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From Feed Proxy To FreeMyFeed
As those of you who use my Feed Proxy service to get your LiveJournal friends' blogs (including friends-only posts) into Google Reader or a similar service know, the service hasn't been working for the last few days.
I made all of the changes that LiveJournal's bot policy required of me. I e-mailed them; no response. I … -
Ruining One Of My Favourite Films
As you may know, I'm a big fan of Hayao Miyazaki's awesome animated film, Tonari no Totoro. It's truly one of my favourite films.
Today I heard a new interpretation of the plot of the film. If you love the frivolity, the joy, the upbeat sweetness and the happy ending that this classic movie has, then … -
Your Experience May Differ
To: Daniel Hill <dlh9@....>
From: Dan Q <dan@....>
Subject: Aberystwyth University Is Awesome! Warning: Your Experience May Differ.
Dear Daniel,
There's an age-old tradition amongst Aberystwyth graduates, and in particular amongst Computer Science graduates. But to truly understand it, you first need to understand a little bit about Aberystwyth University. Also, to understand recursion, you must first understand … -
Feed Proxy Bug Fixes
BREAKING NEWS: On 1st October 2009, LiveJournal blocked the Feed Proxy bot. I don't know when they'll unblock it and it'll come back up: see the latest here.
I've fixed a handful of bugs in the popular Feed Proxy tool (which, as you probably know, allows you to read LiveJournal and Dreamwidth "friends-only" posts in Google … -
Too Busy To Blog
So I shan't tell you about all the fun and exciting (read: horrible and exhausting) things I've been up to lately. Instead, to keep you amused, here's an animated GIF that amused me.
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LiveJournal-To-Google Reader Back Up
BREAKING NEWS: On 1st October 2009, LiveJournal blocked the Feed Proxy bot. I don't know when they'll unblock it and it'll come back up: see the latest here.
The LiveJournal-To-Google Reader service is back up again, rebranded as Feed Proxy. It's pretty much bare-bones right now, but I've got a meaningful framework that I can add … -
LiveJournal-to-Google Reader Down
Apologies to anybody using my LiveJournal-to-Google Reader service: it's suffering some temporary downtime. I'll have it up again within the next couple of days, and I'll announce it on this blog (feel free to subscribe if you want to be notified). Sorry!
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Open-Source Shaving
Recently I saw a Basic Instructions comic in which the author/protagonist, Scott, weighs up his shaving options. You can read the full comic here, assuming you don't read Basic Instructions already (and you should).
As the folks leaving comments on that comic quite rightly note, the comic covers only two of a number of different … -
Waiting For The Bus
If there still exists anybody on Earth to whom I haven't shown the Cyanide & Happiness short film, Waiting For The Bus, you should go and watch it now, because it's the funniest thing that has ever existed.
In other news, did you see that Sian's getting media coverage about her upcoming participation in One & … -
Keeping Me Up
Had another strange dream a few nights ago (my blog posts are being published with a bit of a delay on them, at the moment, for reasons I might discuss in another blog post!) that I thought I'd share, before waking up early and being unable to get back to sleep.
Dream - Putting a Cap … -
Four Things That Evolution Isn't
I read this Chick Tract comic, recently. I'd seen them before, but for some reason it was this week, and this particular article, that riled me so much. I can honestly say I don't think I've ever before been quite so agitated by something as harmless as a comic.
In the comic, an arrogant and obnoxious … -
jQuery Is Awesome. Yet Again.
I know that this probably isn't news to any of you who care about such things and follow the world of web development even a little... it's not even news to me, really - I've been an advocate of this particular programming library for a while now. But today in particular, I just felt so …
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My New Pet Hate
I have a new pet hate.
A personal pet hate of mine for a long while has been that often, when I ask somebody for a screenshot to show me what's going wrong with some software they're using, they'll take a screenshot or two, then paste them into a Microsoft Word document, and then e-mail me … -
Uncommon Occurances
I didn't sleep well; I woke up several times throughout the night. On the upside, I have a strong recollection of three distinct yet inter-related dreams:
Dream I: Alex and the Accident
I came into work as normal and spoke to Alex, my co-worker. He'd been in some sort of car accident in which he'd hit … -
Foods That Begin With The Letter Q
To mark the second anniversary of QParty, I thought I'd cook Claire and I a meal consisting of foods that begin with the letter Q. How hard can it be, right? Turns out it's more difficult than you might first expect.
My first thought was quails with qvark dumplings, but, would you believe it, both of …