http://www.lack-of.org.uk/ Lack-Of: A Weblog Of Sorts Copyright 2004 Sun, 13 Jul 2008 11:32:44 +0100 http://www.lack-of.org.uk/viewarticle.php?article=250 http://www.lack-of.org.uk/viewarticle.php?article=250 Sun, 13 Jul 2008 11:32:44 +0100 Computering http://www.lack-of.org.uk/viewarticle.php?article=250 So, we kick off the Castawords-in-several-languages thing with Common Lisp. I had noticed it being mentioned several times on Reddit, and so became curious about it. Like a lot of people new to Lisp, I was aware that it involved a lot of ... http://www.lack-of.org.uk/viewarticle.php?article=249 http://www.lack-of.org.uk/viewarticle.php?article=249 Sun, 15 Jun 2008 13:19:26 +0100 Odds & sods http://www.lack-of.org.uk/viewarticle.php?article=249 BBC NEWS | England | Devon | Woman fined over baby death claim s/voracity/veracity/; Tagged as bbc news typo. http://www.lack-of.org.uk/viewarticle.php?article=248 http://www.lack-of.org.uk/viewarticle.php?article=248 Mon, 09 Jun 2008 22:10:35 +0100 Computering http://www.lack-of.org.uk/viewarticle.php?article=248 Over the years I've learnt a reasonable number of languages, and even invented one or two of them. Now when I start to learn a language I tend not to write very simple programs such as the ubiquitous Hello World or 99 Bottles of Beer. In my ... http://www.lack-of.org.uk/viewarticle.php?article=247 http://www.lack-of.org.uk/viewarticle.php?article=247 Sun, 08 Jun 2008 14:26:40 +0100 Computering http://www.lack-of.org.uk/viewarticle.php?article=247 For the last few years, I've had F-Secure Anti-Virus installed on my Windows XP Home system. However, my subscription to F-Secure ran out a couple of months ago. At the time, I couldn't decide whether to renew it, so I put up with the 'Your ... http://www.lack-of.org.uk/viewarticle.php?article=246 http://www.lack-of.org.uk/viewarticle.php?article=246 Sun, 08 Jun 2008 00:01:18 +0100 Odds & sods http://www.lack-of.org.uk/viewarticle.php?article=246 RZA of the Wu-Tang Clan Promotes the Martial Art of Chess Apparently, Busta Rhymes is a fan of chess too: 'Woo-Hah! Got You All In Check....' Tagged as amusing chess hiphop. http://www.lack-of.org.uk/viewarticle.php?article=245 http://www.lack-of.org.uk/viewarticle.php?article=245 Sun, 11 May 2008 00:49:06 +0100 Odds & sods http://www.lack-of.org.uk/viewarticle.php?article=245 Morse Code Rickroll 0-day... no, seriously, I mean it ..- / -.- -. ----- .-- / .-- .... ...-- -. / ..- / .... ....- ...- ...-- / -... ...-- ...-- -. / .-. .---- -.-. -.- .-. ----- .-.. .-.. ...-- -.. -.-.-- -.-.-- .---- -.-.-- Tagged as 0day ... http://www.lack-of.org.uk/viewarticle.php?article=244 http://www.lack-of.org.uk/viewarticle.php?article=244 Sun, 04 May 2008 22:24:02 +0100 Odds & sods http://www.lack-of.org.uk/viewarticle.php?article=244 There's been yet another long hiatus here. In the last year I've managed to post a grand total of nine new articles. However, six of these have been nothing more than a del.icio.us bookmark. So in truth that's three whole articles. Three. I can ... http://www.lack-of.org.uk/viewarticle.php?article=243 http://www.lack-of.org.uk/viewarticle.php?article=243 Sun, 24 Feb 2008 03:55:24 +0100 Odds & sods http://www.lack-of.org.uk/viewarticle.php?article=243 Zen Problem - SUSE Forums I've had this problem a couple of times. Tagged as linux opensuse suse zen zmd. http://www.lack-of.org.uk/viewarticle.php?article=242 http://www.lack-of.org.uk/viewarticle.php?article=242 Fri, 15 Feb 2008 23:03:06 +0100 Computering http://www.lack-of.org.uk/viewarticle.php?article=242 Whilst filing a bug I encountered with Java, I came across this bug. What I liked about it was the sheer silliness of it. This wasn't encountered by someone trying to get something sensible done, it was found by someone messing about with Java. I ... http://www.lack-of.org.uk/viewarticle.php?article=241 http://www.lack-of.org.uk/viewarticle.php?article=241 Mon, 11 Feb 2008 22:48:43 +0100 Observations http://www.lack-of.org.uk/viewarticle.php?article=241 Surely it's not a good idea to provide only a video clip for this story? http://www.lack-of.org.uk/viewarticle.php?article=240 http://www.lack-of.org.uk/viewarticle.php?article=240 Sun, 25 Nov 2007 02:16:12 +0100 Odds & sods http://www.lack-of.org.uk/viewarticle.php?article=240 Common Usability Terms, pt. VI: the Dock Where the idea of the Dock in Mac OS X/NeXTSTEP really came from Tagged as dock iconbar macosx nextstep riscos. http://www.lack-of.org.uk/viewarticle.php?article=239 http://www.lack-of.org.uk/viewarticle.php?article=239 Sun, 30 Sep 2007 14:28:09 +0100 Odds & sods http://www.lack-of.org.uk/viewarticle.php?article=239 Amazon.com: "Luke Woodward" Third item down. Tagged as amazon book egosurfing mathematics. http://www.lack-of.org.uk/viewarticle.php?article=238 http://www.lack-of.org.uk/viewarticle.php?article=238 Sun, 09 Sep 2007 05:23:59 +0100 Odds & sods http://www.lack-of.org.uk/viewarticle.php?article=238 Oxford - 13th Century Oxford I don't believe it, someone actually wants to use a photo I took! Tagged as college merton oxford photo shamelessselfpromotion university. http://www.lack-of.org.uk/viewarticle.php?article=237 http://www.lack-of.org.uk/viewarticle.php?article=237 Sun, 08 Jul 2007 00:46:08 +0100 Odds & sods http://www.lack-of.org.uk/viewarticle.php?article=237 it's all lost and stoof The best HTTP 404 page I've seen in a while. Tagged as 404 amusing http. http://www.lack-of.org.uk/viewarticle.php?article=236 http://www.lack-of.org.uk/viewarticle.php?article=236 Fri, 29 Jun 2007 18:38:23 +0100 Website http://www.lack-of.org.uk/viewarticle.php?article=236 With the volume of spam comments I'm getting here, I've decided to close comments on all old articles. I'm not posting here very much, and nor are people posting much in the way of comments, so I don't think I'm really losing much by doing this. ...