17 December 2004

Happenings I'm back in London after a couple of days with my family in Sevenoaks. I finally got to meet Stella, junior Dachshund, who is loverley. My digicam is hors de combat, or more accurately, mort, so I was depending on my sister-in-law's Canon dixital Ixus (digital Elf to you grits munchers), but that too is broken and away with Canon for some percussive maintenance. I had to use a film Ixus, so there will be a delay in spreading short-legged dog based cuteness. My examination certificates turned up, due to an uncharacteristic fit of tidyness at some point in the past. Perhaps I was drunk. 11:58:19 AM    comment()

Other Music OM's Year End Recap--a "best of" culled from the weekly updates--is a great port-of-entry into the staff's exquisite taste. [David Pescovitz at Boing Boing] 9:24:30 AM    comment()

The new home secretary is sticking with ID cards - despite the fact that I don't know anyone in this country who actually wants them "The new home secretary, Charles Clarke, today rejected calls to reconsider plans for ID cards after Labour backbenchers suggested the departure of David Blunkett yesterday should prompt a rethink." [from plasticbag.org links for 2004-12-17] 8:46:42 AM    comment()

Microsoft fixes 'critical' XP firewall issue. Microsoft has quietly released an update to Windows XP to fix a configuration problem in the firewall that ships as part of Windows XP SP2. Users who installed SP2 on their Windows XP machines and also have file and printer sharing enabled may have been sharing their files and printers with the entire Internet. [Computerworld News] D'oh! 8:39:23 AM    comment()

Frank Espada teaches photographic printing [via Mona] 8:00:01 AM    comment()