Tom Morris



2006.07.04

Oh, and comments are off until I reinstall the comments function on my crazy hacked-up version of OPML.exe 2006-07-04T14:39:02ZUntitled entry permalink

Bug of the day: I've just discovered an interesting thing about iTunes. If it tries to download a podcast and fails, it still keeps a copy of the half-downloaded file in your ~/Music/iTunes/Podcasts folder. I've just discovered a gig or two of 'lost' space on my HDD because of downloads that failed. It would be interesting to know if there's any software out there that would clean them out. I've got a half-downloaded copy of Adam Curry's Gnomedex 5.0 speech from last year which I've just thrown out, for crying out loud. Apple needs to fix this bug and make downloading more reliable (I mean, what with wget -c and a BSD backend in OS X, exactly how difficult is it to resume a file download these days?). 2006-07-04T14:35:54ZUntitled entry permalink

The US immigration and border patrol are incompetent, as this story demonstrates. And you guys want to give more power to these goons? 2006-07-04T08:40:14ZUntitled entry permalink

The Metropolitan Police - aka. the police force for the Greater London area - are goddamn fascists.This is why we need a UK version of the Second Amendment - protect yourself from the so-called "authorities". Smile and a wink 2006-07-04T08:27:48ZUntitled entry permalink

Valleywag has lots of good Gnomedex 6.0 photos. 2006-07-04T08:26:20ZUntitled entry permalink

Hawk Wings has a good suggestion regarding Gmail's spam filter. 2006-07-04T08:15:32ZUntitled entry permalink

Talk Reason has an article discussing the many problems with Ann Coulter's coverage of evolution in her new book. 2006-07-04T07:37:47ZUntitled entry permalink

 

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Tom Morris
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I am a , an , like to code in and noodle about with and the . I also have a BA in philosophy from London, and am studying for an MA. My philosophical interests are in Victorian-era German philosophy, Kierkegaard, Robert Nozick, hermeneutics and current approaches to the demarcation problem in the philosophy of science. Musically, I like jazz fusion, soul and P-Funk. My musical nirvana would be a mixture of Beethoven, Miles Davis and George Clinton topped with a side-serving of Erykah, Jill and Angie.

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