Sunday, November 30th, 2008
Oh man. Hurrah for VMWare and for biodiversity in operating systems. Apple send me a security update for Tiger 10.4.11, which first kills the sending of mails from Mail then wrecks Mail completely, taking with it various web based apps like Spanning Sync. The symptom is
Connection failed: There may be a problem with the mail [...]
Wednesday, November 26th, 2008
1 litre water
10 small new potatoes (pref Italian)
200g green lentils (Italian casteluccio. Or green Canadian or Puy is fine)
3 cloves garlic (or more)
Olive oil
100g Pecorino cheese (Romano or Sardo is fine)
500ml passata or tinned tomatoes
Bay leaf
Flat leaf (continental) parsley
Salt & pepper
Parmesan
Optional: carrots, a red chili
For garnish: parmesan, parsley, oil.
Chop potatoes small, boil 10 mins in [...]
Tuesday, November 25th, 2008
Much as I love the Beeb, I’m fed up with what Radio 4 does to our political discourse. It’s really hard to get one’s head around what our elected representatives are trying to say when Johannes Humphrissimus Maximus Interromptor or Annoying-Woman keep interrupting and patronising them.
The big ego of presenters who love the sound [...]
Sunday, November 9th, 2008
It’s curious how happy it makes me that OpenOffice 3.0 is now available for the McBook. I didnt quite get on with NeoOffice (a version of OpenOffice for Mac) tho it was adequate and I’m still grateful to the people who created it. It was quite a struggle trying to get earlier OOo versions going [...]
Friday, November 7th, 2008
This is a shameless plug for Hambledon Village Shop. I started doing two-hour volunter shifts there, and it’s surprising what good fun it is. There’s a Post Office, food, coffee, hot drinks, a mini cafe, newspapers, Internet access. There’s a wonderful gentle tide of engagement with village neighbours passing through, and everyone takes pride in [...]
