http://www.yaleman.org a blog by James Hodgkinson Mon, 16 Nov 2009 12:48:31 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en One of the guys at work referred to the large hadron collider as "the big kaleidoscope" today and thus the large hardon kaleidoscope meme was born. http://www.yaleman.org/2009/11/16/zomg-higgs/ One of my earliest fault reports from this morning... Description: user's outlook wasn't synchronising because user refused to follow instructions in error message and sync errors repeated every 20 seconds Impact: no new mail and deleted items getting loaded up with sync errors Cause: user didn't read error messages and follow instructions Sigh. Update: Not ... http://www.yaleman.org/2009/11/02/and-it-is-going-downhill-from-there/ I thought the idea of a motard would be great, and reading the description on Yamaha's website makes it sound awesome! (See the end for a copy of the page) I have it on loan for a day or so while the 2000 model ZZR-250 RMB is buying is in for ... http://www.yaleman.org/2009/10/28/mo-tard/ ANZ has a new logo. What the hell? Do they want to give me a hug? Is it something to do with anime? Or is it just some weird stylised crap that makes no sense. I think it is the last one, personally. ANZ, please fire your graphic designers, they are ... http://www.yaleman.org/2009/10/26/anzs-new-logo/ I have read it before, and listened to it now in audio book form  - Dan Brown's Da Vinci Code is entertaining and if any of it is true (even just the facts that tie the story together) then it's educational as well! I quite like the flow of the ... http://www.yaleman.org/2009/10/14/da-vinci-code-again/ We are getting closer to what I have dreamed and written of before - a universal information access device that allows people to learn from wherever and whenever they are. The WikiReader is a portable, low power device which has a full copy of Wikipedia that you can carry with ... http://www.yaleman.org/2009/10/14/getting-closer-to-the-dream/ A truly honest view from an enlightened person on a drug that many think is the root of all evil. Please do not take this as me encouraging its use (as I am not a big fan), but I am fascinated by how he looks at the use of mind-altering ... http://www.yaleman.org/2009/10/13/carl-sagan-and-marijuana/ The most common way to connect a drive to a network path in Windows is this command: net use X: \\SERVER\Share Where: X: is the drive letter you wish to map the share to, \\SERVER\Share is the UNC path to the share. Assuming you have permissions to map drives and to access that share, ... http://www.yaleman.org/2009/10/12/command-line-network-drive-quickies/ "Saratoga Springs school district prohibits kids from biking to school, but a mom and her son defied the law. A state trooper was there to greet them." I'm completely and utterly gobsmacked at the nanny-state behaviour that's happening more and more in today's society. If a kid wants to ride or ... http://www.yaleman.org/2009/10/08/school-bans-cycling-and-walking-to-school-what-next/ Well, I should have known better than to have trusted all those in the chain that my contract paperwork had to go through in order to go from a temporary employee to the comfort of a permanent role. Of course once I had made the assumption that all would go ... http://www.yaleman.org/2009/10/06/more-pay-troubles/ I attended a wonderful wedding recently in the Bunya Mountains between two friends of mine, and it was lovely. The ride to and from there was less than fun, however. I can handle: A four hour bike ride, that's easy. Five or six kilometres of fist-sized gravel on a sports bike. The seals on ... http://www.yaleman.org/2009/10/05/motorcycle-shenanigans/ I've just finished listening to an audiobook version of Orson Scott Card's novel "Empire". It's quite an impressive novel, bringing together action, science fiction, politics and some modern philosophy. It explores the idea of a red-state vs. blue-state American civil war brought about by manipulating the media and the people through ... http://www.yaleman.org/2009/10/02/orson_scott_card-empire/ From here on news.com.au The 18-year-old youth was 17 and on a learner’s permit when he stole a Holden Rodeo ute at a party at Cheltenham in Melbourne's southeast, the Moorabbin Kingston Leader reports. Wait, was he eighteen or seventeen? Gah, you guys suck. http://www.yaleman.org/2009/09/30/eats-shoots-and-leaves/ Dear User, Repeat after me: The address bar's history is NOT your bookmark folder! Thanks, yale. http://www.yaleman.org/2009/09/23/repeat-after-me/ Good idea: Walking for fitness to lose weight. Bad idea: Walking to Sushi Train. Good idea: Not wearing shoes as it's better for your feet. Bad idea: Not wearing shoes as I twist my feet when I walk and developed two nice fat blisters last night. :( http://www.yaleman.org/2009/09/17/good-idea-bad-idea/ So, I just finished reading The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger. Um, what? It was a nice story about a couple of days in the life of a kid in the big city who discovers some things about himself, but I'm still wondering where the last chapter or so ... http://www.yaleman.org/2009/07/27/catcher-in-the/ As much as I'm not one to post religious things on my blog, I had to post this awesome final exam for your religion... here's a taste: In the Judeo-Christian tradition, we always look to the Bible as a guide. In this example, your teenage son has returned home from the ... http://www.yaleman.org/2009/05/20/religion-101-the-final-exam/ Boy I love spam some days, it's just ... weird :) We had this one forwarded to us to block, I wonder if it'll break something in our wonderfully crap filtering system. -----Original Message----- From: Julius Vailes [mailto:Julius-assolato@leeegs.demon.nl] Sent: Monday, 11 May 2009 10:06 AM To: [deleted] Subject: $WordFile{click.txt} $WordFile{click.txt} $WordFile{click.txt} $WordFile{click.txt} $WordFile{click.txt} $WordFile{click.txt} $WordFile{click.txt} $WordFile{click.txt} $WordFile{click.txt} $WordFile{click.txt} $WordFile{click.txt} ... http://www.yaleman.org/2009/05/14/when-variable-substitution-goes-wrong/ Apple-brie soup at Bistro du Soleil in Playa del Rey - Los Angeles Times Looks like tasty-tasty unhealthy creamy soup indeed :D http://www.yaleman.org/2009/05/14/apple-brie-soup-at-bistro-du-soleil-in-playa-del-rey-los-angeles-times/ New boots for my trip to the snow :) Got them for $69.95 - I can't remember the last time I got shoes so cheap, I love having size fifteen feet :( Found them at DFO up the back hidden in a pile of "seconds" in the corner - nothing wrong ... http://www.yaleman.org/2009/04/04/thomas-cook-boots/