I have one of these mice and I love it. Instead of a scrollwheel, it has a little "joystick" just behind the middle button. And what's more, it lights up blue!
Anyway, I keep having to set up my xorg.conf file for it, and I always have to puzzle …
View comments more ...My easy online photo gallery software is now complete enough to be given a version number. Please welcome version 1.0.beta-1. Browse the example site to get an idea of what it looks like.
Easy Ajax Album is an open source PHP script that enables you to create an …
View comments more ...Last year I wrote about the Lancet study that estimated 654,965 Iraqis had died as a result of Tony Blair and George Bush's invasion. At the time, the Prime Minister's office attempted to rubbish the estimate, saying that it was nowhere near accurate. Now the BBC has discovered that …
View comments more ...Easy Ajax Album is an open source PHP script that enables you to create an online photo album in seconds. Just copy the index.php …
View comments more ...I've had loads of requests from people who want to put Flood Maps on their own web-site. Well, I've finally found a way to allow it, and still pay for my server.
Just place the following IFRAME code on your site, and voila!
<iframe style="width:600px;height:600px" src …View comments more ...
I've been meaning to get rid of the awful chequerboard pattern on my flood tiles for ages. Today, I've finally done it. The flood maps should now look much better on LCD monitors, or when printed out.
I was overloading Google Maps' getOpacity() to set the …
My sound disappeared after upgrading from Firefox to Iceweasel. Irritating, but the problem is easily solved:
Ensure that alsa-oss is installed. Then, edit /etc/iceweasel/iceweaselrc and set:
ICEWEASEL_DSP="aoss"
(Thanks tomacewan.)
View comments more ...Don't get me wrong. I like Safari. I use it almost every day. But some things about it just irritate me again and again and again...
Next, the close buttons on every tab.
(Part 1 was The Back Button, part 2 was The URL Bar)
Safari has tabbed-browsing. That's is …
View comments more ...I've finished the first version of my easy online photo gallery software.
Easy Ajax Album is an open source PHP script that enables you to create an online photo album in seconds. Just copy the index.php file into the image directories on your web-server. That's it! Download it here …
View comments more ...Tony Blair's "Number 10" web-site has opened an online petition engine. I wonder if our luddite Prime Minister has even been told about this? Anyway, here are the petitions that I've e-signed...
Scrap the proposed introduction of ID cards. Of course!
Encourage the reduction of household waste by requiring producers …
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