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  • Non-free as in speech posted Sun Nov 16 17:20:04 2008 by Daniel Hulme

    Benjamin Mako Hill of the Free Software Foundation [1] …

  • Give me a sign posted Tue Nov 11 20:46:43 2008 by Daniel Hulme

    One night last week I was riding on East …

  • Tumbleweed Connection posted Sun Nov 9 20:37:54 2008 by Daniel Hulme

    I have written previously [1] about Sir Elton John's …

  • Who is Number One posted Sat Nov 1 10:49:12 2008 by Daniel Hulme

    Those of you in Cambridge, and many from other …

  • Near misses posted Wed Oct 29 08:18:01 2008 by Daniel Hulme

    On my way to band rehearsal Monday night I …

  • Dan's cup of tea posted Thu Oct 23 21:06:39 2008 by Daniel Hulme

    We were sitting around a table in the foyer …

  • A wee tipple posted Fri Oct 3 23:12:59 2008 by Daniel Hulme

    Having been a student quite recently, I was surprised …

  • Misinformation posted Sat Sep 27 00:33:21 2008 by Daniel Hulme

    Many years ago, my grandmother used to play a …

  • Content and presentation: The Sarah Connor Chronicles on Blu-Ray posted Tue Sep 16 19:27:25 2008

    What follows is another guest post by another friend …

  • No overtaking, maybe posted Fri Aug 29 20:00:03 2008 by Daniel Hulme

    I happened today to notice the following interesting rule …

  • Banding together posted Wed Aug 27 22:15:10 2008 by Daniel Hulme

    The friendly souls at my band [1] have thoughtfully …

  • Long hair posted Tue Aug 26 23:17:07 2008 by Daniel Hulme

    Back in Liverpool last Christmas I was reminded of …

  • Comfortable with touching posted Fri Aug 15 22:17:34 2008 by Daniel Hulme

    Sitting in a train on the Eurotunnel, we had …

  • In defence of retarded weeabooism posted Wed Aug 13 19:36:39 2008

    The following is a guest post by a friend …

  • Void Captain's Tale posted Sun Jul 20 11:47:16 2008 by Daniel Hulme

    When you look at the back cover of Norman …

  • My shorts are tighter than yours posted Sat Jul 19 16:28:08 2008 by Daniel Hulme

    If you keep a dog you will be familiar …

  • be Human posted Sat Jul 12 17:09:17 2008 by Daniel Hulme

    There is a trend in sf—I'd go as far …

  • How not to give up cycling in your first month posted Sat Jul 5 12:04:03 2008 by Daniel Hulme

    Brett Nolan over on something, maybe [1] has recently …

  • AWSOME ROLEX posted Fri Jun 27 21:35:45 2008 by Daniel Hulme

    Those who followed me here from the POV-Ray newsgroups …

  • Radiodivination posted Sat Jun 21 14:41:01 2008 by Daniel Hulme

    Browsing (if you'll forgive the pun) the Kevin and …

  • It means I don't have to work unless I want to posted Fri Jun 20 21:08:46 2008 by Daniel Hulme

    There is something of a tradition of the inventor …

  • You know you've been using computers too long when posted Tue Jun 17 23:28:52 2008 by Daniel Hulme

    I did something very silly at work today. It …

  • Oh, that feeling posted Wed Jun 4 22:49:49 2008 by Daniel Hulme

    I am feeling dangerously close to being emo of …

  • Minimum fuss posted Sun Jun 1 13:45:48 2008 by Daniel Hulme

    One way to waste a lot of time trying …

  • Ha ha bonk posted Sat May 31 15:21:27 2008 by Daniel Hulme

    Another early morning this morning. Again, the spirits conspired …

  • Bats in the belfry posted Thu May 29 21:25:16 2008 by Daniel Hulme

    This morning on my way out I nearly tripped …

  • Hunters of Dune posted Fri May 16 23:49:29 2008 by Daniel Hulme

    I'm quite a fan of Dune. I think it's …

  • Advance posted Sun May 11 08:57:27 2008 by Daniel Hulme

    Take a look at this picture [1], of a …

  • Do I mean indistinguishable or inseparable posted Sat May 10 13:50:18 2008 by Daniel Hulme

    I have problems with words. Once I thought English …

  • Hanc marginis exiguitas non caperet posted Fri May 9 23:23:34 2008 by Daniel Hulme

