens to observe, it’s up to “paleoartists” who draw, paint, or otherwise illustrate the creatures of prehistory as we think they might’ve been. Their work is the reason that when we talk about velociraptors, stegosaurs, or even woolly mammoths, we have some idea … -
For the love of god, not everything is about cats
Earlier this week, the Spanish government raided the Barcelona office of the PuntCat Foundation, the company that administers the .cat domain, and arrested one of its senior executives.
PuntCat means “dot cat” in Catalan, the language spoken in the Catalonian region of Spain as well as places in France, Andorra, and Italy. The office was raided … -
git git git git git
Ever found you've accidentally entered too many gits in your terminal and wondered if there's a solution to it? I quite often type git then go away and come back, then type a full git status after it. This leads to a lovely (annoying) error out the box:
$ git git status
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Why I Still Use Vim
I often get asked about why I use Vim as my primary editor, there is no particular reason for this, except that I ended up learning it when I moved over to Linux full time many years ago. I ended up liking it because I could edit my small source files on my quad-core … -
Digest for September 2017
Summary
This month I advised people of a well-known but oft-forgotten trick to avoid spam to your GMail account by using a plus-sign and some arbitrary text (or the name of the company you're dealing with) in your email address, and shared with minimal interpretation a web app I'd developed: fnorders.com. I also made my … -
Review of St Margaret's Institute
This review of St Margaret's Institute originally appeared on Google Maps. See more reviews by Dan. St Margaret's Institute, 30 Polstead Rd, Oxford OX2 6TN, United Kingdom. Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Simple, versatile space with lots of scheduled classes and groups.
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GMail Tip: Use A Plus Sign To Avoid Spam
Surely everybody by now knows that you can use a plus sign in your GMail address to dodge spam and improve email filtering. Wait, some people don't? Let's fix that.
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Review of Bytemark
This review of Bytemark originally appeared on Google Maps. See more reviews by Dan. Bytemark, 2 Opus Ave, York YO26 6BL, United Kingdom. Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Excellent Internet hosting services backed by knowledgeable customer service and "real people" you can talk to, all at great prices.
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Review of Holland & Barrett
This review of Holland & Barrett originally appeared on Google Maps. See more reviews by Dan. Holland & Barrett, 6, Golden Cross Arcade, Oxford OX1 3EU, United Kingdom. Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Good, conveniently-placed health food shop frequently featuring buy-one-get-one-for-a-penny deals.
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Review of Payphone
This review of Payphone originally appeared on Google Maps. See more reviews by Dan. Payphone, Oxford OX1 3HY, United Kingdom. Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Not just a regular payphone, this is an iconic K2 kiosk almost exactly to Sir Giles Gilbert Scott's original 1924 design, and in fact the only example of such a thing in Oxford …
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Review of The Tuck Shop
This review of The Tuck Shop originally appeared on Google Maps. See more reviews by Dan. The Tuck Shop, 39 Holywell St, Oxford OX1 3SB, United Kingdom. Rating: ⭐⭐⭐ Cheap drinks and sandwiches. Little space inside: becomes unnavigable when there's a queue. Often run short or out of small denominations of coins (more often than …
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Review of Oxford Print Centre
This review of Oxford Print Centre originally appeared on Google Maps. See more reviews by Dan. Oxford Print Centre, 36 Holywell St, Oxford OX1 3SB, United Kingdom. Rating: ⭐⭐⭐ A range of print services and reasonable prices, but somewhat disorganised: for my largest order, I was given a collection time and arrived only to find …
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Review of Barclays ATM
This review of Barclays ATM originally appeared on Google Maps. See more reviews by Dan. Barclays ATM, 21 Turl St, Oxford OX1 3DH, United Kingdom. Rating: ⭐⭐ Three cash machines, although more often than not one is broken. Very often run out of £10 notes and often out of cash entirely or receipt paper. No …