I write about Linux, Debian, Windows, general geeky stuff, making things and just about everything.
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The recent Mat Honan hack got me thinking about password strength. It turns out he was hacked not due to having a poor password, but because of a security flaws in Amazon and Apples’ systems. Nevertheless it serves as a…
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CSS Arrows
cssarrowplease makes lovely speech bubbles in pure CSS.
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Twenty Twelve WordPress theme
I switched to using the Twenty Twelve WordPress theme a few days ago. I really am liking it although I’m not sure about the header image being below Site Title and Tag Line. That looks a little strange to me.…
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\(\LaTeX\) Equations in WordPress using MathJax
I came accross this great tool for displaying mathematical equations the other day. MathJax not only supports \(\LaTeX\) syntax but also renders the equations as pure text, so no unsightly images and they scale beautifully. You can also right click…
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\(\LaTeX\) Equations in WordPress using MathJax
I came accross this great tool for displaying mathematical equations the other day. MathJax not only supports \(\LaTeX\) syntax but also renders the equations as pure text, so no unsightly images and they scale beautifully. You can also right click…
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\(\LaTeX\) Equations in WordPress using MathJax
I came accross this great tool for displaying mathematical equations the other day. MathJax not only supports \(\LaTeX\) syntax but also renders the equations as pure text, so no unsightly images and they scale beautifully. You can also right click…
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Event Cinemas’ lousy customer service comes good
Recently I went to see Dark Knight Rising with my wife. The volume in the cinema was too loud and we didn’t enjoy it because of that. My wife went out to complain to the only person she could find.…
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Debugging of Pathfinder Rovers
Jeff Waugh @jdub tweeted an interesting article about how the previous Mars rovers turned out to have a fairly serious software problem, and how the JPL engineers diagnosed and fixed it. Some of the points I found particularly interesting: JPL…
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Curiosity Rover about to land on Mars
Brendan sent a reminder that Mars Curiosity Rover is about to land. To get in the spirit you can: Follow @MarsCuriosity on twitter. Check out JPL’s mars rover site See some great photos of the construction and launch of the…
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Flipping the mouse wheel scroll direction in Windows 7
I have been getting very confused between the mouse wheel scroll directions in Windows 7 and Mac OS X Lion. As I consider OS X to be the future, I decided to try and flip the mouse wheel scroll direction…
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