Archive for May, 2004

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Brake Lever

By Gaz under Bikes & Cars

Had an interesting ride to work today.

My rear brake lever had required that I contort my ankle into a position that it wasn’t designed for in order to apply any actual braking force, so I foundd the doo-hickey that adjusts the tension the other day, and set it to a more reasonable position. Much [...]

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May

Worcester Dan Grade Awards

By Gaz under Martial Arts

171As an amusing side-note to the new photo I’ve just added to my PhotoAlbum, I thought I would talk about how it was created. But first, a little background: Last Wednesday Mr. Harrison (pictured left) awarded certificates to Worcester students who successfully graded in Derby the previous Sunday, but not everyone was present, or in [...]

2004

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May

Read File Name

By Gaz under Programming

I have found an annoying misfeature in remember-blosxom already! It accepts directory names when you C-cC-c the Remember buffer, and then creates a wiki page called Temp It would be better if the completing read disallowed directories. In fact, it really ought to refuse any destination that would overwrite an [...]

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May

Mob Log

By Gaz under Technology

181174177Heh, heh. I can post pictures taken from my phone camera to my blog. Like this.

Hi Steve!

2004

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May

Mobile Web

By Gaz under Technology

147After a whole lot of fiddling around, I finally figured out how to connect my laptop to the internet by using my new mobile phone as a bluetooth modem I had already paired the phone with my mac to use iSynch on Thursday, so if you want to follow these instructions, don’t forget [...]

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Dan Grading May 2004

By Gaz under Martial Arts

I hurt.

I was rudely awakened by tuneless recorder music from a school hymn recital on the radio at 6:30 this morning — or the sound of pigs being tortured, I’m not sure which. We had to be in Derby an hour before the gradings at 12:00.

Once I had shaken off my morning grumpiness, we [...]