Playing with fbterm part 2
I delved into tmux's code and quickly found the code that mucked up the colours. Here's a snippet from tty.c:voidtty_colours_bg(struct tty *tty,const struct grid_cell *gc){struct grid_cell *tc =...
View ArticleStabilising Ameliorate API
I've made progress with Ameliorate's API. Despite my best efforts, it does seem that common sense has snatched victory from the jaws of defeat.A plugin that depends on the functionality of another...
View ArticleStabilising Ameliorate API, part 2
Well, the API has withstood the creation of the first “proper” plugin for Ameliorate, the getopt plugin. This plugin properly deals with command line arguments and configuration files. Any other...
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At last
At last! I finally have a reason to buy a Raspberry Pi And what's more, it's an Actual Reason, rather than an excuse!A Pi connected to a couple of night-vision webcams makes a great start to a security...
View ArticleFinnish pirate raid
This is old news to quite a lot of people, but I thought I'd share it anyway: news from TorrentFreak that the police raided the Finnish home of a 9-year-old girl and confiscated her laptop.An...
View ArticleRecipe adjustments
Today I cooked a swiss chard and potato curry. I just made a few minor adjustments. Only a professional would be able to tell the difference.I didn't have any swiss chard, so I used purple curly kale...
View ArticleDebbie in Guardian
Debbie's in national newspaper The Guardian! Or, at the least, a picture of her is. She's pictured in an article by Professor Dame Athene Donald, who was her supervisor at the lab. The article itself...
View ArticleCpan reviews
I subscribe to the Perl Weekly mailing list and it's recently mentioned two absolute gems. They're reviews of modules on CPAN that pertain to a particular theme. While I'm really getting into Perl, it...
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La Plagne
We went to La Plagne in the French Alps last week!We stayed in this huge chalet in a sub-resort called Plagne Soleil. We had slightly less than the whole building to run around in… in fact, our flat...
View ArticleNew Year's resolutions
It's time to decide our New Year's resolutions. Most resolutions are broken within a few days, and only a select few see it through the whole year.I've found that the key to a successful New Year's...
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