Archive For September 25th, 2003

Fire units battling Cork city blaze

I just heard on IRC that there’s a fire in Blackpool! I looked out the window but didn’t expect to see anything as we’re more than 8 6.25 miles (Thanks Christian!) away here in Ballincollig… Fire in Blackpool

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Hard to debug this..

Glad I don’t work where this bug was submitted. It’s a Visual C++ bug but I’m not convinced that the steps to reproduce are valid. What if someone from marketing walks into the room just as the compilation finishes? They’re not a developer but if they hear the sound, it might be the microwave dinging.. [...]

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The 2003 Minigame Competition!

I’d love to enter this competition with a C64 entry, but it’s about 10 years since I’ve done anything on the that platform! *sigh* Reading the FAQ at the bottom of the page was an entertaining read and reminded me of the days when every byte (or bit!) mattered.

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Parents Television Council 1999-2000 Top 10 Best and Worst shows on Network TV

Bah! Family Guy is no. 2 on their list! Great show, pity it was canceled

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Digital Photography FAQ

Excellent FAQ here. Ah yes, good discusson on #linux about photography!

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