http://www.mindthe.net/badger Making good use of the things that I find Mon, 28 Jul 2008 17:31:43 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I hope for our sales the BBC don't make a cheesy hash of 'Hole In The Wall' but with Dale Winton at the helm it sounds like it's headed that way. 'Human Tetris' or 'Tunnels' in Japan is a successful game show where contestants stand in the way of an ... http://www.mindthe.net/badger/2008/07/28/hole-in-the-wall/ I love the UK and all it's quirkiness including the weather. It's a lovely day here in Nottingham and was yesterday. It's been very meditteranean here at the moment. No doubt it'll be raining tomorrow. So what's to like? It never gets boring that's what. I'm no good in very ... http://www.mindthe.net/badger/2008/07/24/british-summer/ I certainly seem to watch more TV these days as I sit down after a busy day at Esendex. As much as I try and switch off during the adverts, I do keep hearing odd words crop up which seem to become the 'vogue'. Tautening Whilst cosmetic companies are ... http://www.mindthe.net/badger/2008/02/20/advertising-words/ Today marks the end of my undergraduate studies as I was formally presented with my First Class degree certificate at the graduation ceremony in Nottingham's Royal Concert Hall. With hundreds of other graduands, I collected my award shaking the hand of the Vice-Chancellor in a very well organised ceremony which ... http://www.mindthe.net/badger/2007/07/20/a-long-road-but-definitely-worth-it/ This post has been sparked off from watching the trailer for the upcoming movie by Satoshi Kon called Paprika set to open in the USA this week. During it, there's a quote from the New York Times praising the film, saying: "Evidence that Japanese animators are reaching for the moon, ... http://www.mindthe.net/badger/2007/05/21/hold-on-tight-to-your-imagination/ Where else in the world do you get a staged event full of so many different cultures? It's a blast. Sure, the voting is beyond farcicle these days, where it feels more like 'which country needs the injection of cash from tourism and media spotlight this time?'. Sure, neighbouring countries ... http://www.mindthe.net/badger/2007/05/13/eurovision-a-reason-to-celebrate/ Just a quick post to celebrate a mini-milestone. I've just realised that my World Community Grid clients have clocked up over a year of run time towards helping research projects in areas such as muscular dystrophy and looking for potential AIDS cures. I started running the software on my ... http://www.mindthe.net/badger/2007/05/11/a-year-in-the-grid/ The reason for this post has been triggered by me reading an excellent article by Dave Jewell called Vista - End of the Dream?. I encourage you to go read the whole thing but I particularly felt a lot of sympathy with his comments about maintainability of code. Ok puns aside, ... http://www.mindthe.net/badger/2007/04/29/how-tired-is-vista-baby/ In my quest to play with the macro feature on my digital camera, I became intregued with a large group of ladybirds who appeared in my garden a couple of years back. Ever since then, I've been interested in them. Recently I was hanging out this white fleece blanket on the line to dry and spotted that a friendly garden visitor had paused  to take rest. The beauty of having a 3.2Mp Sony ... http://www.mindthe.net/badger/2007/04/13/ladybirds/ Well it all went a bit 'Pete Tong' two weeks ago when my server decided to get a few critical bad sectors on its main drive forcing a reinstall from scratch. In many ways its been a good process because for a while I've been wanting to upgrade the OS running ... http://www.mindthe.net/badger/2007/04/12/hold/