Sam Wilson's Journal
This is the complete archive for 2005. [Show full posts]
Triple Gripe — December 24th, 2005, 5PM
Uncategorized
Eighteen buckets of water for A.’s garden. A cycle over to my new community garden plot in O’Connor. And now much grief caused by our bothersome host. It’s fun carrying buckets, when one doesn’t have to worry about getting sunburnt. I’m oh-so-excited about digging my new plot! If you’re in the market, don’t, whatever you [...]
[Keywords: A Place of One's Own, Gardening, technology] [No comments] [Permanent link]
My xorg.conf — December 18th, 2005, 11AM
Uncategorized
At last we have Ubuntu working with a SGI 1600SW Flatpanel display. Here’s the xorg.conf: # /etc/X11/xorg.conf (xorg X Window System server configuration file) # # This file was generated by dexconf, the Debian X Configuration tool, using # values from the debconf database. # # Edit this file with caution, and see the /etc/X11/xorg.conf [...]
[Keywords: technology] [No comments] [Permanent link]
I am unsure as to just how wise this whole online journaling idea is, and yet I feel drawn to it time and time again. Why on Earth would I want the world to read what I have to write? Why do I not just write it in my [other, paper-and-ink, bound, real] journal? That’s [...]
[Keywords: Making, Uncategorised] [No comments] [Permanent link]
Begone broodiness! — November 23rd, 2005, 12PM
Uncategorized
We’ve been trying to stop our bantam from being broody for the last week or so, to no avail. Someone said that putting a clutch of ice cubes under her would do the trick, but it just seemed too painful—she sat there, looking poor and hungry and desperately trying to warm these frozen eggs; it [...]
[Keywords: Chickens] [No comments] [Permanent link]
Oh weary thing! Oh listless drudgery! Oh the stupid work we make for ourselves!! Oh!… Here I sit, on a cool spring morning, with nothing at all to worry about; I am happy. So why-oh-why-oh-why should I sit down to work at some sloppy, good-for-nothing code that purports to “record, display and analyze genealogical data”?! [...]
[Keywords: Drupal, genealogy, technology, Work] [No comments] [Permanent link]
In which I am prompted by events surrounding the previous night’s dinner to explain that Things being Wrong annoy me greatly; I outline something of what happens when they do; I float off into a daydream of how I should prefer to live; and I rant against others’ uncaring attitude towards wooden chopping boards and knives.
In which I am prompted by events surrounding the previous night’s dinner to explain that Things being Wrong annoy me greatly; I outline something of what happens when they do; I float off into a daydream of how I should prefer to live; and I rant against others’ uncaring attitude towards wooden chopping boards and knives.
[Keywords: Uncategorised] [No comments] [Permanent link]
Hyphens and dashes — September 10th, 2005, 6PM
Uncategorized
Dashes and hyphens, a good article from the Characters and encodings section of the free information site IT and communication by Jukka “Yucca” Korpela.
[Keywords: technology] [No comments] [Permanent link]
Where Do I Walk, Then? — September 10th, 2005, 3PM
Uncategorized
Today I reinstate this weblog. I’ve shuffled files around on this server, and I’ve shuffled boxes and books around in my bedroom; it’s Spring, and time to re-organise, clear up, and start to think again. Last week I thought I was doing just so, but I wasn’t: I thought that I’d re-affirm my trust in [...]
[Keywords: technology, Things, Transport] [One comment] [Permanent link]
