Archive: October, 2001
Bairin Breac
A quick update to my previous entry: I found a recipe for that cake.
Wednesday, October 31st, 2001 7:26pm
Halloween
Happy Halloween.
Wednesday, October 31st, 2001 7:21pm
Squier P-Bass Special
There’s nothing quite like getting a new and better musical instrument (except maybe getting a new and better computer).
Tuesday, October 30th, 2001 12:59pm
Ireland
Jessica and I went to Ireland earlier this year. We spent most of the time in my hometown of Cobh.
Sunday, October 28th, 2001 10:39pm
A brush with fame
Chris (my upstairs neighbour and bandmate) had an interesting encounter this morning.
Saturday, October 27th, 2001 9:25pm
Robohouse
Hmm… apparently I’m "Number 5, Goofy robot with life from Short Circuit".
Friday, October 26th, 2001 4:36pm
Residence permits and Mac OS X
Today was a good mail day.
Thursday, October 25th, 2001 10:01pm
Grand Drive
Wednesday is band practice day. It went well today although it was a little short - two hours instead of the usual three.
Wednesday, October 24th, 2001 10:02pm
Apple - iPod
About a week ago, Apple started circulating the news that they were about to release a groundbreaking new product (and it wouldn’t be a Mac).
Tuesday, October 23rd, 2001 10:33pm
The Mirror Project | Jeremy Keith | After Dinner
Jessica and I had dinner with Chris and Karin upstairs last night. Jessica cooked up some nice roast vegetables to go with the delicious kaese spaetzle that Karin made.
Monday, October 22nd, 2001 4:16pm
Oct. 11-12, 2001 Aurora Gallery
Here’s some eyecandy for you: Aurora Borealis on the nights of October 11th and 12th.
Monday, October 22nd, 2001 12:15am
Multiculturalism vs. feminism
The situation in Afghanistan has highlighted something of a dilemma for the liberal left - a group I would usually consider myself a part of.
Sunday, October 21st, 2001 12:59pm
Macromedia claims it owns Adobe patent
This is going from the ridiculous to the sublime.
Saturday, October 20th, 2001 2:40pm
The Nobel Prize in Physics 2001
I was in the post office a few days ago to get a stamp. I needed to send a card to the States which costs 65p.
Friday, October 19th, 2001 10:03pm
harrumph!
Heather Champ and Aaron Straup Cope rule!
Thursday, October 18th, 2001 9:50pm
United States Patent: 6,304,886
This is the latest in a long line of ridiculously ludicrous software patents.
Wednesday, October 17th, 2001 7:50pm
The Mirror Project
If you’re a regular visitor here, then you’ll probably have noticed something new on the journal page - a random picture from The Mirror Project.
Tuesday, October 16th, 2001 4:42pm
Memories of Maryland
For your viewing pleasure: a gallery of photos from Maryland.
Monday, October 15th, 2001 11:47pm
MSN Tech Support
There has been a discussion lately on the Webdesign-L mailing list about the sorry state of customer support these days.
Monday, October 15th, 2001 10:59pm
A Call to the Muslims of the World
This is a difficult time for Muslims. How do you seperate your religion from the acts committed in its name?
Monday, October 15th, 2001 6:31pm
The roots of conflict
Here’s some more grist for the fundamentalist mill.
Sunday, October 14th, 2001 2:16pm
Falwell-Robertson-Bin Laden Quiz
This is too perfect.
Sunday, October 14th, 2001 1:36am
Is this a Religious War?
The principles of free (usually democratic) societies are *inclusive* in nature: different faiths, different lifestyles, different value systems coexisting in relative peace. There is generally a seperation of Church and State, as well as freedom of speec
Saturday, October 13th, 2001 4:50pm
Apple - W3C Statement
This is very good news indeed.
Friday, October 12th, 2001 9:40pm
240 Miles Up, Seeing Tragedy
There have been a lot of eyewitness accounts of the events of September 11th posted on the web but this has to be the most unusual:
Friday, October 12th, 2001 1:45pm
Dan Brown
All that talk of Baltimore has prompted me to do something I’ve meaning to do for a while. I want to direct your attention to the website of my best buddy in Baltimore, Daniel Brown.
