My Canon Pixma iP4500 can print directly onto printable CD/DVDs, and came bundled with CD-LabelPrint for me to setup my CD labels. Unfortunately, there’s a bug in CD-LabelPrint that doesn’t allow you print right up to the inner circle of the CD/DVD. Fortunately, there’s filthy hack that allows you to print over the entire surface of the disc after all…
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I wrote about 90% of this post over four months ago, before I switched to wordpress.com. It seems a bit of a shame to just throw it all away, so here it is in all its glory…
So here’s the short story – I want to use allow readers of this blog to use their Twitter credentials to log in and leave comments.
Every time I log into Google Mail, they promise me less spam. The thing is, I’m not sure if I want them to.
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I recently came across a few little SCJP-style Java tests. There’s nothing particularly special about them, but they got me thinking about some aspects of the language that I hadn’t really thought about before. Here’s the first; I wonder what you’ll make of it…
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In general, I always try to favour Apple over !Apple. As such, there aren’t many non-Apple applications installed on my macbook; Firefox, Eclipse and Picasa being the main three. I’d like to use Safari, if only I could get it to favour opening links to new pages in tabs, and not in windows. Well, it turns out that I can.
I wonder how much ink they save by leaving out their apostrophes?
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I thought that it was about time that I set up my java dev environment on my macbook. Sure, I could keep coding on my desktop, but why do that when I can spend my whole life chained to the source code? Here’s a list of anything out-of-the-ordinary that I found whilst setting up my latest project…
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Ever wondered which software companies are near you?
I helped Matt put together this map, which gives the locations and URLs for the various software companies that we know of.
We’d love it if you could contribute updates. Just log in with your Google account and click the “edit” button on the left. If you have any problems or questions, please post a comment.
I recently met Helen for lunch, and couldn’t help but take a photo of this sign.