    The other week I came up with a marvellous …

  • More or less than you expected posted Fri May 9 19:02:35 2008 by Daniel Hulme

    There is a trend, among people who write begging …

  • :set magic posted Thu May 1 21:41:43 2008 by Daniel Hulme

    People who follow my occasional Vim notes here or …

  • Deserted posted Sun Apr 27 15:25:14 2008 by Daniel Hulme

    I open on a denial, lest you think I …

  • Transferable posted Sat Apr 19 16:10:42 2008 by Daniel Hulme

    While I was visiting my parents last weekend (to …

  • The Bridge posted Sat Apr 5 22:56:57 2008 by Daniel Hulme

    When Sir Elton John had an operation on his …

  • Friendship 2.0 posted Fri Apr 4 00:02:25 2008 by Daniel Hulme

    Philosophers, psychologists, and artists have all being going on …

  • Mr. Rose by any other name posted Thu Mar 27 00:10:00 2008 by Daniel Hulme

    Roger Fowler, he of the famed Guide to Modern …

  • Look both ways and straight ahead posted Mon Mar 24 17:40:28 2008 by Daniel Hulme

    I was surprised while cycling home earlier today. At …

  • Supersonic posted Sun Mar 23 11:13:14 2008 by Daniel Hulme

    Recently I have been watching the Sonic X anime, …

  • Visual Studio sucks posted Wed Mar 19 21:37:54 2008 by Daniel Hulme

    I quite like C++. The template and operator overloading …

  • For Cryin' Out Loud posted Sun Mar 16 18:35:31 2008 by Daniel Hulme

    It always amazes me that For Cryin' Out Loud …

  • Pasting is now much easier posted Sun Mar 16 17:45:12 2008 by Daniel Hulme

    Often, when I'm using the text editor Vim [1], …

  • Guy talk posted Sun Mar 9 00:26:42 2008 by Daniel Hulme

    It is perhaps an inescapable side-effect of being in …

  • Shallow copy constructors are broken posted Sat Mar 8 00:55:03 2008 by Daniel Hulme

    If you are a C++ programmer, please do not …

  • Just call me Gene Krupa posted Fri Mar 7 21:41:41 2008 by Daniel Hulme

    I seem to have ever so slightly joined a …

  • Awkward interview questions posted Wed Mar 5 20:57:00 2008 by Daniel Hulme

    Orphi [1] blogged today about his forthcoming job interview …

  • Bloody narwhal posted Sat Mar 1 00:24:53 2008 by Daniel Hulme

    I am not convinced that puzzle 8H on Picross …

  • New job posted Wed Feb 27 18:21:11 2008 by Daniel Hulme

    I started my new job today. I am writing …

  • Standalone posted Sun Feb 24 15:30:51 2008 by Daniel Hulme

    In my review of GitS SAC [1] I talked …

  • Esprit d'escalier posted Wed Feb 20 12:46:56 2008 by Daniel Hulme

    Esprit d'escalier [1] (link requires OED account), the French …

  • The Rose posted Mon Feb 18 14:42:21 2008 by Daniel Hulme

    Art versus science. One of the age-old conflicts, they …

  • im in ur budy list abuzin ur dudes posted Tue Feb 12 14:07:37 2008 by Daniel Hulme