Thursday, October 11th, 2001 7:34pm
The Science Behind the Song Stuck in Your Head
A bouzouki playing researcher (the best kind) is investigating the phenomenon of "cognitive itch". You know: when a song gets completely stuck in your head.
Thursday, October 11th, 2001 6:57pm
New skin for an old ceremony
Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you a brand new skin to wrap around the Adactio website. I give you:
Thursday, October 11th, 2001 1:02am
Searching for the Biological Roots of Consciousness
Apple have posted up an article about a fellow named Christof Koch.
Wednesday, October 10th, 2001 7:57pm
New gallery
Two days ago we had very, very windy weather here in Brighton. It whipped the sea up into an impressive cauldron of loud, crashing waves.
Wednesday, October 10th, 2001 3:51pm
Bert and Osama.
You know those posters of Osama Bin Laden that protesters in Bangladesh are waving? Well, the collage of pictures of Bin Laden are culled from many sources including the internet.
Wednesday, October 10th, 2001 1:56pm
American oriole wings its way across Atlantic to Baltimore, Ireland
I remember reading through the Encycolepdia Brittanica as a kid in Ireland and reading that the world’s biggest aquarium was in Baltimore.
Wednesday, October 10th, 2001 12:40am
The Effects of September 11 on the Leading Search Engine
First Monday have posted an article about how Google responded to the September 11th attacks.
Tuesday, October 9th, 2001 10:15am
Impress women with Perl
This is just about the cutest story I’ve come across in quite a while. Apparently, the way to a woman’s heart is through Perl.
Monday, October 8th, 2001 3:55pm
The Ig Nobel Prize Winners
The envelope please…
Saturday, October 6th, 2001 11:38pm
The Turing Test
It’s Saturday. That means it’s Guardian reading day.
Saturday, October 6th, 2001 5:58pm
What Apple Should Do to Increase Marketshare
Here’s an interesting little piece that could put one of those cartoon lightbulbs above Steve Jobs’ head.
Saturday, October 6th, 2001 12:18pm
Biomorph breeder
Talking about The Blind Watchmaker reminded me of one of the things that’s so fascinating in the book.
Saturday, October 6th, 2001 12:27am
First Language Gene Found
Good news for Noam Chomsky. Scientists in England claim to have isolated a gene directly related to language.
Friday, October 5th, 2001 10:44pm
National Poetry Day
Today is National Poetry Day in Britain.
Thursday, October 4th, 2001 9:48pm
Yahoo! Racism!
Prompted by an article written by Derek Powazek at Design For Community, I wrote the following email to Yahoo!’s customer care department:
Thursday, October 4th, 2001 2:52pm
The two extremes
Since September 11th, I have been voraciously reading news sites, personal weblogs and any other kind of commentary I can find on the web.
Thursday, October 4th, 2001 2:02pm
My words to the W3C
Here’s the email I wrote to the W3C about the proposed change in licencing practices.
Thursday, October 4th, 2001 10:07am
Making Sense of RAND
For anyone who’s confused about the proposed changes at the W3C (and let’s face, the W3C isn’t known for its snappy writing), here’s a handy little article that sums up the issues.
Thursday, October 4th, 2001 12:04am
Berners-Lee Says Patents Obstruct An Open Web
More news on yesterday’s post about the W3C and patents.
Wednesday, October 3rd, 2001 10:07am
Tony comes to Brighton
Tony Blair was in Brighton today for the Labour party conference. Here’s the full text of his speech. It’s pretty stirring stuff although mentioning Europe right now smacks a little of opportunism. Overall, a good speech from a great speaker.
Tuesday, October 2nd, 2001 10:18pm
The W3C Patent Policy
The World Wide Web Consortium has come under a lot of fire recently for burying a proposal that would allow its recommendations to be released under a fee-paying licence.
Tuesday, October 2nd, 2001 11:09am
Trillion-atom triumph
Nature magazine has an an article about entangling matter on a subatomic scale. Scientists in Denmark have made a breakthrough in the scale of the entanglements.
Monday, October 1st, 2001 6:01pm
Whaddya think?
So, here’s the newly relaunched Adactio site. I hope you like it.
Monday, October 1st, 2001 12:23am
