Small Values of Cool http://www.brunningonline.net/simon/blog/ Simon Brunning - stuff that I find interesting en-us simon.brunning+smallvaluescomment@gmail.com Copyright 2008 2008-05-07T14:42:11+00:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 The Prodigal Son http://www.brunningonline.net/simon/blog/archives/002243.html Good to see Steve blogging again.... 2243@http://www.brunningonline.net/simon/blog/ Good to see Steve blogging again.

]]> Apropos of nothing 2008-05-07T14:42:11+00:00 Not the busiest of URLs... http://www.brunningonline.net/simon/blog/archives/002242.html http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/iraq... 2242@http://www.brunningonline.net/simon/blog/ http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/iraq

]]> Funny 2008-05-06T12:17:05+00:00 Certifiable http://www.brunningonline.net/simon/blog/archives/002241.html Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, wherein a man has his heart ripped out of his chest, and is then pushed, still living, into lava. Certificate PG. The Hitch... 2241@http://www.brunningonline.net/simon/blog/ Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, wherein a man has his heart ripped out of his chest, and is then pushed, still living, into lava. Certificate PG.

The Hitch Hikers Guide To The Galaxy, containing trivial swearing, a little comic violence, and nothing more scary than some very nerdy humour. Certificate 15. WTF?

]]> Rants 2008-05-06T09:36:29+00:00 Python Meetup Tonight! http://www.brunningonline.net/simon/blog/archives/002240.html Python Meetup in London tonight. See you there!... 2240@http://www.brunningonline.net/simon/blog/ Python Meetup in London tonight. See you there!

]]> Python 2008-05-06T07:22:16+00:00 <![CDATA[Gödel's third incompleteness theorem]]> http://www.brunningonline.net/simon/blog/archives/002239.html 2239@http://www.brunningonline.net/simon/blog/ Gödel's unpublished third incompleteness theorem: Women are formally undecidable.

]]> Apropos of nothing 2008-05-01T15:10:36+00:00 Emailing yourself the result of a query http://www.brunningonline.net/simon/blog/archives/002238.html echo "select 1 from dual;" | sqlplus user/password@database | mail -s "Result of your query" simon@brunningonline.net I love Unix, me.... 2238@http://www.brunningonline.net/simon/blog/ echo "select 1 from dual;" | sqlplus user/password@database | mail -s "Result of your query" simon@brunningonline.net

I love Unix, me.

]]> Linux 2008-05-01T14:06:57+00:00 Bizarre evening http://www.brunningonline.net/simon/blog/archives/002237.html I went to see some a friend do some comedy on Monday, at the Cavendish Arms. It turned into one of the most bizarre evenings of my life. Not enough... 2237@http://www.brunningonline.net/simon/blog/ I went to see some a friend do some comedy on Monday, at the Cavendish Arms. It turned into one of the most bizarre evenings of my life.

Not enough acts turned up, as isn't unusual on an open-mike night. One chap had brought a lady along on a date, a musician. She volunteered to sing a couple of comic songs to pad out the show.

When his turn came, he proceeded to regale us with sordid tales of his Internet dating. Very sordid tales. The man a colossal pervert, basically.

Meanwhile, his date was squirming. Clearly this was all news to her. When she came up for her act she told the entire audience that she was never, never going to sleep with him now. Never ever.

She then proceeded to blow the rest of the acts off the stage. Funny, and a superb pianist. "Padding out" my, err, hat.

]]> Apropos of nothing 2008-05-01T14:05:11+00:00 A bad week for jazz http://www.brunningonline.net/simon/blog/archives/002236.html First, Humphrey Lyttelton. Now, Jimmy Giuffre. Very sad. Jimmy Giuffre 3 is one of my favorite albums of all time.... 2236@http://www.brunningonline.net/simon/blog/ First, Humphrey Lyttelton. Now, Jimmy Giuffre. Very sad. Jimmy Giuffre 3 is one of my favorite albums of all time.

]]> Music 2008-05-01T13:52:57+00:00 Sartorial Disagreement http://www.brunningonline.net/simon/blog/archives/002235.html Question: should Converse plimsolls be retired when they have holes in their sides? I think so, and I'm the one with big holes in my shoes. Even according to my... 2235@http://www.brunningonline.net/simon/blog/ Question: should Converse plimsolls be retired when they have holes in their sides? I think so, and I'm the one with big holes in my shoes. Even according to my loose standards, I feel I'm looking a bit vagrant. Matt, on the other hand, thinks that Converse are supposed to look beaten up; the worse the condition, the better.

We should Ask Hadley...

]]> Apropos of nothing 2008-05-01T13:48:23+00:00 The History of the Ampersand http://www.brunningonline.net/simon/blog/archives/002234.html Did you know that the ampersand is nearly two millenia old? Wow. Via Daring Fireball.... 2234@http://www.brunningonline.net/simon/blog/ Did you know that the ampersand is nearly two millenia old? Wow.

Via Daring Fireball.

]]> Apropos of nothing 2008-05-01T13:29:12+00:00 Twitter Tracking http://www.brunningonline.net/simon/blog/archives/002233.html Twitter tracking; creepy, not creepy (I hope, in response to this).... 2233@http://www.brunningonline.net/simon/blog/ Twitter tracking; creepy, not creepy (I hope, in response to this).

]]> The Internet 2008-04-23T13:03:30+00:00 Mac Shortcut of the Day http://www.brunningonline.net/simon/blog/archives/002232.html &#8984;-` cycles between windows of the active application, &#8984;-~ cycles backwards. Learning this somewhat lessens the pain of not having a working Witch.... 2232@http://www.brunningonline.net/simon/blog/ ⌘-` cycles between windows of the active application, ⌘-~ cycles backwards. Learning this somewhat lessens the pain of not having a working Witch.

]]> Mac 2008-04-22T14:51:09+00:00 Burn the Witch http://www.brunningonline.net/simon/blog/archives/002231.html Since moving to Leopard, I've had to do without two of my favorite little apps; Witch, a window switcher, and growlnotify, a command line growl notifier. growlnotify is still dead... 2231@http://www.brunningonline.net/simon/blog/ Since moving to Leopard, I've had to do without two of my favorite little apps; Witch, a window switcher, and growlnotify, a command line growl notifier.

growlnotify is still dead - this workaround doesn't work for me, nor does the beta, and I can't even work out where to download the Python bindings.

Witch 2.0 is out today. Sadly, that's still not working either. Sigh. Windows in spaces other than the active one still don't show up. Apart, strangely, for iTunes and Notes.

Now Textpander has stopped working too. Bugger.

]]> Mac 2008-04-22T14:07:12+00:00 Sport Without Beer? http://www.brunningonline.net/simon/blog/archives/002230.html The good news; the new Guardian Sport and Football sites were launched successfully, and seem to be working fine. The bad news; 24 hour licensing notwithstanding, we couldn't find anywhere... 2230@http://www.brunningonline.net/simon/blog/ The good news; the new Guardian Sport and Football sites were launched successfully, and seem to be working fine. The bad news; 24 hour licensing notwithstanding, we couldn't find anywhere to serve us a beer at two in the morning. Grrr.

Update: More on the new sites here; Our new look.

]]> Apropos of nothing 2008-04-22T09:59:04+00:00 Guardian Easter Eggs http://www.brunningonline.net/simon/blog/archives/002229.html Nice post from Sean on not so obvious features at the Guardian. I particularly like the Charlie Brooker feed.... 2229@http://www.brunningonline.net/simon/blog/ Nice post from Sean on not so obvious features at the Guardian. I particularly like the Charlie Brooker feed.

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