http://www.webvictim.net The musings of a programmer Tue, 07 Oct 2008 23:30:41 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I've been on holiday in Egypt for the last week. The weather was brilliant, the beer was free, and it was all amazing fun. A few pictures and a bit more information to come soon (and I do mean it this time) http://www.webvictim.net/2008/10/08/90-camels/ Avast, ye smarmy yellow-bellied landlubber! Today be 19th September, and ye should all be knowin' the meanin' of this! It be Talk Like a Pirate day... Where be me eyepatch?! Raise yer grog, an' sing a shanty with yer old boy Mad Dog Gus... http://www.webvictim.net/2008/09/19/89-aharrr/ I like to use mpd and icecast2 to listen to my music from a Linux server without a GUI. Previously, I've used ncmpc under screen to enqueue tracks. The problem with ncmpc is that it's rather a pain to use. It's not very intuitive, and I often end up inadvertently stopping ... http://www.webvictim.net/2008/09/10/88-pitchfork/ It was my work Christmas party last weekend. "Christmas party, Gus?! But it's September!" I hear you say - well, yes. It was officially known as a "summer barbecue", but considering that it was the major social function of the nationwide office calendar for the year, and also that it ... http://www.webvictim.net/2008/09/10/87-work-and-play/ I should update more. I know I'm useless and terrible, I just haven't found the time to write about things yet. Soon, I promise. http://www.webvictim.net/2008/09/09/86-shocker/ I'd like to extend an open invitation to all readers of this blog. If you're an IRC user and you fancy talking to some really cool people, you should join #insanespot on irc.netgamers.org. I recently became the owner of this channel as a result of the old owner being inactive, ... http://www.webvictim.net/2008/08/18/85-insanespot/ So, after being nudged into updating by a mysterious commenter, it's time for another entry. It'd been time for quite a while, actually - I'd just been my usual lazy self and neglected the blog. I spent Thursday afternoon - Monday evening at i34, a LAN party near Coventry which was ... http://www.webvictim.net/2008/08/13/83-i34/ I really like sun. I really like Fridays. I really like drinking Diet Pepsi. That is all for the moment. Today is a good day. :) http://www.webvictim.net/2008/07/25/82-friday/ It's been a lovely weekend. My best friend Matt and I held a bit of a barbecue and gaming evening at his house on Saturday which was great fun - Sarah, Louise and Jo came round and we played Monopoly, baseball on the Wii and Guitar Hero. We also got ... http://www.webvictim.net/2008/06/30/81-sun/ My parents are away at the moment, and so my brother and I have my house to ourselves. This is absolutely awesome, and means that I can do lots of things I wouldn't usually do at home. The place is starting to look a bit of a state, actually, but ... http://www.webvictim.net/2008/06/20/80-freedom/