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We Demand A Shubbery

Now that I have got peoples attention with a gratuitous Monty Python quote, I will move onto Python of the programming language variety
I’ve been meaning to teach myself python for a long time. Every time I start, I get bored very quickly of the texts/tutorials that I am following. Recently, I found a [...]

Ubuntu XP?

I normally get annoyed at my work computer, but putting the Clearlooks Windows XP Visual Style and Tango Icon Pack on my work computer has certainly helped de-stress me this morning.
I could almost be at home

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Edit: To get your system to accept non-ms Visual Styles, you need to patch a .dll [...]

Please Give Generously

Katie (A Colleague from work) is running the New York Marathon next week, so if anyone at all would like to sponsor, you can do so online via the magic of t’interweb!
Katie Says…
I’m running the ING New York marathon in aid of a charity called ‘Get Kids Going!’, which raises money for disabled [...]

Crap Jobs

I really dislike crap jobs. Normally, I only get given crap jobs when they are long and laborious, and this is because people assume I will ‘have a way’ to get them done quickly. Whether it be a little tool, or a quick bit of coding or a macro somewhere that will do the job. [...]

Virtual Desktops

I’ve had to sacrifice one of my work machines, as we have had a new person start who needed a faster machine. I had kind of gotten used to utilising both machines in organising my work, so I have decided to try getting Virtual desktops working in Windows XP (again). Sadly, as far as I [...]