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"can u help" :: Howto win at Friend-Tech-Support-Roulette
"can u help" :: Howto win at Friend-Tech-Support-Roulette
22 November 2012
Being a techie isn't always easy. The technology, yeah, that's easy, but the social implications can sometimes be tough. I recently got a rather flashy camera and, seeing it round my neck, a guy at an event asked, "Can I ask you something about cameras?" It was, of course, a rhetorical question – there was […]
The secret sauce: My party: a HOWTO…
The secret sauce: My party: a HOWTO…
21 October 2012
I just added an extra year to my cumulative total, and decided to have a bit of a party. In previous years, it's been a fun event, but this year I wanted to make a real effort and see what difference it made. The organisational side of these things is actually something I find a […]
Can you travel?
Can you travel?
15 September 2012
Some time ago I got asked on twitter by SerenaNJ: @tdobson That's so cool! Are you ever in England? I wish I got to travel as much as you do! I feel this is an interesting question that, at least, is worth addressing. Part way through her degree, my older sister took a year out […]
Howto access the Pirate Bay if you're on Virgin Media, Sky, BT, TalkTalk, Be, Plusnet, O2, Orange or T-Mobile
Howto access the Pirate Bay if you're on Virgin Media, Sky, BT, TalkTalk, Be, Plusnet, O2, Orange or T-Mobile
3 May 2012
As you may have noticed, Virgin Media, Sky, TalkTalk, Virgin Media, O2, Be, Plusnet, Post Office broadband, Orange and T-Mobile and others block The Pirate Bay these days because of a BPI order. Why are they being blocked? The BPI – the music industry body – ordered the block in the high court. Now the […]
How to setup a proxy for a website like the Pirate Bay
How to setup a proxy for a website like the Pirate Bay
2 May 2012
You may have read recently about attempts to block the Pirate Bay. There are a variety of reasons I think this is a bad idea, perhaps I'll write a post about it, but this is simply about how to quickly and easily deploy a web proxy for a specific website which could be anywhere in […]
How to write a really simple IRC bot
How to write a really simple IRC bot
6 May 2008
Noah Slater of semtard vapourware fame recently demonstrated to me how to write and extremely simple IRC bot in shell scripting. The bot below is extremely simple, it simply identifies itself, joins a channel then sends a message to a channel. If you are interested in using IRC bots, you may enjoy Phenny, which has […]
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