    I'm sure my readers are among the digital haves, …

  • Potholes posted Mon Feb 11 11:21:44 2008 by Daniel Hulme

    FlipC blogged today over on The Mad Ranter [1] …

  • Environmentally friendly posted Fri Feb 8 12:19:59 2008 by Daniel Hulme

    This morning's box of Coco Pops has most of …

  • Born under Mars posted Fri Feb 1 14:39:03 2008 by Daniel Hulme

    One of the distinguishing features of science-fiction is that …

  • Your team stinks posted Tue Jan 29 12:28:23 2008 by Daniel Hulme

    Geoffrey Pullum over at Language Log [1] today wrote …

  • Nanquan's “Peony” posted Thu Jan 24 17:16:06 2008 by Daniel Hulme

    I shall first quote from the seventh section of …

  • Securing your computer posted Tue Jan 22 14:04:51 2008 by Daniel Hulme

    I have spent some minutes today looking at a …

  • Bike bells posted Mon Jan 21 16:53:50 2008 by Daniel Hulme

    It seems that every time there is a report …

  • Coins of the Eurozone posted Sat Jan 19 22:08:30 2008 by Daniel Hulme

    I am moderately pleased to have written one of …

  • Not actually that funny posted Thu Jan 17 21:51:46 2008 by Daniel Hulme

    Knowing a good joke that you haven't told yet …

  • Air gap posted Fri Jan 11 12:37:34 2008 by Daniel Hulme

    The teacher at the temple of Gurantsa was approached …

  • CamCarts posted Fri Jan 11 12:26:20 2008 by Daniel Hulme

    I wrote the following as a quick post to …

  • Waking Dream posted Thu Jan 10 22:40:19 2008 by Daniel Hulme

    “Is this your first visit to the Dream Shop?” …

  • Spinning around posted Wed Jan 9 18:05:27 2008 by Daniel Hulme

    Something I have heard increasing numbers of complaints about …

  • Stochastic Man posted Sun Jan 6 13:15:48 2008 by Daniel Hulme

    ‘Stochastic Man’ by Robert Silverberg is set in the …

  • I feel naked as a babe in its bath posted Wed Dec 19 13:57:29 2007 by Daniel Hulme

    While searching for episode details for that excellent BBC …

  • Fowl statistics posted Wed Dec 12 16:06:27 2007 by Daniel Hulme

    I'm a little harsh on BBC News at times, …

  • Totally fooced posted Mon Dec 10 15:48:23 2007 by Daniel Hulme

    Those of you who actually visit this site rather …

  • This is not the Vim tips wiki posted Mon Dec 10 01:44:13 2007 by Daniel Hulme

    Vim [1]'s ‘increment number under cursor’ (ctrl-a) and ‘decrement …

  • The origin of the geekies posted Fri Dec 7 15:10:03 2007 by Daniel Hulme

    Geeks, it seems to me, are very stereotype-aware. As …

  • Kuchnia posted Fri Nov 30 15:24:24 2007 by Daniel Hulme

    I noticed today that my local Co-Op is reflecting …

  • Noisy degradation posted Mon Nov 19 20:27:24 2007 by Daniel Hulme

    I have thought, as have many others, that making …

  • Cold games posted Mon Nov 5 18:39:48 2007 by Daniel Hulme

    There is a type of game that I think …

  • I'm really impressed, honest posted Wed Oct 24 22:52:49 2007 by Daniel Hulme

    Regular readers will recall my diatribe [1] a fortnight …

  • A word for everything posted Wed Oct 24 20:37:33 2007 by Daniel Hulme

    If you go to Russian Google [1] and search …

  • Wet blanket posted Tue Oct 23 13:41:45 2007 by Daniel Hulme

    What geography and history teachers will claim distinguishes modern …

  • The Picard Manoeuvre posted Mon Oct 22 15:10:04 2007 by Daniel Hulme

    Captain Picard used to have a habit of tugging …

  • Capital posted Fri Oct 19 14:11:57 2007 by Daniel Hulme

    If ever an offence against decency demanded the reintroduction …

  • No visible means of support posted Thu Oct 18 22:46:13 2007 by Daniel Hulme

    I see that Marks & Spencer Cambridge [1] advertises …

  • lol statistics posted Wed Oct 10 18:35:08 2007 by Daniel Hulme

    More from the Bureau of Information-free Numbers today. Language …

  • GitS SAC 2nd GIG posted Fri Oct 5 12:12:10 2007 by Daniel Hulme

    After reviewing SAC [1] the other week, I had …

  • The only way to win posted Wed Oct 3 18:48:38 2007 by Daniel Hulme

    It occurs to me that there should be a …

  • Presents of mind posted Wed Sep 26 23:20:40 2007 by Daniel Hulme

    Once again, the horse chestnuts start making the roads …

  • Old posted Thu Sep 20 20:10:25 2007 by Daniel Hulme

    Paul Simon sang about being ‘Old’ in his song …

  • Artists are from Mars, Mathmos have Asperger's posted Sun Sep 2 13:03:37 2007 by Daniel Hulme

