2005 June Archive at Jeremy’s Little Corner Of The Web…

Monthly Archive for June, 2005

Lucy and the lappy - together at last

Published

on June 24, 2005

. 5 Comments

Warning: getimagesize() [function.getimagesize]: URL file-access is disabled in the server configuration in /home/1164/domains/bura-bura.com/html/blog/wp-content/plugins/wp-polaroidonizer.php on line 570

Warning: getimagesize(http://www.higgs-family.net/~jeremy/wp-content/content/Lucy-iBook.jpg) [function.getimagesize]: failed to open stream: no suitable wrapper could be found in /home/1164/domains/bura-bura.com/html/blog/wp-content/plugins/wp-polaroidonizer.php on line 570

Lucy has been in desperate need of a laptop recently, so much so she had basically stolen her flatmate's! Mat was kind enough to lend one of the 3 spare ones lying around his house:

Taking a cue from Strongbad, Lucy randomly blurted out "Lucy and the lappy - together at last"…

(Apologies for the crummy picture - it was taken with the camera on my Z600, in lieu of the Sony. This was also a chance for me to try out the Polaroidonizer plugin for WordPress.)

Rick Segal: “Sometimes its hard to be an American”

Published

Jeremy Higgs

on June 16, 2005

in Politics

. 0 Comments

(Via Robert Scoble) Rick Segal has written (what I think is) a very insightful post on America and its failings - a point he draws from the fact that 25 of the 100 U.S. Senators refused to sign an "apology resolution" for the victims of lynching.

(Normally I'd post something like to my to "linkblog" (on the right of the main page), but I wanted to draw some attention to it.)

The Definition of Laziness

Published

Jeremy Higgs

on June 16, 2005

in General

. 1 Comment

… using Remote Desktop to use iChat on your PowerMac (which is half a metre away), while sitting on the floor with your PowerBook… in front of the heater. (You know who you are - *glares*)

Jamiroquai - Dynamite

Published

Jeremy Higgs

on June 16, 2005

in Music

. 1 Comment

I… uh… managed to 'acquire' a copy of Jamiroquai's new CD (out June 20th) a week or two ago, and have been mulling over it since then (yes, iTunes and my iPod have been on 'repeat'). And yes, I will be buying the album, come Monday.

I've read many people's (unfavourable) opinions on the previous two albums: "Synkronised" and "A Funk Odyssey", but I quite like them. This album is a bit of a departure from that. There's still electronic sounds, but I think there's a much better vibe to the whole album.

When I first listened to it, I wasn't sure about a few of the songs, but the album as a whole has really, really grown on me. I'm not too fond of "Feels Just Like It Should" (henceforth known as FJLIS!), as it sounds too over-synthesised, but the rest of the songs are just… WOW.

There's a difference in the 'tone' of the album as a whole, I think. While AFO was quite fun and dancy, this has some depth to it (despite the funky exterior). e.g. "Hot Tequila Brown", which describes Jay Kay's cocaine addiction.

Then again, you've also got some 'other' songs, such as "Black Devil Car", which, I believe, is all about Jay Kay's Ferrari Enzo (lucky bastard).

My favourites (at the moment - subject to seasonal variations):

Dynamite - Didn't like this at first, but it's grown on me!
Seven Days in Sunny June - A totally different beat, but has the same vibe as "Picture of my Life" from AFO
Starchild
Talulah - See "Seven Days in Sunny June"
Hot Tequila Brown

That's not the say the others aren't great, but those are the standouts for me.

Cocoa: Listen to all application NSNotifications

Published

Jeremy Higgs

on June 13, 2005

in Code

. 0 Comments

I had a need tonight to observer all notifications being posted inside an application… it turns out it's pretty simple.

You first need to set your object up as an observer:

[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:self selector:@selector(log:) name:nil object:nil];

Note that the (notification) name is set to 'nil'.

Then you need to add the selector to actually log the notifications:

- (void)log:(NSNotificationCenter *)note { NSLog(@"note = %@", note); }

… and that's it!

I actually found the code to do this (or something like it) on this page at CocoaDev, so the credit goes to whoever wrote it there.

TUAW: Find Longhorn in Tiger

Published

Jeremy Higgs

on June 10, 2005

in Apple and General

. 0 Comments

Find Longhorn in Tiger

Cheeky.

Emily Hambidge: Dating a Developer

Published

Jeremy Higgs

on June 10, 2005

in Geek

. 0 Comments

Courtesy of Matt Mullenweg: Emily Hambidge talks about what it's like to date a developer (an Apple on, in particular)…

… how appropriate. I don't think I'm that bad, but I'm sure Lucy can relate to quite a few of those points! (I even have some Apple shirts and jumpers, although they're all from the 80s and early 90s, when dad was working there - and I don't wear them out of the house!)