    While I was an undergraduate, I participated in some …

  • GitS SAC posted Mon Aug 27 17:40:38 2007 by Daniel Hulme

    Many times I have said that the chief reason …

  • It's-a me posted Mon Aug 20 18:11:00 2007 by Daniel Hulme

    So, I seem to have ever so slightly bought …

  • The Star posted Fri Aug 17 23:06:16 2007 by Daniel Hulme

    I quote from one of Arthur C. Clarke's introductions …

  • Old news posted Fri Aug 17 12:47:26 2007 by Daniel Hulme

    I used to think very highly of BBC News. …

  • Next week, air posted Tue Aug 14 12:33:57 2007 by Daniel Hulme

    For those of you who didn't hear by other …

  • Instead of posted Sun Jul 22 22:59:34 2007 by Daniel Hulme

    Reading this [1] Language Log post on various uses …

  • Apply some coercion posted Fri Jul 20 13:30:40 2007 by Daniel Hulme

    Type coercion comes in three flavours according to intent, …

  • Tau Zero posted Tue Jul 17 22:00:12 2007 by Daniel Hulme

    A while ago, CUSFS had a discussion about what …

  • Comment Feeds Will Work posted Tue Jul 10 23:20:44 2007 by Daniel Hulme

    Just thought my extensive readership would like to know …

  • CPANPLUS::Dist::Deb posted Tue Jul 10 21:13:14 2007 by Daniel Hulme

    I tried CPANPLUS::Dist::Deb today. I can't say I was …

  • Consumer grade posted Fri Jul 6 11:51:02 2007 by Daniel Hulme

    Goods are often distinguished as “consumer” or “professional”. The …

  • It's all in the eyes posted Thu Jun 28 10:24:14 2007 by Daniel Hulme

    This morning on the way to work I made …

  • Categorically posted Thu Jun 21 14:23:45 2007 by Daniel Hulme

    I was pleased today to find a box of …

  • Dharmacats posted Mon Jun 18 22:55:55 2007 by Daniel Hulme

    People who have direct experience of such things say …

  • Indirection posted Mon Jun 18 22:40:08 2007 by Daniel Hulme

    Indirection is, it is widely said, one of the …

  • Playing with silicon posted Sun Jun 17 16:58:44 2007 by Daniel Hulme

    I learned the following advice through experience won by …

  • The Lord does not condone this course of action posted Tue Jun 5 19:08:53 2007 by Daniel Hulme

    I thought it might be informative to post this …

  • Hypno helio static stasis posted Mon Jun 4 22:19:16 2007 by Daniel Hulme

    “They also serve who only stand and wait,” wrote …

  • Are you going to Strawberry Fair? posted Sat Jun 2 13:11:06 2007 by Daniel Hulme

    I've just got back from there, and it is …

  • The days of the years of my life posted Sun May 27 15:45:43 2007 by Daniel Hulme

    At the moment I am reading The Five Books …

  • One we support, one we use posted Tue May 15 16:39:39 2007 by Daniel Hulme

    The title of this post is taken from the …

  • Amusing typos posted Mon May 14 18:16:11 2007 by Daniel Hulme

    On arriving home from work I find on my …

  • Warp drive posted Wed May 9 21:22:42 2007 by Daniel Hulme

    Oh, wow. I just got back from riding a …

  • Humans are broken posted Wed May 9 19:11:44 2007 by Daniel Hulme

    I reflected recently on the fact that humans are …

  • 300 posted Tue May 8 22:52:09 2007 by Daniel Hulme

    ‘300’ is quite a silly piece of magical realism, …

  • Well, you say that, but posted Sun May 6 13:15:25 2007 by Daniel Hulme

    This is a bit of a weird expression. It …

  • Another Day in Paradise posted Sat May 5 13:36:30 2007 by Daniel Hulme

    "I really must get around to looking through some …

  • Third option posted Fri May 4 20:55:55 2007 by Daniel Hulme

    A programmer visited his master and asked for guidance. …

  • Silent friend posted Fri May 4 20:51:54 2007 by Daniel Hulme

    There was once a group of programmers who were …

  • Layering violation posted Fri May 4 20:48:14 2007 by Daniel Hulme

    A competent but inexperienced programmer once asked a visiting …

  • Step through posted Fri May 4 20:43:21 2007 by Daniel Hulme

    One day, a teacher was checking on a novice, …

  • Yunmen posted Fri May 4 20:40:35 2007 by Daniel Hulme

    A novice asked his master, "When the processor is …

  • Specifications posted Fri May 4 20:35:47 2007 by Daniel Hulme

    A teacher once came to the court of Tsukin. …

  • Bug report posted Fri May 4 20:09:45 2007 by Daniel Hulme

    One day a user found a bug. He filed …

  • Meditation posted Fri May 4 20:06:41 2007 by Daniel Hulme

    A developer once complained to his teacher that his …

  • Stand on Zanzibar posted Fri May 4 18:08:53 2007 by Daniel Hulme

    It is 1968. Society, as represented by capitalist America, …